Fantastic beer. Fantastic pizza. Great ambiance. Eden is a rockstar! Joshua is a champion. The…read morefamily dog is wiser than an owl. The proprietors are wonderful people with an amazing story. Try everything! The beer ark is a must. Listen for a rooster. Perhaps even test your skills on the trampoline.

Wow, just wow in every way. If you are planning a tasting trip through Napier, I strongly recommend…read moreputting this at the top of your list. It was the final winery we visited but by far the most comprehensive experience and ultimately our favorite. The tasting room and winery grounds are breathtaking, especially with the craggy looking mountain range in the backdrop, appropriately named! The outside has a generous parking lot with a beautiful color blocked design to the tasting room and restaurant. We stopped by the tasting room first which had a large wooden tasting bar and warm red painted walls. The large windows open up to reveal the vineyards and lush green grounds. We enjoyed a tasting and particularly liked the Riesling and the Syrah. We decided to have lunch out on the restaurant patio which overlooks the beautiful green lawn, the pond with relaxing water features, and of course the beautiful mountain range. The setting is picturesque and one of the highlights of our trip. I ordered steak and the husband had a chicken main and they were presented like works of art. They were almost too beautiful too eat, but when we did they were amazing. We also had a side of potatoes which were crispy and delicious. This is an absolute must see and plan to dine here if you're a foodie, you won't be disappointed.

An amazing experience and beautiful location. Not only was the team exceptional but the…read moreaccommodations were amazing. I highly recommend this as part of your New Zealand journey. The Giants tour was beyond amazing and once in a lifetime experience, follow that with lunch at the restaurant. Just wow!

First off, top notch wine! Seriously the best wine I had when I was in New Zealand and probably…read moresome of the best I've ever tasted. That being said, I'm not a wine-o, so take that as you will. Definitely try the 2021 Reserve Gewürztraminer though! The tasting room is rather small and simple but they do have a nice outside area to sit in. If memory serves me correctly I got to try 5 wines for $10 and even got a 6th on the house so I could compare two similar wines which was very nice. Each wine of was of course explained to me and then I was left to my sipping. I came about an hour and a half before closing time so everybody was busy cleaning up but they still sat me. That being said, I feel like they could've been slightly more attentive during my tasting.

My partner and I went to Askerne for a wine tasting and had a wonderful time! They recently started…read moreoffering wine flight options: a white flight, a red flight, and a mixed flight. We ordered the mixed flight. The wines in the flight weren't really my taste. I tend to prefer bold, full-bodied, dry, flavors, and the wines in the flight were fairly light or sweet. Our guide was responsive to my comments and offered 3 additional wines to sample! My favorite was a dry rosé. The orchard itself is beautiful and there are outside seating options for nice weather. We sat inside, and due to the structure of the tasting room, it became very loud when a few guests arrived after us. The sound reverberated quite a bit. For a $10 wine tasting, it was a nice experience.

Incredible meal. Took the express lunch for $65. Great value. Delicious fresh cooked crusty bread…read morewith pickles and hummus. Then fall off the bone lamb shoulder to share with coriander pesto and chimmichurri. Amazing lemon posset with meringue and lemon jam mmmmm. Fat happy belly! Beautiful sitting on the courtyard sun, or elegant restaurant inside with views. Service was among the best we have received. Rave rave rave about it!

The place is welcoming & cozy, service was quick & friendly and food was fantastic. We had the…read morelamb shoulder that was cooked to perfection, the fish of the day (bluenose) thick, flaky and bursting with flavors, and the pasta was home made , al dente and delicious. Enjoyed our dining experience here. Highly recommended!

Excellent tasting by Zara, third generation wine family member. Very, very knowledgeable and super…read morefriendly. Totally recommend a stop here.

I stopped in recently with my boyfriend on our little homemade wine tour. This was one of the…read morehigher rated wineries on Google, which after our experience, I was a bit surprised about. We drove up, and the tasting room looks like it's in their corporate office. You can literally see the office through glass windows from the tasting room. Slight buzzkill. It doesn't seem as though the whole ambiance is really thought out, it seemed a bit thrown together. All good though, I came to taste wine, not to see a beautiful tasting room (I saved that for other wineries). The tasting fee is $7.50 per person, waived with a purchase. We walked in, excited to try the wines that Google people said were so good. When we got in the tasting room, there was one other couple in there. The woman working behind the counter completely ignored us for a solid 5 minutes after we closed the door behind us. I'm not sure why, but it got to the point where I asked my boyfriend if we should just leave. She kept trying to force conversation with the other couple instead of acknowledging us. It was a bit awkward. When she finally came around, she explained the tasting process to us. She obviously had her little speil down, and she went through it, giving us minimal information on each wine while we tasted. We were the only people in there after starting our tasting, and I'm not sure why she didn't want to talk to us, but she obviously didn't. Maybe she was having a rough day. I asked her a few questions about the wines and aging (I worked in wine for 3 years, so I speak the language), but she seemed bored and uninterested in having a conversation with us. Anyway, the wines were good, and we bought one, but we felt so awkward being there that we kind of just tried to get out as quickly as possible. All in all, the location is very mediocre (not a beautiful winery), the staff was not the friendliest, but the wine was good.

We love the Albion Canteen. It's like a gem that we've only just discovered. The food is very good…read morewith a nice range of counter food and a good cooked menu with reasonable prices. The service is excellent and the layout of the cafe is very comfortable, with indoor and outdoor seating and fat cushions on the bench seat that runs the full length of the front room beneath the windows. I like that they offer free range eggs, and thick slices of Japanese-style toast.

I go to Napier every few months to catch up with friends and family and am always on the lookout…read morefor new cafes that are constantly elevating the eating scene in Napier. The Albion Canteen successfully adds another to Napier's repertoire. The interior design and menu layout is clean, fresh, and modern although it took me a little while to get my head around the salads/proteins options and pricing. Once we did figure it out, I had the pleasure of having pork belly for brunch with 3 salads and my partner had an exceptional attempt at eggs benedict (the hollandaise was velvety with a touch of lemon). They use premium products and Hawkes Bay's finest local produce but the pricing isn't put at a premium. The service is OK as is the coffee; I ordered a tall macchiato which was quite burnt. They were receptive to make me another one but unfortunately it was more of the same so I have taken away one star. Can't wait to go again!

This is definitely a workingman's bar. It is located next to McCain, and when they get off work, it…read morecan get quite crowded. Both the staff and the customers are always friendly (even if like me, you look like you might not belong there). I've never eaten here, but there is some sort of food service. Beer is about as cheap as you can get in New Zealand ($5 handles, around $7 to fill a 1.5 L take home flagon). They make their beer on site (and also wine for Beach House Wines, which they serve by the glass). The ginger beer (also made on site) is superb, if you aren't in the mood for alcohol.

This was one of our favorite wineries that we visited while here in NZ. The grounds are beautiful…read moreand the tasting room was stunning. The inside has two bars on either side for wine tasting with a gift room in the corner, a beautiful entryway, and a sunken room with rustic wine barrels in the back. We were there first thing in the morning because when you're on vacation there's nothing as 'too early' for starting a good day of drinking wine. We were greeted by a lovely woman who poured for us and kept us company discussing the history of the wine and grapes of the region. She also was so friendly that she even got my rather reclusive husband bubbling about his job, our wedding, our cats and more. We enjoyed both the conversation and the wine we tasted. Our tasting fee was very reasonable and both of them were put towards the bottle of wine we bought. I also had been looking for a cheese board and found the neatest one here made from one of their wine barrels. Despite the difficulty of carrying it all the way back to the US I had to have it. They have a very nice variety of wines and we both felt that the tasting did a great job of sampling them. There was a great bubbly to start with and then a good sampling of their reds and whites. We really enjoyed the McDonald's reds. Overall this was one of our favorite wineries we visited. It had the beautiful grounds, the great service, and fantastic vino. A win win win!

We popped in to this place as a part of a private guided wine tour on the Hawkes Valley and it was…read moreone of four we tried throughout the day. During our visit at this impressive winery with a big modern tasting room and lush grounds we learned they were started in 1897 making th We were served by a newer employee who, while knowledgeable about the wines, still had work to do on her customer service demeanor. We tried 5 of their many wines: -sparkling Blanc du Noir-very yeasty with fairly large bubbles-ok -church road Hawke's Bay Rose -a surprising blend of 6 grape varieties - excellent -Tempranillo-very dry, boozy tasting-just ok -McDonald series marzemino -a unique red grape that is only grown here in NZ, very dry -Syrah -young, needs time to mature -cab Sauvignon-McDonald series-standard cab characteristics Bottom line for me, other than the Rose, nothing I would purchase for my cellar, but decent mid-market wines for everyday drinking as reasonable prices.