Devin Brown

Review of Clooney Restaurant

I am giving it the benefit of the doubt at 2 stars...

I am giving it the benefit of the doubt at 2 stars.

The ethos of the restaurant was, best of NZ sourced food to get the freshest Ingredients available as explained by the waitress. Shorten version!

Looking down the menu, I noticed that there were no bluff oysters.....why is this important? Well given that bluff oyster season opened 4 days ago and bluff oysters are internationally renoun..... and your ethos is as per above????????????!!!!!!


Entree was a venison tartar, flavour excellent due to temperature of meat and nicely seasoned. A good tartar actually is hard to find.Too much dark chocolate in dish, should have been set to one side, so you can mix and mingle as required. 3.5 stars

The lamb was absolutely delicious....couldn t fault it! 5 stars.

Peach Melba. 0 stars. Was offered an alternative desert as result. Choose the cheese which as good as the others didn t appeal. 3.5 stars.

The service good but only good. 2.5 stars

Drinks completely over priced. 2 glasses of water at 15 per glass. Negative 2 stars.

Decor.....my comments on the are better left unsaid. 2 stars.

I noted that they would charge you 150.00 cancellation fee if you canceled you reservation least than 12hours before.....I don t think that is actually legal. Negative 5 stars, Clooney get over yourselves.

When you compare quality of food, service, etc to money. Which is a the final equation that matters. At circa 400.00 it was poor to say the least. I provided feedback to them which they took on board....I think?!

Will not be going back or recommending to friends.