Muddy Waters Irish Pub & Restaurant
Muddy Waters Irish Pub & Restaurant
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Food and ambience
Does this restaurant specialise in New Zealand style food?
Details
CUISINES
Irish, Bar, Pub, New Zealand
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Reservations, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Table Service
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4.0
67 reviews
Excellent
24
Very good
24
Average
9
Poor
2
Terrible
8
Smoltman
Courtenay10790 contributions
Nov 2023 • couples
On the road and needed lunch. Not much available on Hwy 1 but we found this pub. My wife had the Halloumi salad, very fresh and full of flavours, I had the crumbed fish burger with fries - good. Of course had to have a Guinness!
Written 6 November 2023
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Tony M
Waitakere City54 contributions
Mar 2024 • friends
After 90 minutes in a 7km trip on SH1 month we were hot and tired and hungry.
The Muddy Eaters was busy, the 3 of us found a table and ordered.
The Salmon skillet with cooked root vegies and 2 great deep fried Kumera patties was delicious and a visual pleasure.
The entree Salt and pepper squid was plentiful and darn yummy.
The Meat lovers pizza was covered in said meat with BBQ sauce and was superb.
This will be a stable location when we travel out of Auckland either north or south.
Written 8 March 2024
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Biffee63
Gisborne133 contributions
Jan 2023 • couples
I would rate Muddy Waters as 4.5. The only negative is the surroundings the food we had was great. We both had Scotch Fillet (rare and med rare) both were cooked to perfection. The veges were whole baby carrots and beans which were cooked to perfection as well.
Highly recommend
Written 5 January 2023
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Laura B
24 contributions
Feb 2024 • family
Two sides; bar area & restaurant area. The restaurant area is a bit empty & tired looking, no real ambiance but it could be great with a bit of work as the whole building is an amazing big wooden cabin.
The food was very nice, having come from the uk we felt like we’d struggled through NZ to find any healthy food but we got good veg portions here! And nice size portions in general. The only disappointment was the lack of veg in the children’s menu.
Service was good, efficient & polite.
Written 2 March 2024
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Pinkexpectations
Auckland3 contributions
Feb 2020 • family
Popped in for a pint and a bite to eat on the way home, it was dirty and overrated. We ordered a pizza to share and a bowl of mussels, the mussels were luke warm and basic. The pizza base was hard as rock and when we commented on the horrible base they proudly told us it was made by the chef. The tables hadn’t been wiped for weeks by the looks of it and dirty serviettes were laying around everywhere. The bar woman had socks on behind the bar and no shoes until she slopped around delivering meals with her feet half in her trainers. She stepped right over the dirty serviettes and didn’t clear one plate on her way back.
Written 22 February 2020
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Sadie
Tauranga3 contributions
Jan 2022 • family
Great food and value...
Had a quick meal here on our way to Auckland. I had a venison salad and hubby had Muddy's special double burger (best burger we've tasted in the North Island so far!) And bonus: Kids ate for free (Mon-Wed). Coffee was good too. We will be back for sure!
Written 2 January 2022
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LilyMc
69 contributions
Feb 2020 • couples
We called in for a late lunch 1 Sunday. Ordered 2 x beef burgers - oh my goodness - they were ENORMOUS !!! To be honest I could have had a quarter and my husband would have eaten the rest. For $26.00 per burger they were pricey and did not come with chips, that was an extra $8.00. Muddy Waters needs to look at there pricing of there menu!!! The menu isn’t huge but ok for a pub atmosphere.
Written 12 February 2020
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jdarcyAuckland
Auckland96 contributions
Feb 2020 • none
Had lunch with a group of friends here. They have small plates and large plates.
I had the smashed avocados and fritter and it was very nice. The egg on top added more taste to the dish.
The atmosphere was open, sunny and friendly.
Located next to a rest stop on the motorway, so a great place for lunch between Hamilton and Auckland.
Written 27 February 2020
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Kim S
Tauranga608 contributions
Nov 2022 • solo
Amazing Fish and chips for lunch
It's a large meal at a good price. And it was fresh snapper. Service is very quick which I'd great if you are after a quick stop on the way through to Auckland. Have always had a quick bite at maccers. Not anymore.
Written 4 November 2022
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Stormy F
2 contributions
Aug 2020 • family
Had a great dinner with family tonight. All of our meals were absolutely delicious. Can’t wait to come back again and enjoy another meal with the family. Ribs were amazing, steak was delicious and all the meals were a decent size. Thank you to the chef and the lovely waitresses. ☺️☺️
Written 24 August 2020
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SER1971
20 contributions
Jan 2025 • family
Awesome building, service was good , food was ok but would do better to have less cooked from a box and pairing foods with appropriate sauces little side salad to break it , over all was ok.
Written 17 January 2025
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Kyle
Pokeno4 contributions
Apr 2022 • friends
Amazing!
Went here for a friends dinner. Service was great! Food was quickly out and tasted amazing!
10/10 Will be back soon :)
Written 17 April 2022
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CJ
1 contribution
Jun 2021 • family
Have been to this restaurant 4 times over many years and 3 times it has been really bad
Steak was cooked like I asked which is good but the quality of the steak was not good the chips were cold in the middle and tasted like oven cooked from frozen
They mucked up the order and they never took the plates away or asked if anyone wanted dessert
Written 12 June 2021
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Janice D
Auckland18 contributions
Dec 2019 • none
Bar table was sticky and grubby,bar person unfriendly,food was dreadful,cooked in old oil,will never g again
Written 24 October 2020
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C K
7 contributions
Jun 2020 • family
Stopped in for a look ended up having dinner. Delicious pizza & garlic bread was gorgeous! The staff were all great & very attentive. Will visit again for sure!
Written 20 June 2020
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