So I’ve been to Furnace twice now for dinner, and I have to say that has been a great experience both times. We have been seated promptly, had our orders taken and drinks provided quickly by lovely friendly staff. On our most recent visit we order the calamari and the scallops for our entrees and then both had the eye fillet for our mains. OMG, it was the best for all our dishes. We eat out a lot and I’m not usually impressed but this time I was as no element let the food or service down. We also had the choc mousse and creme brulee for pud – yummo. I also liked the wallpaper in the ladies restroom!

Enjoyed a late lunch with a friend here on a monday afternoon. Even though the $12 lunches had finished, the waitress allowed us to order off the snack menu for the same price. The food was amazing! Pizza cooked perfectly with good flavours. Nice balance of salad/fries/pizza. Had the tiramisu for dessert, also delicious. Very friendly service and only a short wait for our food. The only thing I could fault were chips in the bases of the glassware and crockery. Will definitely return with more friends

We went there today for lunch.
Around 15 work colleagues.
I had read previous revues from this site and I was a bit worried.
My initial worry was the service and slowness.
But today there was no worries here at all.
The food arrived within a reasonable time frame-45 mins and it looked very presentable and whats better was excellent to eat.
I dont think there were any complaints apart from someone who had the pork blly who found it too rich for them
The portions looked quite generous too.
We will be back

I went to Furnace for their $12 lunch… Absolutely amazing. The food portion was decent and the quality was amazing! Though their pizza was a bit small (compared to Dominoes, but decent compared to the other restaurants nearby). I loved their chowder – creamy and full of the flavour of what a chowder is supposed to have.

Fav place in Hamilton. Love coming and taking people to this place. Love it love love it. Cant fault it. Love the $12 lunches to. Would have ben nice to have a highchair available tho. Wouldn’t normally take kids out to dining but met a friend there for lunch and it was hopeless without a highchair. You can get some nice snazzy ones that would blend in with the decor from mocka.co.nz

Went in on Good Friday and this was the only restaurant that was busy. Service was awesome, very quick and the waitresses were very friendly. Food was quick to come out and was delicious. This is not the first time I have been impressed with Furnace and have never been let down with their great service and marvelous food.
Will definitely be back again

I’ve been to Furnace quite a few times. The first time was the best and it went downhill since then. The average time waited for meal was about an hour regardless how busy they were. It’s normally really loud and overcrowded. Last time I went for dinner was on 22/02/11. Pizza was ok and I felt like it’s different from the past. (Pizzas here used to be really awesome.) Smoked salmon salad was a joke and overpriced. The portion size was small with mostly green leafy veggie and a wee bit of pieces. Any non-chef can do better than that…very disappointed and wasted of money. The staff was nice though. Other food in general was average. Will I go back again??….maybe.

We watched two other parties walk out after waiting an hour for their food. Weirdly, wait staff were taking arm loads of dishes down to Easy Tiger also owned by the same owner. We lost count at 15 dishes. So they lose customers while they feed others at another restaurant down the street?

We put in our food and drink order and half an hour later when we could get the attention of wait staff, asked where the drink was. It arrived, in time, but our food didn’t. After watching the other customers walk out, we asked when our food might arrive. The estimated 15 minutes (+30mins already passed) came and went. An hour after we ordered, it still hadn’t arrived. We went to pay for the drink and leave, but were promised lunch would arrive soon. I don’t know how much later we got our meals. They were not worth waiting for. Mostly bread and a tiny serving at that.

We will not be back…ever. Thank you for not charging for the meal, but with service like that, poor meals and the frustration of watching food walk down the street instead of feeding the groups who walked out on you in frustration, was too much.

Came in 3rd of febuary and was blown away. We had a table of 4, entrees were quick and tasty, mains were nice but WOW the deserts blew me away. We had the warm fruit tart and the fondant. they was so good we wanted to order 2 more. THANK YOU FURNACE DESERTS

I have been to this Furnace Restaurant for the first time on the 16th of Jan 2011. Their service was not the greatest.
The food was ok, I felt been overcharged. The restaurant environment was pretty but very hot during summer time, it was not air conditioned.
I don’t think I will ever recommend this restaurant to anyone and will not go there ever again.

Been to furnace last Sunday 16 January 2011 and was really bad service,and we had to wait 48mins for our meals to be served and we stand up and complaint and walk away,long wait for food – 48mins. Will not be back again.
New Zealand needs to learn plenty about service. The owner is very busy buying restaurants in Hamilton and making money and don’t care about service.

Been to furnace a few times over the past 2 years and have never been bowled over but the last time was the worst. Dined there on 28th Dec 2010. Had booked a table and had to wait 25mins to be seated even though are table was free, apparently we were waiting for the restaurant manager to seat us (not by our request). Long wait for food – 50mins for entrees, another 40 min for mains. When the main arrived 2 meals had to be sent back as they undercooked. Will not be back again.

We have had their $12 lunches – great value and really really nice. I had the fish – was gorgeous. had the sweetcorn fritters that were not so good. Been for dinner – a bit loud and crowded but that’s because it is so popular. Very enjoyable -

Great $12 menu – lots of options and nice food. Service is a bit slow though, especially if trying to go during a lunch hour.

Furnace had been recommended to me by a number of work colleagues, however I was disappointed with my meal at this restaurant and would not recommend it to others as a result. The food is fairly priced, and there is good variety on the menu, but the quality of the food was terrible. I had ordered the fish-of-the-day – a battered white fish served on vegetables – and had found it to be extremely salty, as if someone had poured brine over the entire meal. Others at the same table with the same dish also found it salty, and most of us did not attempt to finish our meals. Other meals were similarly disappointing, and the meal was only saved as ‘average’ by a delicious coffee afterwards.

The restaurant was extremely busy when I had dinner there, and packed so tightly that some chairs on both sides of our table were up against other diners at unrelated tables. It was also uncomfortably loud, and the restaurant could have made a much more pleasant experience by dampening the sound and having more generous space for seating. The setting is modern and comfortable, but with too few staff and loud atmosphere, it did not make for a pleasant experience. Service was slow, but the restaurant was busy and we had a table of around 20 people, and taking this into account it was not as bad as it could have been.

Overall, I would not suggest to this restaurant to others.

made the mistake of going on a public holiday.
ridiculously overcrowded because everyone had figured out you can buy drinks with a meal.
i take into consideration the amount of people but it still took way too long for anything we ordered to arrive.

first time i had ever had creme brulee and from what iv heard it was perfect.

was alright for a oncer but is very much like eating in a bar. Food was alright.

Average.. Rather bar’ish. Food can be good but been twice, first time was great second time not so. VERY slow service though

Fantastic staff! Everytime I go in there, the staff are friendly and attentive. Great thurs, fri and sat nights. A+

Friendly staff who make a fantastic Margarita!

I dine at Furnace regularly, and I am blown away every time! The staffs are by far the nicest I have been served by in Hamilton. The service is very good, and the food is stunning! My ultimate favourites would have to be the lamb shanks, pork belly, and the Italian pizza.

Nice food, slow service!

dined here a few saturdays ago…..service way too slow……drinks took ages to come…..waiting staff great and the food was fabulous, but maybe they need more staff to cope with a saturday night.

The atmosphere at Furnace is nice but as the night wears on (we had a late booking) you feel a bit pushed out as they clear the tables away for the people hitting the night clubs. It’s kinda like ‘you’ve eaten now pay and get out’.

Music is too loud, but we were beside large speakers right by the kitchen. Maybe have a seperate area for diners who like to linger over coffee or a couple of glasses of wine…?

Food was good but a bit more pricey than I like.