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4/5 Taste4.5/5 Display 4.5/5 Quantity 4/5 Customer Service Another decent bar in Hamilton.Good atmosphere, good seatings, good beer and kind staff. No…
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This evening I attended this restaurant to celebrate a friends birthday. Let me begin my review by saying my waiter was a lovely young man who tried h…
Ashley Knight
Good Neighbour Brew Bar
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ProsPizza was greatJuice was goodBeer was really goodNeat styling of the restaurant. Good location and adequate parking.ConsChairs terribly uncomforta…
Jay M.
Good Neighbour Brew Bar
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Good Neighbour Brew Bar is open for Casual Dining and Bar. Good Neighbour Brew Bar serves European, Pizza and Burger dishes. Incorrect or missing information? Make a report, or claim the restaurant if you own it!Details
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6 Reviews on “Good Neighbour Brew Bar”
4/5 Taste4.5/5 Display 4.5/5 Quantity 4/5 Customer Service Another decent bar in Hamilton.Good atmosphere, good seatings, good beer and kind staff. Not much more I could say but not as good as the original place.
This evening I attended this restaurant to celebrate a friends birthday. Let me begin my review by saying my waiter was a lovely young man who tried his best, was incredibly polite, and very attentive. There was absolutely nothing wrong with him. Where to begin? I asked for a strawberry margarita and was shocked to get a mouthful of salt upon gleefully slurping my first taste down. The stroppy young girl who delivered it decided to give me a lesson in margaritas when I asked her why there was salt on the rim. I believe I’ve been drinking margaritas from all around the world for longer than she’s been alive. I then informed her that yes, salt goes with lime margaritas, but sugar should be on a strawberry one. The drinks are also supposed to be like a slushee, but this was straight juice and alcohol – nothing resembling a margarita. The girl took it away and assembled with her “squad” by the food station. Unbeknownst to her, however, I read lips and interpret body language and as she proceeded to complain about me to her comrade-in-arms, I couldn’t help but wonder if my next drink would contain a coughed up loogie. The next drink was the exact same thing but with salty tasting sugar around the rim. Not one bit of it, save the pink colour, resembled, tasted or smelled like strawberry. I couldn’t drink it. So the sweet male waiter let me order a Bloody Mary. It was delivered by a different tall man with an expression of stifled hatred. I found this funny, but slightly disturbing as I imagined downing a chunk of phlegm, and watched him retreat across the floor to complain to the squad. Thankfully, no loogie and despite the celery that had long ago committed suicide and was collapsed over the rim of the glass, the lemon slice (really? In a Bloody Mary?) and the small tree of mint (perhaps my penance for ordering another drink?), the drink was not bad. I ordered the Asian beef salad. It arrived looking very pretty despite the lack of lighting at our table and I thought, “Huzzah! I’m starving!” and proceeded to tuck in. I was disappointed, but too hungry and too afraid that returning the bowl to the kitchen might mean the tall man may jump me in the parking lot, so I ate the salad and made a mental note to add my two cents on Trip Advisor as soon as I got home. To be fair, the salad leaves were fresh and the light dressing lovely. The beans were as dull as a watered down sock. The meat – I swear to the Lord Almighty – it was a combination of two or three slices of nice tasting beef, a few grizzled bits that might have come from a blender, and three or four pieces of liver. My friend had the same and couldn’t finish her meal. She told the waiter to please let the chef know that the beans were tasteless. I thought that rather a kind assessment as I would have used a bit more colourful adjectives. The drink cost $14.99. I nearly passed out over that. The salad was just over $25. Here’s the thing: I can handle getting a poorly made drink, or a bit of grizzly meat. What I can’t abide is poor attitudes. Perhaps the manager needs to inform their staff that people from all over the world attend their restaurant. A few of these people may have unique gifts. Such as lip reading. Or body language interpretation. Their saving grace was the lovely young man who was our waiter. Otherwise I would have given tonight’s review a 1. Instead, it gets a 2 and a vehement no to returning.
ProsPizza was greatJuice was goodBeer was really goodNeat styling of the restaurant. Good location and adequate parking.ConsChairs terribly uncomfortable.Very hot in the indoor restaurant eating area, I’m assuming there is no air con. Windows were all open to combat this and there were lots of flies as a result. Took approximately an hour for the food to arrive. Workers had their own drinks out in the open but I can’t blame them considering how hot it was. Fish was way over cooked and rubbery. Garlic flatbread was way too salty because the garlic was garlic salt.The worst part is that no one offered us any more drinks or asked how our food was after our food arrived. Running out of drinks combined with how hot it was, I could not wait to get out of there. Overcooked fish, no air con, flies, and poor service for almost 150 bucks. Yeah, right. Won’t be going back. Unless it’s for a refund. You can go to any hole in the wall in New Zealand and get better fish and chips.
I am quite often disappointed with Good Neighbour, every time I go here I regret it. The service is pretty much always terrible, and we feel like we’re being annoying trying to place an order. I’ve eaten here a couple of times and been very disappointed with the food. My mum and I came in one day wanting a nice platter and some drinks, asked the bar staff for a menu and was told No Platters today then she just walked away. We both felt like we had annoyed her, and wondered whether we should just leave. Instead we thought No, we will stay and have a cider and have a look at the menu. We ended up getting a couple of items off the menu, and the food overall was not too bad. However I think the service here really lets the place down!
I come here a lot. Always good food, good service and awesome beverages. I can always count on a good time when I drop into Good Neighbour Rototuna.
I have never felt so uncomfortable while eating out. I found a hair in my food, and it was too long to be mine and it was a brown colour (my hair was tied up and I’m light blonde). I made sure the hair wasn’t mine and I told the waiter, he took it to the staff in the kitchen and they looked at it and we could tell they thought I had put the hair in my food by how they were reacting. He came back over and was quite rude, said he could replace my food on the house, which I rejected. He then left the pasta in front of me as if I were going to eat it! Another employee came up to me and gave me a $10 voucher and apologised. She said all of the chefs had short hair, and I again said it wasn’t my colour hair at all. She agreed with me and again apologised. We went to the counter to pay and was still charged for the pasta. Overall, extremely average food, with average staff.