It's okay. You pay for the location more than the food quality. Wasn't bad, but we probably won't be back in a huge hurry.
Great platter helpful staff a good wine sitting outside in the sun what else do you need
You wouldn't expect the Gin Trap to be a good place to take kids, but they were extremely prepared with little kids packs of stickers, colouring in books and crayons. Nice work!
Just a great place to go.nice staff, Great position and out look. Highly recommend.
Loved this place - great food, good choices, fantastic atmosphere and friendly staff. A fabulous use of an old port building - loved it!
Local fave, great view, fire going in winter. Have literally not had a bad experience here. When any thing has gone wrong they are always onto it, rectify and we leave happy.
Lovely platters to share as a pair or with groups, great views on the quay especially on a sunny afternoon. Deck is now non smoking which can make things awkward if you are with a group including smokers. Staff are always friendly and attentive. Prices could be slightly less. Overall pretty good possy
Good spot on the waterfront, awesome views and good food. Great place to watch sport and have a few social drinks.
A nice place to eat and drink. The fish and chips we had were beautifully fresh. Service was very friendly, too. Not a huge range of dishes, but we liked the choice of light or full meals, and there was something for pretty much every taste.
Despite fairly high prices even by New Zealand standards, the management here are too stingy to let customers use WiFi.
Waitress used the old "oh, its to stop people sitting on their phones" excuse which I found insulting since I just wanted to google something in our conversation, not sit on my phone and I don't have a New Zealand SIM as I'm on holiday. Just be honest and say "We are too stingy to share with paying customers or too lazy to change the password periodically. A good idea would be to call the SSID 'office' instead of 'Gintrap'..and also put a cell blocker if you are all so concerned about people using their phones since locals were using their phones all around us.
One of the three ladies who were serving, with short hair and glasses has no peripheral vision, we were waving our arms 10degrees from her 12 o'clock, we thought she saw as she looked, then she walked towards us
then over to other people, plus failed to hear.
Anyway, the food made up for the poor service. Seafood soup was perfect, prawn salad was amazing. I loved the mushroom risotto balls even though they were a bit too salty. Bravo chef, boo to the three waitresses and manager/owner for the service and lack of WiFi. That alone made us move on immediately after our meal so you missed out on 6 beers just because of petty stingyness; think about that.
Nice good, good selection of beers, outside seating is nice but sometimes the chairs are a bit uncomfy. But a lovely spot to end up after a bike ride or to watch the sun go down.
Great views in a relaxing atmosphere with friendly staff. Nice place to sit outside and enjoy lunch overlooking the water
Nice place to have a meal on weekends. I recommend the sea food, very fresh! Good price for the quality.
This is an amazing restaurant, I was truly impressed.
Wonderful staff who were attentive and very friendly. It was lovely and warm thanks to the fire even though there had been a power cut before we arrived.
The meals were delicious to the point were I ate twice as much as I should have. They also provided well for my toddler and baby with simple food cooked to perfection for the kids menu.
My husband's comment was "You know it's a great steak when you can cut it up with a butter knife."