Smoky Pallet Freehouse - Whangamata

Amazing staff! Best Aperol Spritz I've ever had and really tasty food. Also dog friendly!. Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

A great place to stop and have a drink, the food is excellent and the staff are there with a friendly smile

Great place for after work drinks or casual dinner, food is great, good selection of Beers, also a bonus of Live Music on Friday and Sunday evenings Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 4 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

I came in with my father to celebrate a special achievement. I had looked on the website to decide ahead of time what to get as I am a vegetarian. However, it became clear that the menu online is not the same as the one that we were given. Sadly, the item that I had wanted was no longer an option. When I enquired as to why, the server said that the menu on the website appeared due to it being the most commonly viewed version... It made no sense. My father ordered the fish and chips, and I ended up ordering dessert cheesecake. I asked about the cream that came with it as per the menu) and was told they didn 't have any. I said that it said Chantilly cream and was then told that they would have it made. When the meals came out, the cheesecake was topped with the most pathetic squirt of artificial, canned cream. And the seasonal fruit was a singular grape cut in half, with one half in the cream and the other in the ice cream. I took the cheesecake to the server and asked where the Chantilly cream was because this wasn 't it. She said there wasn 't any. I asked if the kitchen didn 't have any single cream? Because at any rate, Chantilly cream is made, not squirted from a can. She took my plate and not 30 seconds later I hear cream being hand whipped in the kitchen. So I guess they had the ability the entire time they were just too lazy to actually fulfill the menu as it was written. When I received my cheesecake back, it was frozen solid and had zero grape I can 't even say grapes because I was only given one). There was cream however. It wasn 't Chantilly cream. It was overwhipped, over sweetened with zero vanilla. But even that is a million times better than the foamy cat puke of canned cream. As for my father 's meal... The fish batter was under done, and the coleslaw was bitter. This man is a total nut for cabbage, so for him to not enjoy a hearty slaw is unusual. He surmised that the slimy texture perhaps meant that it was a few days past being ready for composting. It certainly looked like those bagged salads after being left in a place of high humidity for too long. And the atmosphere... The gaming rooms are appointed with yelling, shoeless folk. And you don 't have to know where the bathrooms are... You can smell them. You can smell the piss as if it has permeated and soaked into the grimy floors. Truly a visceral memory of clubbing in my youth that I had not wished to revisit. Truly an utter disappointment in every single area. The chefs should be embarrassed with their laziness and inability to cope with the basics during a time during a very quiet Thursday lunch. The server shouldn 't even have bought the dessert to the table. And we won 't ever return, nor will we encourage friends or family to.

Decent food and decent drink. Enjoy the burgers and fish a chips Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $50–60 Food: 4 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 3 Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips