Parnell149

Parnell149

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Hours
Sun
11:30 am - 11:59 pm
Tue
11:30 am - 11:59 pm
Wed
11:30 am - 11:59 pm
Thu
11:30 am - 11:59 pm
Fri
11:30 am - 11:59 pm
Sat
11:30 am - 11:59 pm
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4.5
4.5 of 5 bubbles
Travellers' Choice 2024

RATINGS
Food
4.7 of 5 bubbles
Service
4.7 of 5 bubbles
Value
4.6 of 5 bubbles
Atmosphere
4.4 of 5 bubbles
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CUISINES
European
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
features
Can a gluten free person get a good meal at this restaurant?
CUISINES
European
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
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4.5
4.5 of 5 bubbles498 reviews
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EJL
Vancouver12 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2024 couples
We happened to walk by this restaurant late one afternoon and had a chance to chat with the owner. The offering of a 3 course meal was too good to pass up and at an extremely reasonable price. Although it was a quiet evening at the restaurant, Jas was very attentive and ensured we were proved excellent service. I sampled the fish and my wife the lamb. Now…what a treat this was. Cooked to perfection and wonderfully presented. We couldn’t have asked for a more pleasant evening.
Written 1 January 2025
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russr
Edina209 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 none
We were in Auckland for one night and we booked dinner here. When we got there, the Manager said that they had been trying to reach us, but hadn't been able to. Since we had a US based mobile, he didn't realize that it was an international call. In any case, he wanted us to know that on this evening they were only serving a prix fixe 5 course menu and that it would take at least 2 1/2 hours! We didn't have the time to do this. Upon learning this, he was kind enough to offer us the ala carte menu and said the kitchen would be willing to select from the menu. We ordered starters and our main course and they were excellent (and fairly priced). The service was great and we had a very good time talking with the staff. Thanks again for their flexibility!
Written 6 November 2022
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Louise S
Wyong8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2024 couples
Got recommended by this place by my son and his girlfriend for the seafood platter (as we both love a good seafood platter) but ended up trying their 5 course symphony of flavours with matching wines. So glad we did......the whole experience of food and paired wines was perfect and service was great. Would definitely recommend to other diners that enjoy their food and wine.
Written 4 August 2024
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Lisa W
Auckland Central25 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2024 family
A difficult one. The 3 course meal was very below average and was different from the menu advertised that had enticed us to book. Very long wait times. The starter came out 45 mins after we were seated. Extremely tiny salmon gravlax starter (about a finger size and nothing else on the plate)....we thought they were having a laugh. The prawns were no better. The mains arrived around 45 mins later again, small, and were missing various items. We were told that problems with the hot side had gone on in the kitchen which made sense to a point regarding wait times, however anything cold still arrived late and was below average. This is not fine dining and should not be advertised as such; probably more cafe style food, but then that's tricky as lots of cafes are excellent. I know this sounds nuts, but I would be very surprised if a qualified chef cooked all the food. The service staff did their best but seemed not to speak English well, or there were issues with hearing due to the loud atmosphere. We were comped one round of drinks which we were grateful for, but honestly it's not somewhere that we could recommend for anything and sadly we won't ever be returning. There's too many options out there to pay money for this. Several other diners said the same who were seated at tables around us. Hate writing reviews like this, but it's completely honest.
Written 24 August 2024
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Spenoa
Whakatāne20 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2024 family
Disappointed in the price point and the 3 hour wait! We took up the offer of the 3 course set menu visited under a First Table reservation. Staff were attentive and the food whilst on the small side of a decent portion was good. I have no complaints with the quality of the food. We did have some concerns that there was a lack of transparency with the price as nothing was displayed against the set menu. We asked a couple of times, at the start and then into the meal, and we were eventually told it was $120, so $60 on the first table deal. Ok, we accepted our fate. Having looked at their al carte menu online now compared to what I had on the set menu, fully priced charges for the starter would have been $21, for the main $40, then dessert $15 = $76. So buyer beware; you maybe be getting 50% off the price they tell you on the day, but I’m not convinced that this initial price point hasn’t been inflated (e.g. in this case approximately $40) to compensate for the discount offered. We also order 2 sides and these weren’t discounted, so we unknowingly paid full price for those. The next comment would be around the wait time which was nearly three hours for a restaurant serving a set menu. It just felt like they were trying to get everybody’s starters out of the way, and then everybody’s mains, then all the desserts; not great if you’re first in. We took this up with the waiting staff and eventually the manager and I eventually got my cold dessert! Overall, not the best experience.
Written 13 May 2024
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Trip02128047343
3 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2024 family
We arrived at 149 Parnell and were not greeted at all. I'm making contact with you because I always dine with first table and we visited Parnell 149 for my father as a surprise half price lunch. We arrived at 11.50am and left at 2.36pm when we arrived, we were told that we could only have a set menu? Even though the terms and conditions clearly and specifically stated we could not have certain seafoods. I was not happy about that as I had a certain budget per person The terms and conditions, clearly stated that there was no salmon on the first table. So many issues. Within the first hour we consumed 5 drinks 4 alcohol and I had 1 lemon and ginger tea. The beers were not full they arrived 3/4 full. We were repeatedly told that we could not order off the standard A La Carte Menu. Which went against everything that I had originally agreed and signed up to. After 2 hours we were still waiting, I had to resort to complaining in my entire history of using First Table I have never needed to wait 2 hours? When I went to complain the manager parading around and completely ignorant to complaining customers told me oh well we are busy? I said we were here on a first table booking we are meant to be served first. We arrived at 11.50pm and have not been served after 2 hours??? We are not pleased or happy about this. We ordered 2 steaks which were $38 each and a fish of the day which was $37. These were supposed to be 1/2 price. The 3 mains were meant to be $56.50 3 Entrees were meant to be $32.50 2 deserts were meant to be $15 5 drinks at full price were charged correctly at $32 Total price was supposed to be $140 instead the person charged me $222. My entire afternoon was ruined after dining at this establishment. We were ripped off and lied too repeatedly. The terms clearly stated special set menus do not apply. And that we were required to order an entree and a main meal as per the terms and conditions for first table. I would like the refund of $82 asap. Not happy about that at all. In particular staff who were completely ignorant to the terms of the first table as I use first table a lot. There's seems to be an issue with serving guests under first table..if you had issues with first table then why even offer it as an option? I look forward to hearing from you, the staff did not honour the rules and conditions stipulated within the first table rules. Kind regards, Nina Tipu
Written 31 August 2024
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Turist46
Madrid15 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 family
We reserved a table at 8pm and where told when arriving that we could not see the menu card before 8pm because we arrived 7.40pm bit the table was ready. A bit funny. We ordered the food around 8.15 and got the first dish 30 minuts later the main dish took another hour after finishing the first dish and than only 15 minuts after the dessert. The food was really nice but the serving was very unprofessional.
Written 8 December 2023
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Eddie P
4 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 family
Was very surprised, had been recommended to me as the place to dine. reservation made for my mothers birthday for 12:30, food arrived 13:55, 4 tables present, three of which arrived after us, all served before us. What topped it off was how often we saw the chef come out of the kitchen to talk to a table near us to check on their experience as we waited.
Written 20 January 2024
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Firstclass_NZ
Auckland Central347 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2024 family
Be prepared to wait a long time ! When we arrived, the restaurant was mostly empty. The mocktails were good to excellent. The entree was truly excellent, well presented, nicely and tastefully decorated. Service from the waitress was excellent, she was friendly and very helpful. Unfortunately overall service is another story, please see below. The auto-closing front door of the restaurant needs to be fixed, it was stuck semi-open on a freezing cold evening. The main meal was a disappointment. Firstly, we had to wait 90 minutes after arrival for the main meal to be served, wondering if we should leave and have dinner somewhere else. All those who arrived and ordered after us, already finished their meals before we received our main meals. The lamb was average with fatty, inedible chewy bits. The gravy that was around the lamb was excellent though. What was edible was sadly average. The pork belly was interesting. On one plate it was so burned that the charred layer had to be scraped off. Very little meat and mostly fat. Portion sizes as others already mentioned were disappointing. All in all the experience felt like the chef started the dinner and left, so the kitchen hand had to finish the meals. Look for other options until they improve.
Written 11 May 2024
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Karen P
35 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 family
4 of us for the 5 course degustation last night - having had a few lovely meals here in the past we were looking forward to this. How utterly disappointed we were. 1hr 15mins in we had only had the 1st course - 2 prawns, the next 4 courses took us to a total of 3 hrs. 2nd course duck ravioli...2 pieces. 3rd course market fish - saved the day. 4th course lamb, tiny portions, chewy and the Panna cotta desert was tiny and bland. Others diners left mid degustation after waiting 3 hrs to get 3 courses and one diner took his kids next door to Movenpick. Possibly the worst dining experience we have ever had. I doubt we will return. Such a shame. Front of house staff were fabulous, shame the rest didn't match their efforts.
Written 12 November 2022
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C Wharerau
2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022 couples
2 weeks prior we were sent marketing promo directly from the restaurant offering a 3 course set menu for $55pp. Booking was easy and arrival was fine as to be expected. Day of the booking we recieved a call asking if we could come earlier as there was a large booking coming in at the same time and they didn't want our kitchen order to be delayed. We of course agreed. Waiter was friendly and our order was taken quickly, though we were slightly confused when we were able to also order sides but we were both hungry so we both chose the broccolini. My crab lasagne was actually really nice, however my partners goats cheese croquettes were a very plain and the beet salad only contained a single slice of beetroot. Oh well we thought, a little slip is fine and we were sure the mains would be great. Oh how we were wrong. My girlfriend had ordered the flat iron steak and I got the smoked chicken with mushroom sauce. Mains took about 40mins to arrive which was frustrating when we had moved our booking to ensure that didnt happen. When my chicken arrived it was dry and complelty lacked any flavour, though the mushroom sauce was really nice so made up for it. The steak turned out to actually be a Sirloin cut which looked like it was from Countdown and was very average, though the jus was quite tasty. The real treat however was the "broccolini". Turns out their interpretation of a flat iron steak is just as bad as their interpretation of broccolini because it turned out to just be boiled broccoli cut to include the stalk - thoroughly disappointing to the point I actually took a photo (provided). The creme brulee was worth about a 3.5/5. A nice solid caramelised sugar shell however the custard had a lot of of little bits in it and wasn't smooth in the slightest. Flavour was nice though. Then came the fun part - dealing with the manager. We went up to pay and explained the issues with the food which he was fairly nonchalant about but removed one of the broccoli charges. We then noticed the receipt read $80pp + $10 for the other broccolini (+drinks). We said that we had recieved marketing for $55pp at which point the manager said we were mistaken. We pushed back and reiterated that the marketing had come from the restaurant saying $55. He then tried to say that the waiter was supposed to tell us it was $80pp (they hadn't), and then he proceeded to yell at the waiter via a walkie talkie which absolutely shocked us. After more back and forth he finally agreed and changed the receipt to $55pp. I think our favourite part was that when we got home, we had another email offering $55pp for a 3 course set menu. Absolutely outrageous from this restaurant and they really need to sort themselves out. I never leave reviews but I felt this was required after the managers attitude to us and his staff, and subsequent further discount offers from the restaurant. We'll never be back and have tucked this one away as a hilarious yet stupid memory.
Written 16 July 2022
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Kathy W
Auckland490 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2024 couples
The food was great but on booking there was miscommunication as to which menu we required. Settled on the 3 course set menu which was fine. An unacceptable 2 hour wait for the mains let them down. The service was friendly but muddled with excessive glass removal, removed on arrival, returned on ordering, removed after ordering and replaced at our request. On the whole a nice meal but service needs more training and food to arrive faster.
Written 9 March 2024
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Dharun Arasu
Auckland Central362 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2023 family
When I came to know about this restaurant, I saw the photos on their website and wanted to try it. The pieces of bread were crunchy and soft and well paired with the flavorsome homemade herb butter. Chickpeas Croquet was crisp on the outside and soft inside. Lemon Pepper Garlic Prawns tasted fresh with the classic tomato sauce. 149 Fontina Baked Crab Lasagne and Garlic Herb Swiss Mushroom Farfalle were so perfect that my Neice and Nephew loved it. It's not that easy to make the kids love the food but Parnell 149 did it. The mains were delectable, I had Lamb Rump which was cooked to perfection and the Ratatouille with red wine jus came was rich. Also tried Grilled Snapper and Chicken Kiev which were juicy, fresh and best tasting. For the dessert, the Classic Crème Brulee was out of the world!! And got the perfect Crack at the top! The texture was smooth and silky. Tasted fresh and it's one of the finest Crème Brulees I've had in New Zealand. Also, Macadamia White Chocolate Cheesecake and Rhubarb & Apple Crumble both were delightful. Would highly recommend this restaurant if you are looking for fine cuisine.
Written 21 February 2023
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David L
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2024 friends
no a la carte meny, 3 course fixed price only (price for that not given in meny….) unpleasant will to sell extra drinks/bread/sides without having these stuff on the meny so you don’t know what you order extremely slow. butter for bread flavored with indian curry. Shrimps as a starter also spiced with indian curry… waited 1.45 hrs for a main course. all water served was warm. would never go back.
Written 4 December 2024
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Agnes D
Auckland108 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 couples
Went with hubby for an early dinner. White table cloth and napkins. Really nice ambience and food was really good - when it came. Only counted 2 other couples before us and another 3 after us. Do not know how the kitchen would cope if it was a full house. Had the fresh oyster as starter and that arrive 10 mins after we ordered. The mains came 50 mins after that. We did ask nicely (only once) after waiting about 35 mins after the starter and was told (snappily) it was just coming. Was another 15 mins before main arrived. Yes understand that they may want one to order more drinks and yes understand that hospitality has hard time finding staff but nearly an hour from order to food is way too long. Sorry to say it is not going onto our regular restaurant list now. Pity.
Written 24 March 2023
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