Tuatua Restaurant
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I would give this place a 4/5 if it weren't for the slow service when ordering. I don't think the waitress knew what was going on - perhaps she is new…
Deena
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Amazing seafood chowder! YUM! Thanks!…
Amy Milner
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We had Tapas dinner on 3/2/12. Staff was very friendly, but did not give us water or wine list, I had to get up and go to the bar to ask for water and…
Olga Geurts
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Tuatua Restaurant is open for Quick Bites. Tuatua Restaurant serves Pizza, Burger and Tapas dishes. Incorrect or missing information? Make a report, or claim the restaurant if you own it!Details
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9 Reviews on “Tuatua Restaurant”
We had Tapas dinner on 3/2/12. Staff was very friendly, but did not give us water or wine list, I had to get up and go to the bar to ask for water and wine list. I like the interior design inside, especially wine rack. For tapas we had large seafood chowder 7/10, delicious NZ lamb meat balls 10/10 and NZ mussel fritters 8/10. Me and my husband are good eaters and that was enough for both of us. It was VERY GOOD value for money, as we only paid $50 for 3 meals. Will be coming back, when next time in Whitianga.
All i can say is that what amazing hospitality i had while eating there, they had just had a table of 20 walk in just before us but that didnt stop them from putting all the attention on the large table rather then the little ones. The waiters did a amazing job considering how busy they were. I loved the calamari( have to get if you go there) its a really whitiangain decent size for its price and dont get me started on their burgers they are well worth their price, trust me you wont we dissapointed because they are HUGE!! Thank you dave your restaurant its awesome, one of my tops in whiti. 🙂
We were in Whitianga for my brothers stag do just before the new year. And wow what an experience we had at Tuatua, the service was great, fun friendly staff that made us feel really welcome, we had a ball and were looked after in first class style. It is a real kiwi style place laid back but being professional at the same time. Now the food, what a pizza you guys make haven’t had pizza that good since I lived in Europe.Keep up the good work, a must if your in Whitanga.
Wow I have never been so extremely unimpressed with the service at a cafe or restaurant!The place was completely disorganised and it seemed like everyone was doing a bit of everything. Once we ordered after about 20 minutes of waiting, we went to the courtyard and sat on some old ripped seats. We asked one of the waitresses for water and she told us no because she was too busy. We received the coffee we ordered which was burnt, I took it back and 20 Min’s later we still had no replacement. We had to go and remind them again we were STILL waiting on a replacement coffee. One meal came out after about 30 Min’s, 3 more about 15 Min’s later, the breakfast meals said they had a sausage which happened to be half a sausage, my eggs in my eggs benedict were hard and when I asked for them to be re done the girl who served me with an extremely bad attitude took the plate back to the kitchen and proceeded to b*tch to the chef that we were complaining again, we were all sitting there watching her do this but she didn’t seem to care. We got a piece of cake plonked on the table as a weak attempt at an apology and she proceeded to tell us, it’s new years day we should all be happy and they are busy. Four of us had finished our meals, we were still waiting on 2 more meals, by this time it had been an hour, we decided we should ask about the last 2 meals as they had started closing up the kitchen, surprise surprise they had lost the order. Finally after we had received the last 2 orders, we ate and got out of there as fast as we could completely unimpressed. As we left at about 1230 we heard they had run out of food. Well done guys, a new low. I would NEVER go back there again. A couple of those girls (one in particular) needs and attitude adjustment. The food was ok.
Ordered breakfast, waited 50 minutes, they brought out the wrong order – tried twice to get it right and was then told that they would give me a refund as they were too busy to fix the order so left hungry. Very poor service – will never go back.
firstly i think that Rebbecca just had a bad experience. tuatua is by far the most wonderful restaurant i have eaten at and i love the place. i recommend everybody to try the food. the new wall display is very smart in the courtyard and gives the atmosphere a very tranquil feeling about it. i love tuatua. if i still lived in new Zealand i would continue to eat there all the time. love it! my favorite cocktail is the moulin rouge. its delicious!
We have been living in Whitianga for almost 2 years, and after trying every restaurant in town we always come back to Tuatua, in all our experiences the food has always been freshly prepared and excellent value for money, we dine there regularly, as a couple on date night, or with our young family and have always been very impressed with the quality and amazing food, including our favourite the Calamare,which beats Prego in Auckland by a country (coromandel) mile.I can’t speak highly enough of Tuatua and it will continue to be our favourite restaurant in town.