Had a great experience . The food was excellent and well priced. Its worth having the extra veg as tonight silver beet was featured ( not just ordinary green from the silver beet – the whites with an amazing sauce of cream, parmigiana and other spices, it was Divine and just an add on)
Our Waitress was lovely and helpful. The wine list is rather short, but not the usual run of the mill supermarket, so fine. Featured a couple of French wines by the glass. This is not a fine Dinning Restaurant and the prices reflect that, but the service is great and the food very tasty and well presented. It was refreshing to have a Salad that was correctly seasoned and tossed – not just placed on the plate and drizzles with dressing. Thanks for a great night.

I have to warn people that Aubergine is WAY overpriced for what you will receive. The food isn’t terrible, but it is NOT the quality bistro experience you might expect. As someone else wrote, the menu sounds nice, but what you get is strange and slightly off.

First oddity–for a fancy, “fine-dining” experience, the one waitress was wearing a hoodie, jeans, and sneaks. I don’t usually care about stuff like that, but it was strange.

We shared one entree–the warm goat cheese crostini with smoked tomatoes and salad. The bread was nicely grilled, but otherwise it came with a block of sweating cheap cheese and four tiny dollops of what seemed like store-bought relish. We also had the chicken sausage and salmon mains. On the menu, they sound like two very distinct dishes. What we got were two different types of protein sitting on the same soup of canned cannellini beans, carrots, and celery except one was a bit more tomatoey. Although the salmon was tasty, the soupy bean base was bland and confusing and did nothing for either dish. We also got the “seasonal vegetables” which were cafeteria-style steamed broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower. Finally, the desserts were decent but at $16 a pop, I expected amazing. I had the jasmine tea creme brulee–which was really lovely, but it came with a dollop of neon, bubblegum-green lime sorbet that was obviously store bought and awful! The intensity of the fake lime flavour completely killed the subtlety of the jasmine and I found that I had to stop eating it because my taste buds were freaking out.

Honestly, I have had better pub food. You won’t have a horrible meal here, but for the money, you can do much much better.

The rare steak was well done (although tender), prices were too high and service maybe too abrupt. Won’t return. Where was the French theme? We did however have an enjoyable evening with good friends and the service was not intrusive.

We have been to Aubergine several times over the past years and our latest visit on 8 Feb was as good as ever. The menu is not extensive but it is a case of fewer items done very well. The duck confit was excellent and the sticky date pudding would be the best in town. Reasonably priced and reasonable portions.

Nice place to eat, with good food

We had been meaning to try Aubergine for ages and were not disappointed. The atmosphere, place settings and music were in keeping with the French theme of the restaurant. Service was just right – attentive and discreet. All our dishes were beautifully cooked and presented (without being over the top). We had no difficulty with using the Entertainment Book. We will go again.

Four of us had a wonderful meal here. The service and food were excellent. The menu has plenty to choose from and we all chose different options which were all great. Service is attentive but not intrusive. Highly recommended.

We had a lovely dinner for four at Aubergine last night. Our service was warm, friendly, and attentive, even when we arrived without a booking. The menu could be described as very loosely French and we started with warm, crusty bread rolls. I ordered the salmon, which was tender and lightly flavoured. My partner’s lamb rump was beautifully medium rare and our sides of mushrooms and seasonal vegetables complemented our main courses. Even though the room got very noisy with a large group sitting opposite us, this was a pleasant, enjoyable meal.

I have no idea why the people below have rated his bad, each to their own. The staff are exceptional, always friendly and welcoming, we have been back 5 times and the peaceful atmosphere and quaint french music with the superb food is to die for. Perhaps they never tried the awesome Creme Brulee… we have been to many fine dining eateries in Wellington and this is the best by far…we were there again tonight and we love it.

Terrible.

We ordered a steak medium rare and it came out well done and cut in half! And the waitress said “they don’t cut it in half” but it was. Dodgy.

The menu sounds nice but what comes out is completely different and strange and not very good.

They also are difficult about using the Entertainment Card. I think we got the steak for free but no discount in the end.

Not recommended.

Excellent meal and service! The food was beautiful and very fresh.
Definitely the best French restaurant in Wellington – Recommend to all

Good quality food and service. Boutique only six or seven tables and a small but sufficient menu. Plenty of regular diners were evident when we were there. Appears to be run by husband and wife team.

I went with great expectations which alas were not met. The service had a ‘Fawltey Towers’ feel about it with the the waitress being extremely abrupt and invasive in her table manner. We chuckled at the speed of her movements and felt she was trying to get us out the door as quickly as possible (indeed a couple that arrived after us was long gone by the time we got to dessert)- it was a bit like having a floor show. I must say that the terrine I had for an entree was superb. Sadly the steak that followed was tough and overcooked (definitely not the medium rare requested) and the vegetables were simply steamed and their flavours did little to accompany the steak. The ice cream/sorbet desert was nothing fantastic. I know Aubergine is supposed to be simple, our meals were more like basic! Oh and I’m still waiting for my after-meal coffee. If … there’s a next time; I think I’ll ask for three or four slices of the terrine together with a basket of bread – that I know I’ll enjoy.