great dining experiance delicious pizza, good steak too. Really enjoyed their good desserts. The Creme brulee was the most intense, good serving size too as expected by the prices really quite good dining. Just needa turn the music down a touch to you can talk to each other.

This place looks the goods but how disappointing. We were told a 30 min wait for a table, so happy to have a drink while waiting. After 50 mins and a couple of quiet reminders to the ‘way to busy’ front man, he proudly declared a table had been organised. He was happy to seat our party of 4 on a small round table suitable for 2! A bit of a slap after waiting 50 mins for a table. The impending circus of getting 4 plates and 8 glasses plus extras unfolded as any waiter with half a brain should have been able to foresee.To get a second bottle of wine we had to ask 3 times, then it was bought from the bar without cork and poured directly into a glass still containing the previous wine. No tasting, no new glasses. Lift your game if you want to class yourself as decent establishment.Unless you are part of the Ponsonby ‘In Crowd’ most of the staff are too self important to give you more than a sideways glance. The food was decent but they could net even get the 2 steaks we ordered to the correct person. If you want to be classed as a good restaurant then get the basics down first please! Will not be returning or recommending to others.

Took my mother, brother and his girlfriend to SPQR today, we arrived there at 12 as they dont take bookings for less than 6 people.The waitress seemed friendly, and we ordered a platter to share which arrived very promptly. We ordered our lunch and were waiting and waiting..30 minutes passed and we noticed people that had arrived after us were recieving meals before us. We asked where our food was and the waitress said ten minutes away. 45 minutes later we ended up walking out.. I read about this in the Metro Mag..supose to be in the top 50 restaurants..When you pay top dollar u expect top service!..The waitress and staff were very non sympathetic about our dining experience. Wont be going back there !

What a disappointment. Wait staff not interested in customers.. too busy being over the top!!, smoke wafting in from the pavement diners, food less than average. Would not recommend ..much better restaurants in Auckland.

Love the fact that SPQR is open so late and you cant beat one of their crispy based pizzas with a good glass of wine after a show. The caprese salad features a beautiful whole ball of mozzarella which you can spread across your prosciutto, dreaming of being in Italy (albeit with pretty camp and fabulous waiters around you!). Very dim lighting makes the long wine list hard to read but maybe helps us look better late at night so never mind! Good choice of wines by the glass and if you can nab a table outside you will not be short of entertainment with the great ponsonby road people watching!

I had the steak meal. Was yum, even the vegetables! Quite a busy place

No doubt the food was good but I feel exposed and eating my meal in a camaflouge stage. Only been there three times – yes, the food was good.

We came here to see what all the fuss was about. All we found was a haughty wait staff who seem to believe their own hype. The food was average, service average, but the tables, floors, chairs, etc. were really dirty.

Always a pleasure eating here, try the Payaya, perfect for two, staff are fanciful, and very entertaining and make you feel looked after, in a great atmosphere.

Overpriced and overrated. I’ve been here many times because so many of my friends want to try it out and I’m always left nonplussed. However, the last time was especially disturbing because of the outrageous aggression from the nasty little bartender who didn’t like the fact that I pointed out to the waiter that my wine glass was poured about half shy. The bartender served a topped off glass in person and gave me such a mad dog evil look that my first reaction was to kick him but after I got past that I thought, maybe I’ll just have him neutered.

classy
very attentive service – genuine, friendly staff
excellent food
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