Awesome place to sit & enjoy a meal on a summer’s evening.
The steak is FANTASTIC & should def be tried.
We also hired the whole venue for our 10th Wedding Anniversary. The service before & during our party was fantastic & we had no complaints.
Worth a trip!

We have eaten at the Jetty Cafe on quite a few occasions now, we have always found the staff very friendly. I have tried something different off the menu everytime we have dined there and cannot complain about the standard of food we have had.

I feel that maybe people shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover go on up stairs and enjoy the lovely sea views!!!

Great family restaurant I love it and so do the kids! Fine Dining No….. Family Dining Yes!!! Great wine list and they serve Tuatara beer YUM!

I couldn’t even review the food as the customer service was soooo bad that we left in the first 5 mins.We walked in as a family of 4 for dinner, there were 2 other tables that were occupied. We asked if we could join two 2 seat er tables so we could be in the evening sun but apparently it cant be done. Now I would totally understand this if it was crazy busy but not the case, the place was sooooo quiet. Not only that, the woman was abrupt about it and and got the hump like a pre menstrual teenager. I was embarrassed at her attitude and needless to say we left with in 5 mins of arriving. Its a shame she has not learnt how to look after her paying customers. Needless to say we will never go back!

Fantastic location with great views but I will only be going in for a drink on a summers night next time. We went for lunch, my partner had the seafood chowder…was gluggy and bland. For someone who will eat anything, he struggled his way through it. I had the fish and chips, wish I had got a takeaway! Overpriced, the fish was completely tasteless…chips not worth mentioning and for the price I expected salad with it. We were very dissapointed.

If you’re looking for a really great dining experience this weekend try the lamb shanks at the Jetty Cafe. The Chef has obviously tried a new recipe as those served to my table yesterday had the succulent lamb really tender and tasting just right -separating from the bone as soon as touched by my knife and fork. Have tried Lamb Shanks at this really pleasant cafe on the Petone Esplanade previously and haven’t really felt motivated to wax lyrical about it. My experience with this dish was easily as good as with my favourite North african genre restaurants in Auckland. The fish dishes also looked enticing with the fish flesh looking moist like freshly caught and delivered fish should do.

Had a lovely lunch here, the menu was great so much so that it was hard to make our selection – great prices to I must add for the beautifully presented food with great flavours! I had risotto and Mum had the corn & cheese fritters. We were welcomed by a lovely young lady on our arrival, who cleared a table near the window for us, Drinks were offered as we sat and delivered promptly – we didn’t feel rushed and really enjoyed our lunch. I’d recommend for a casual lunch or coffee anytime.

A group of us went (12 in total) and had a meal at Jetty to celebrate a friends birthday – thought it would be a nice spot to view the fireworks too for Petone’s winter carnival.
Frankly the meal was crap. Seven of us ordered Coq au vin….four of us got it delivered in bowls without a pastry top. I mean what the ??? It was like chicken slop in a porridge bowl??The waiting staff said the pastry top was on it’s way so half of us waited but the rest didn’t as they were hungry – they needed to spoon it up like soup. What a joke. Like we would eat a pastry top on it’s own??? The side of so called roasted stir fried vegetable were on the side all right, piled on top of a red serviette that turned an unrecognisable vegetable red.
In one word – yuk

I took my mum here for brunch and we were both really disappointed. While the views were beautiful, the manager (or owner?) was really rude to us and very dismissive. We both ordered the pancakes with pears and chocolate sauce. The pancakes were very dry, we got four pear halves each which were just like canned pears, and a tiny drizzle of very cheap chocolate sauce. Nobody checked to see how our meals were. The pancakes were so dry, I had to ask for some maple syrup. They gave me some but it was very cold – just out of the fridge and very thick. Not nice. The bill at the end was expensive ($40 for two coffees and two pancakes), especially for what it was. I felt extremely ripped off. The restaurant was nearly empty but we were seated right next to a noisy and full table and then we were rushed by the owner. Very disappointed. Avoid this place.

Many of these reviews seem to be disappointed with the fact the place has cafe food on display in a cabinet if you want a fine dining restaurant go into Wellington…this is a fantastic place with great friendly staff who can’t do enough to make your experience enjoyable…great location especially in the summer on the deck…have always had great service, fantastic food and will continue to go back.

Agree with Fred the broke glass on the downstairs door is still broken and not fixed. The whole place could do with a good clean ….it looks tired and neglected. Agree that the serve over counter which displays food is not the ideal position for the till. Think the owners should read these comments and taken them on board.

The first time we went to the Jetty for a meal it was really nice but last Friday night the meal was not up to standard for a Licence Resturant. Fancy having McDonald fries with beautiful steak/pork/fish dishes and a very small helping of salad then the plate covered with fries shoe string size ugh.Sorry guys will not go back again

I disagree very strongly with Fred’s recent review. I agree the building does need some maintenance, but nothing major. I am not familiar with 1960′s brothels so am unable to comment in that regard.

I have dined at Jetty on numerous occasions (most recently last night) and the food has always been very good or excellent. The service has also always been very good – friendly, prompt and relaxed. This is not intended to be a fine dining restaurant, but a cafe/restaurant, which one would expect to be less formal.

The atmosphere is not “dead”, merely quiet and laid back when there are not many diners. The background music is usually quite tasteful. A perfect opportunity to savour the great food and wonderful views in a tranquil environment.

I can not recommend this establishment highly enough!

Having passed this place 100′s of times and never been, we booked for a Sat evening.
What an entire disappointment! The broken glass door at street level was an early warning, the mirrors above the entrance/stairs were reminiscent of 1960′s brothels, the reception was so casual as to be sloppy(at what seemed to be a cafe food cabinet bar.) Food – average, atmosphere – dead, service – poor. Decor – desperately needed updating. A big barn suitable for factory staff outings. Overpriced for very ordinary menu. Crying out for upgrading (or even some basic repairs!), could make far better use of location.

I’ve never been particularly keen to eat at Jetty because it looks so, well, rundown is kind of an understatement. I remember the place many years ago when one it had a distinct island flavour due to its owners way back when, but hadn’t been back since – until recently.

Its definitely a nice place to eat if you love to have views galore, and whilst not extensive, the menu does look appealing on first glance.

It seems to get a steady stream of patronage, and the staff are all incredibly friendly – it almost felt like somehow all the patrons were related or good friends just based on how friendly they were with staff, and they might well have been too. Personally I thought it was unnerving

To the mains, it was hard to go past the stuffed steak because it sounded so good and it was … for the most part. It was well cooked, and a reasonable size. I did however find that part of the steak was incredibly salty. Not just a bit too much, but like someone had mistakenly dropped a bag of salt on a corner of the steak. Unfortunately this made what was otherwise a good feed, somewhat inedible.

Dessert was tempting because of a couple of things on offer – firstly Churros. Something like a donut but long and absolutely coated in sugar. Was nice, but I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, so I didn’t last long eating it.

I did find it surprising that a place by the sea, with great sea views had very little in the way of seafood on the menu. But thats just me. I thought it would make sense to have more seafood on hand.

In saying that, it was overall, an enjoyable place to eat unfortunately let down by the salty steak – but I would probably still go back.

Jetty has steadily improved in the last year. The new menu is wonderful, with a good range supplementing the counter food. Service is warm and friendly and the view is spectacular. We enjoyed brunch here this morning; a huge improvement on our experience last time. I can highly recommend the pear pancakes. It is great to see patronage growing.

Ok where to start….I’ve eaten at the Jetty loads of times…just can’t get enough of the place, being a local its very hard sometimes to choose where to dine. Whether its Breafast, lunch or dinner I’m sure you will find something yummy…they even have foxton fizz!