Harbourside ocean Bar Grill Review

Fantastic meal size, great wine, excellent attentive staff, great atmosphere. Would definitely dine again

Absolutly amazing food. Fresh and cooked to perfection.

We had such a beautiful lunch, I'd definitely come back. Wonderful service with delicious food & wine. Thoroughly enjoyed our experience once again! Well done

Food was amazing, service was amazing! Everything about this place was amazing!

Overall, I enjoyed the food but wasn't told that Moreton Bug is a small lobster. Still hungry afterwards.

Very disappointed with our experience. Again. This is only the second time I have been. My husband wanted to go especially to have the seafood platter. Half the items on the platter were unavailable. All bar one fish dish was available from the mains. So we had to have steaks, and those were all overcooked and quite tough! I even had the fillet, fillet should not be tough. We had to ask for steak knives to try and saw through them.
Even with half the options for the platter missing there was no adjustment in the price.
Our bill was over $600 as there was an additional surcharge applied, which would have been ok if the service was great. It was also very much lacking.
I very much doubt we will be back. Very disappointed and definitely not with the money we spent.

Beautiful views over the harbour and ferry landings. Great service from our maitre de and not too noisy. Having a cheese selection for a desert was also a plus. Unfortunately quite small serving sizes and no choice or selection of salad / summer veges and pricey for a set menu.

Great place for special occasions. Our plates were clean going back to the kitchen.

Good to eat, but super expensive, not worth spending such money

Great restaurant, especially for freshly caught fish, which you can try in a sashimi plate - absolutely delicious!

Great service nice food. Bit expensive so only for a special occasion.

Fancy food at fancy prices. I normally drink interesting beer but they didn't have any so stuck with wine. Kind of old school in my opinion, food was really nice though and service was good. I felt the pinch when I paid the bill.

Fantastic evening. Service. Food. Decor. Harbourside had it all. Great work team

View over the ferries was good. Food choices not so good.

So good. Fresh. Lovely staff and most importantly, good beer

Really great restuarant for dining in style great food great atmosphere great views

Very disappointing this time around (2015). We ate there last time we were in Auckland (2013) and were so impressed we decided to go back on our most recent visit to Auckland with overseas (Italian) visitors. This time the service was slow, the portions were tiny, and food was so overpriced, as was the wine, that we were left quite disappointed. We won't be going back.

Delicious tour menu for a group of 20 they accommodated very well. Filet slightly over cooked but that is a minimal complaint as it was eaten and the flavors were fantastic. The 3 course meal lasted just over 3 hours and the view of the harbor was great.

5 star food & unparalleled views over Fullers Cruises

We had overseas visitors (April '16) and this was a great restaurant on a lovely day to sit outside and enjoy a delightful meal. Our waiter spoilt it by advising me that he would work to his timetable and not ours! Pity he was so arrogant as all else we very much enjoyed.

Amazing food and amazing service. Top notch! Had a fabulous night couldn't ask for anything more. The food was so delicious and the waitress had a smile on her face and was efficient, and attentive. The place looks stylish and beautiful. Great atmosphere for social interaction.

Service and amazing cocktails. With a fantastic view!

Of all the restaurants in auckland - this is the best. Amazing views, fantastic staff and service. Hidden away in plain sight. You have to go

Thanks to the Matre-di; very accommodating and arranged for a table for 8. Excellent service

A beautiful nice place to watch the sunset while having an amazing drink made by the best bartenders. Loved the atmosphere and the vibes every night I had attended. Will be back soon!

Didn't experience the greatest service. Waited unattended to for about 5 minutes in the foyer, nobody saying hello or telling us that we'd be attended to soon. Very few people around.
Some service was slow while at our table. Somewhat unfriendly. Food delicious but small servings. Expensive but that's expected.
Overall not a great experience for our overseas visitors. We all said it was a bit odd. Would have been much nicer to go to an average restaurant and be recieve the usual good kiwi service and food.

Good spot to take some international guests to. Food was good, service could be improved, and the two level platter wasa but hard to extract items from

Nice location and staff but for the price i wasn't too impressive by the food in general. Lamb rack was good. chips were very dry and could be mistaken for oven chips... but i know they weren't.

Great location and ok food. More pricey than deserves

One of the nicest bars in Auckland! Great views over the harbour.

Lovely atmosphere with an excellent view of the harbour at close quarters. Good food but portions are smaller compered to what one generally gets in New Zealand.

Great food. Asked for the salmon rare and it actually came out that way.

Sit on the balcony and have a view of the water.

Extremely knowledgeable and helpful waiter

Beautiful views excellent food and service. Craysfish was sweet but maybe a tad overcooked otherwise everything was perfect. The linguine, scallops and scampi,John Dory , side dishes beans , pumpkin and Mac and cheese were very good.Would love to come back and try more dishes.

Great food. Usually find the service better during weekdays for lunches in comparison to the times I have been in the evening or weekends. Excellent place for business drinks and lunch.

Tourist trap! Great food, good service decpectively priced drinks spoiled a lovely evening.

Great restaurant food amazing but staff are incredible professional but can have a laugh feels good atmosphere is great love harborside for a late lunch great place

We have walked past this restaurant a lot and never knew of it. It was on the urban list of restaurants of that were open on New Year s Day. I read the views on trip advisor. And I was not disappointed wow amazing food. It is pricey but in this case you get what you pay for. Highly recommend.

Great night out .Not the cheapest price but good food Thanks.

Great service. Lovely fresh seafood and my husband's eye fillet just perfect. The staff were knowledgeable and helpful. A great experience yet again.

Amazing service, delicious food and nice atmosphere. Highly recommend.

Delicious and good scenery. No food comes out when crowded. We recommend early entry.

Table service very slow, however dishes were tasty and nicely presented

We were seated by the section overlooking the harbour on a wet day. The roof cover is actually made in sections that had overlapping gaps. On that day, the gaps were enough for rain drops to splatter over our area - not a pleasant experience. Although service was good, the dishes were plain and not adequate. Avoid the seafood-type dishes.

The food was delicious. Some of the main courses ordered were with small portions and was not enough . We went for a birthday celebration and when I booked the time, the staff agreed to give a birthday plate . But they did not give us any birthday plate on the day. That was a bad experience for us with Harbour side.

Great atmosphere, excellent service, tasty food! We stumbled upon this place before a show at Spark which was a great find - although it was on the higher end of our budget!

Great Seafood platter fresh and well presented. Side of fries that came with it was crisp. Was a very busy mothers day but overall great service by friendly and helpful waitstaff.

Only thing was re the linguine... dont bother imo

Food was good, but it took a lot longer than expected. Went for a work lunch, and took around 2.5 hours. Many had to leave early so they wouldn't miss meetings. Dessert was sub-par.

Best oysters I've ever had! An excellent wine selection and the Australian Wagyu fillet cooked to perfection. Highly recommend.

Disappointing service and food quantity and quality. I hope we tried them on a bad day. Will not be returning.

Great food great service. Had an awesome time at our work Xmas function held here.

Dined here twice during our vacation in December. Food was fantastic each time...very pleased!

Top class bar to chill over a wine watching the ferries come and go

The food is amazing and the restaurant its self sets the scene. We've been there twice. I totally recommend.

Still one of the best in Auckland even after all these years!

Lovely views. Friendly staff. Please never order a sharing cheese platter. Hardly enough for one person and the bread was rock hard and dry. For the price very disappointing.

Amazing food, beautiful view and very professional waiters.
We enjoyed every bite of it. Will come back again!

Great to sit outside and which the ferry activity. Food excellent as well as the service.

Unforgettable experience tonight from start to finish. Best seafood platter out there, no doubt, it was fresh, good variety, perfect size and sensational tastes.
Thank you Jaqueline for your amazing service, made our night even more enjoyable.

Good but could be better. Fish was broken upon serving, view was blocked by a construction crane and the choice of Asian sushi sides with western plates is a bit weird. Staff were all nice and helpful.

Absolutely delicious food, quality service and an amazing view. Highly recommend this restaurant to all who love to eat amazing food.