North Island
Gables Speight’s Ale House
Cuisine: Gastro Pub Food, Bar Food, Bistro, Family
248 Jervois Rd
(cnr Jervois Rd & Kelmarna Ave)
Herne Bay
Auckland City 09-376 4994
(cnr Jervois Rd & Kelmarna Ave)
Herne Bay
Auckland City 09-376 4994
Hours:
- Mon – Sun 12 noon – late
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Facilities/Features:
- Business Dining
- Children's Menu
- Private Dining Room
- Private Functions
- Private Parties
- Payment Types: EFTPOS, Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Diners
- Price Range: Moderate, $15 - $25
- Dress Code: Smart casual
- Alcohol: Beer, Wine, Spirits, Cocktails
- Seating for: 100
- BYO/Corkage: No BYO
- Parking: Free Off-Street, Free On-Street
- Good For Groups: Yes
- Good For Children: Yes
- Takeaways: Yes
- Delivers: No
- Takes Reservations: Yes
- Dietary Restrictions: Vegetarian, Dairy-free, Gluten-free
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: Yes
- Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Dessert
Gables Speight’s Ale House is a new Speight’s Ale House and number 16 in NZ.
We have a full Restaurant with full table service, kids are welcome.
We have extensive outdoor areas which are covered and heated.
Monday nights from 6 pm Kids Dine FREE
Tuesday night is Quiz Night from 7pm
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10 Reviews for Gables Speight’s Ale House
20th January 2012
OHH dear being a local and thinking that maybe I should give the re-born gables a go, oh boy what a mistake that was . I have to confess I have been here before for a quick bevvy and have found it OK a glorified beer bar with a lovely sun catching courtyard, but had never eaten here. Well last night after trying two of the entrees never again, the food is appalling, maybe my choices were bad, squid heavily spiced with Indian spices and Vietnamese spring rolls. Tender squid but coated in a soft gooey coating saturated in oil and over fried spring rolls, nothing like Vietnamese spring rolls more like commercial mini Chinese ones , bad ones at that. The service was friendly enough and quite fast. I think I will leave the Gables for bevvy drinking only.
Comment from Gables S. of Gables Speight’s Ale House
20/01/2012
Hi Deborah
Thank you for your feedback. Im sorry to hear your dining experience at the Gables Speights Ale House was less than satisfactory.
We wish you had let us know on the evening that the calamari was not to your liking. Our chefs are very accomodating…
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5th July 2011
We come here for Lunch all the time and the food is awesome, thanks Gables Speight’s Ale House for doing better than Pub Grub. I recommend the Fish of the Day yum yum yum
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5th July 2011
I often frequent the Gables Speight’s Ale House, and always find the food fantastic and the service is adequate for a busy Bar Restaurant. I would highly recommend it to anyone
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31st May 2011
Last Sunday we took our kids for a kids dinner here and also met some friends, who also had kids.
A Super Rugby game was on, which was part of the appeal for my husband. Our kids were outside playing and being noisy (their desserts took over 40 minutes after which we would be leaving). Eventually we were accosted by a rugby boofhead who said it was F@#$&n pub not a creche. I thought it was somewhat of a family restaurant but clearly like most places this is wishful thinking given their regular clientele…The food was good, so it is a shame but we won’t be coming back.
A Super Rugby game was on, which was part of the appeal for my husband. Our kids were outside playing and being noisy (their desserts took over 40 minutes after which we would be leaving). Eventually we were accosted by a rugby boofhead who said it was F@#$&n pub not a creche. I thought it was somewhat of a family restaurant but clearly like most places this is wishful thinking given their regular clientele…The food was good, so it is a shame but we won’t be coming back.
Comment from Gables S. of Gables Speight’s Ale House
19/01/2012
Hi Kate
Thank you for your comments, we apologise for the much delayed response.
We have spoken with our team regarding the night in question. Should the wait have been forty minutes for desserts this is unacceptable, and would definetly have been a…
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1st May 2011
I attended a couple of group dinners at Gables Speights Ale House while in Auckland for business. I have been a regular customer at the Hamilton restaurant and have always been impressed, but was fairly disappointed by this Auckland version.
The waiting staff were friendly but seemed to have their jobs made very difficult by bad upper management. Our waitress was suitably embarrassed to inform us that a number of the meals and wines we were interested in were not available on this night…. This is poor performance and has occurred on numerous occasions at this restaurant.
I was also put off by the duty manager being unnecessarily rude to his staff, maybe its not the staff but the systems at fault.
The food is good but the experience leaves a little to be desired.
The waiting staff were friendly but seemed to have their jobs made very difficult by bad upper management. Our waitress was suitably embarrassed to inform us that a number of the meals and wines we were interested in were not available on this night…. This is poor performance and has occurred on numerous occasions at this restaurant.
I was also put off by the duty manager being unnecessarily rude to his staff, maybe its not the staff but the systems at fault.
The food is good but the experience leaves a little to be desired.
Comment from Gables S. of Gables Speight’s Ale House
19/01/2012
Hi Mark
Thank you very much for your feedback, all your points have been taken on board!
While occassionally in the past there have been occasions where we run out of items, sometimes due to ordering complications and regrettably occasionally as a result of…
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17th April 2011
Have been there twice, ok but first burger I got was full of lettuce, I mean really full. The other gripe that I have is that they asked if i want the pattie meidum? Um you can only cook mince well done and brown… not very good
Comment from Gables S. of Gables Speight’s Ale House
19/01/2012
Hi Zane
Thanks very much for your comments we always appreciate any feedback!
Although it may not be to your taste to have your burger cooked anything less than well done all our burgers are made from prime beef we are able to cook them to order the same way…
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13th December 2010
Just been for lunch at the Gables and felt like I had to write how much of a great experience I had. Great beer, great food and the service was fantastic!
Will definitely be back!
Will definitely be back!
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7th December 2010
Food was alright but the big let down was the SERVICE, no welcoming greeting when you come in and staff often hanged out at the bar talking instead of checking to see if we were ready to order or whether our drinks needed topping up. We love to dine out and used to go the the Gables before it became Speights Ale House. The service was much better then. Its all about the ‘experience’ and unfortunately, it was very poor. We have dined at several other Speights Ale Houses ranging from Invercargill (best experience)to up here in Auckland.
Comment from Gables S. of Gables Speight’s Ale House
19/01/2012
Hi Nadie
Im sorry to hear that the service may not have been up to its usual high standard when you came to dine with us. At the Gables Speights Ale House we understand that service plays an important part in the dining out “experience” as you say and our staff…
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28th August 2010
Highlights: great beer and awesome service and knowledge from the Irish (maybe Scottish?) waitress.
Downsides: It would seem this restaurant is overly family friendly – highlighted by the multitude of kids sprinting round the bar in bare feet. Also the meals were heavy on the oil and salt.
Hoped it would be better. Might just go there for the beer from now on.
Downsides: It would seem this restaurant is overly family friendly – highlighted by the multitude of kids sprinting round the bar in bare feet. Also the meals were heavy on the oil and salt.
Hoped it would be better. Might just go there for the beer from now on.
Comment from Gables S. of Gables Speight’s Ale House
19/01/2012
Hi Corinne
Firstly thank you so much for your great feedback on one of our wonderful front of house team!!!
In regards to the overly family feel of the restaurant we do try to cater to those with children instead, as well as those without, however our staff…
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26th July 2010
Nice ambience but very average service and 2 out of 3 dinners were ok.
Comment from Gables S. of Gables Speight’s Ale House
19/01/2012
Hi Christian
Thank you very much for your feedback! In the time since your review was placed we have taken your feedback on board and have worked with our front of house team to ensure that we provide top notch service to all our customers!
As for the food we…
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