Have two absolutely amazing evenings here in the last few months, Managed to get into there Degustation evening they had a few months back 8 courses beautifully wine matched complete with a very talented Harpist/acoustic guitar playing in the back ground. The service was 5 star and the food was as good if not better then what we have experienced around the world.
Went in again over the weekend and were not disappointed…Just wish it was closer!

The service was really good and they try hard with their meals. While my lamb was well presented and tasted fine it was just missing some refinement. There was too little sauce and it was too rich for the dish. The spring rolls with the lamb was a nice touch but they lacked any dipping sauce.

Generally I would not be this picky, however the mains are priced in the mid $30′s.

The beers are cold and it is a great place to sit in the sun.

Worth a try if you are in the area.

Been here a few times, I love their Chicken salad! The eggs bene are good too. I like it that they have a baby change table in one of the bathrooms. Good service, nice food and fair prices, not cheap but not over priced either.

Had dinner at The Porch last night especially to try their Monteith’s Wild Food entry. It was delicious! A loin of wild rabbit stuffed with prunes, served on silverbeet saute, and a moist, tender leg of rabbit served on honey roasted kumara. My dessert was delicious too – creme brulee with lemon sorbet. The Porch is our local when we are at Waihi Beach and we are always impressed. So lucky to have it at our little old beach. Long may it last!

We stopped here for a light dinner with our 3yr old son. The staff were very helpful and friendly. They brought his food first quite quickly which helped.
The menu wasn’t too extensive but we ended up getting a few of the entree size meals to share. The food is absolutely fantastic, best we’ve tasted in ages.

Stopped here to have lunch with my sister yesterday and a big disappointment we only stayed for a coffee as the lunch menu was very disappointing. There was not a good range of food. There was about 8 items to choose from and the combinations were unusual. Would have been nice to see some fish on the menu or some meat. Very boring, no variety and rather over priced. This restaurant did get at least 2 stars from me though and this is because of there GREAT coffee – if this was a coffee place it would have been 5 stars but there boring and no variety menu let them down.