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Watershed Restaurant & Bar

3_half star rating
5 reviews

Cuisine: A La Carte, New Zealand, Bar Food, Bistro

12/23 Humphrey's Drive
Ferrymead
Christchurch City
03-384 1326
 

Hours:

  • Mon – Sat 11:30am – Late
  • Sun 10am – Late
  • Facilities/Features:
    • Live Music
    • Private Functions
    • Private Parties
    • Wedding Functions
  • Payment Types: EFTPOS, Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Diners
  • Price Range: Moderate, $15 - $25
  • Dress Code: Casual
  • Alcohol: Beer, Wine, Spirits, Cocktails
  • BYO/Corkage: No BYO
  • Parking: Free Off-Street
  • Good For Groups: Yes
  • Good For Children: Yes
  • Takeaways: No
  • Takes Reservations: Yes
  • Dietary Restrictions: Vegetarian, Dairy-free, Gluten-free
  • Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
  • Outdoor Seating: Yes
  • Meals: Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert
  • Wi-Fi: None

The Watershed Bar & Restaurant has modern architecture and water front views. Designed with natural timber, stone and leather the unique view from both inside and out of the water front can be enjoyed by all. It’s a place where traditional meets modern. It’s a place of shifting experiences, a place to seek cheerful company, great food and fine drinks.

Dining room & Exclusive
Outdoor area

For that private function or business meeting, the dining room comforably seats 18 people boardroom style, 26 people for dinner or 50 people for a cocktail party (with outdoor area included 80 people). Both the Dining Room and Outdoor area have views over the waterfront. The outdoor area is great for BBQ’s or to extend the dining room for indoor, outdoor entertaining.

Sun Room / Lounge

With amazing views over the waterfront and all day sun the Sun Room is the perfect venue for any special occasion seating 50 people. The Lounge, with its open fireplace seats 40 people in a relaxed environment. The lounge is the ideal venue for dinner or cocktail functions.

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5 Reviews for Watershed Restaurant & Bar

12th April 2013
4 star rating
Went with family on a Friday lunchtime – our first visit. Very quiet lunchtime period but staff very friendly and efficient.
Our water glasses were always full and the food very good – excellent starters including scallops wrapped in bacon. Great main courses and big desserts. The restaurant is right beside the road which runs along the waters edge. Good parking and overall a wonderful dinning experience.

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11th April 2013
3 star rating
Have been a few times, good food good service. Love the setting too! We had a creme brulee for desert and it was nice but the top had been burnt a little, we told the cashier when we paid and she took it off our bill which was much appreciated.
Have had better food but was still nice for a meal out.

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30th April 2011
5 star rating
Tucked away in Ferrymead on the water is a delighful little restaurant known only as the ‘Watershed Restaurant & Bar’. Reading through the comments here it seems some people are confused as to the purpose of this establishment. While the Watershed is by no means a Ramsey Restaurant, it is indeed a restaurant and a very good one at that. From steaks to fish and chips and pie, it does it all very well. I ate they’re a few nights ago and the steak was cooked to perfection. The chips were crunchy yet soft and the salad was fresh and bouncy. A true culinary delight. A meal that’s not too hard on the wallet.

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16th August 2010
1 star rating
One of the worst dining experiences I’ve had in Christchurch.
We booked a table for 7pm and arrived on time, no table set for us so we had to wait standing in the middle of restuarant while tables were pushed together and set, there were six of us in the family.
Water was brought and poured fairly promptly but drinks order wasn’t taken for fifteen minutes and then took ten more to arrive. My wife ordered a blinis which is supposed to be champagne and peach juice, what arrived had champagne and some unidentified flavouring, it certainly wasn’t peach and was red, couldn’t identify it.
Then the food, all of it was reheated in a microwave, including the filet mignon at $35.95, pretty much inedible, basically a boiled lump of meat.

The meal had no redeeming featues whatsoever, I’ve had much better ona plane where there is at least a good excuse for microwaving.

Avoid

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27th August 2009
5 star rating
Went down to the Watershed on a lazy Sunday afternoon with friends to celebrate my mate’s birthday. I was very impressed. The ambiance made it a perfect relaxing place to eat and drink. They had fantastic live music playing and the service was excellent. 2 of our party are vegetarians and another is beyond fussy with all sorts of particular requirements. Yet nothing was a problem and the food came out just how we wanted it. Not only does the food come in good sized portions but the drinks come in proper large size glasses which makes a change. Overall I can’t fault the place and will be back.

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