Ye Gods, the mighty Astrolabe has morphed into some form of a Macs Ale House and been filled with concrete blocks and rhetro furniture which just doesnt do this old hero any favours. We had to ask three different staff if a table that was empty out in the garden courtyard was free and finally got shown there after a 45 minute wait. There was plenty of staff on and this place has been up and running for a couple of weeks now but they still seem to lack any form of leadership and a certain amount of disorganisation reins although I would have to say once we had got going with three different staff at the table in five minutes things rocked along and some reasonably decent gastropub style meals arrived but one would have to say that was about it. our meals were never checked on, even when we got another round of drinks (and it costs nothing for a smile ). we had three coffees to finish…. and I can only but say this is not at all their forte and leave it at that. a disappointing experience but i would give it some credit that they have reasonable fare at affordable prices.

We dined here on a Tuesday evening and the restaurant was quiet, only four tables were occupied. The service was excellent and the food very good – much better than most of the restaurants in the Tauranga area. It is not cheap, two mains, two deserts and a bottle of wine cost us about $160 but we thought it was well worth it.

This is a firm favourite of mine. Best place to eat in Tauranga/Mt. The service is always good. The food excellent. Make sure you get to sit in the main restaurant bit rather than the bar. Highly recommended.