I have been to The Grand for meals on a few occasions and was very impressed. The staff were really helpful even though the bar was fairly busy. The food was great; good portions, descent price and it tasted very good.

The bar also had cool music, I will definitely go back.

I came here for a work lunch and got a meal and a drink for $13! I was really happy to find a vege pasta with a creamy sauce – delicious. The staff were kind to me even after I spilled red wine everywhere. Sorry about that.

We visited “The Grand” for dinner on Saturday 18 December 2010, having booked a table for 7p.m.
There were two staff serving at the bar and also taking orders for meals. The female bar person took forever to take our orders so I went to the bar to place an order for a pot of mussels (incidentally there were no grilled mussels on offer as stated on their on line menu). She duly took our order and then returned 5 minutes later to say they had run out of mussels, and sorry about this. So we then looked at the menus again, two of us ordering the fish and chips asking what the fish of the day was. Surprise surprise she had to go and ask, and returned saying “teryaki”. Doh! we were not ordering Japanese food, could she possibly mean terakihi? Apparently so! The meals subsequently arrived, and the fish and chip meals were fine. However, the seafood basket bore no resemblance to the desciption on the menu. It contained 3 battered prawns, 6 crumbed (previously frozen) mussels, a ton of chips, and some salad garnishes. No fish, squid rings or scallops. When the male staff member asked how our meals were, we expressed our dismay at the poor show in the seafood basket, and asked to have a reasonable discount to compensate. When we paid our bill, the female wait person deducted $4.00 from our bill. OMG!
If you want mediocre pub food at a price, then this is the place for you! Otherwise choose one of the excellent places nearby to eat e.g. Cafe Express and Brewers Apprentice.

The owner has since contacted us to apologise and has sent vouchers for meals at The Grand and Roma.

We revisited The Grand on 12 February and were warmly welcomed to our table by the lovely waitress.
The mussell platters were divine, and so too was the antipasto platter, which we enjoyed with Roaring Meg Sauvignon Blanc.
Our compliments to the owner Anne Bragg for a wonderful evening, and also for ensuring that everything was rectified.
Anne’s other restaurant Roma is fabulous too.

great to see there is a new owner!!! hope the bar takes off!!!!

I recently spent a wonderful night at the Grand Beer Cafe. Michelle Cullum our host was amazing, the staff were fantasic,the food and music were delightful. All in all a great experience and one we will all enjoy again very soon. Thank you Michelle we had a great night.Everyone is talking about your cafe today in Palmerston North.