Thank you for a lovely christmas dinner. The non christmas menu looked amazing as well, and i will be looking at coming back to you. Food was good service was good.
Great location and setting. Delicious tasty food at a great price. Amazing friendly helpful staff! Had a great time and would highly recommend.
Enjoyed the food, Specially duck breast...Nice place to spend good time with family and friends.
thanks and keep it up.
will be back for sure to try special board and the drinks...
Great ambiance and good food on special board.
Ordered salmon, perfectly cooked. Worth spending time and money.
Thank you guys for making our night so special.
Lovely ambience. Rustic country meets slightly eclectic. Greeted at the door by the waitress. Wasn't too full which was nice. Seated inside where a call breeze from the open doors met us.
The waitress brought the specials board over. Very reasonable prices and the portions are massive. Partner was in awe of his eye fillet cooked to perfection could have been a bit more jus but tasted Devine. My chicken was huge but missing the tomatoes sauce which should have come with it but tasty none the less.
Staff very friendly and know the locals which always hits the mark for me.
Great place for dinner. The decor is different, the ambience superb, the staff are friendly and efficient and the food is absolutely brilliant. Couldn't ask for more 😊😊🍽🥂
Stopped by for a birthday dinner and it looked like they were understaffed, one person covering the whole place and a second a bit later. So after being seated we made drink orders and then took a bit later to put through food order.
The food though was nicely presented and quite nice. We had ordered the duck breast entree to share (which is also available as a main) and was blown away. I had the beef rib main and it was good but then got a bit dry near the end since there wasn't enough sauce on the plate. Decent pub food.
They do have a specials board which presumably changes. The interior was decorated quite nicely, hunting themed with a few tree trunks scattered around the dining area. The name sake is behind the bar, five stags.
Dined here with family after hearing good things. Rustic feel, with deer antlers for chandeliers, strong wooden features that really resemble dining in a cabin.
We ordered a pork ribs, famous five stags chicken, and eye fillets x 3.
I enjoyed my meal, my chicken was on the dry side but did have sauce with it and counteracted the dryness. With the chicken I felt like the ratio of cheese to chicken to bacon was a off. The steaks were cooked well however seem under seasoned, but the sauce saved it. Veges were steamed well.
In all I think the the sauces really needed to be there to save the dishes.
Staff were friendly, remembered our orders, except for one of our drinks which I had to remind them of. But other than that, it's a busy restaurant, decent food. . They just really need more car parking!
I love this place! Great atmosphere, especially with the 5 Stag heads behind the bar. It had a nice 'out of the way' feel to it, like I'm back in my hometown pub.
The food is always amazing - the first time I went I had lamb shank, was beautifully tender, falling off the bone into gravy and potato. The second time I had the bangers and mash, the sausages taste like home kill and the onion is nicely sautéed and drowned in gravy (I love their gravy!)
They have a nice range of Cider, which I was delighted about, usually there's only different types of apple on any menu.
Quite an impressive find, it's usually steady when we go on a Sunday, but service is always friendly and fast. I'm always happy to come back!
Went there for lunch today with Husband, daughter and grandson. We have been many times before.
The meals were superb- hot dogs and chips, 5 Stags stuffed chicken, and veges, Fish and Chips and Pork belly with heaps of cracking and apple and berry sauce.
There were plenty of food choices for our 3 generations!
Service was prompt and cheerful.
We especially appreciated potato mash being substituted (as requested) in place of kumera mash.
The chips are really the best we have ever had.
Husband (the birthday boy) was thrilled to be given a free glass of port to celebrate.
We will be back again
many thanks
Linda Hogg
Everything here was lovely! The waiter was super nice. It seemed like she did everything from taking our orders, bartending, serving, and cleaning with a smile on her face. The fish sandwich was hearty and the beet just made the dish feel complete. The pork belly was not only crispy, but juicy and cooked to perfection. The lemon tart also had a amazing citrus flavor that will linger in your mouth which I love. My only regret was not trying the duck appetizer here. I can't wait to go back. 😍 I'd definitely recommend this place to friends and family because I know they won't be disappointed.
Stopped by for a birthday dinner and it looked like they were understaffed, one person covering the whole place and a second a bit later. So after being seated we made drink orders and then took a bit later to put through food order.
The food though was nicely presented and quite nice. We had ordered the duck breast entree to share (which is also available as a main) and was blown away. I had the beef rib main and it was good but then got a bit dry near the end since there wasn't enough sauce on the plate. Decent pub food.
They do have a specials board which presumably changes. The interior was decorated quite nicely, hunting themed with a few tree trunks scattered around the dining area. The name sake is behind the bar, five stags.
Awesome to have so many gluten free options. The food was great. Lovely atmosphere.
its extremely rare that a restaurant menu that lists fresh fish actually serves fresh fish.i must congratulate "Five Stags" chef staff and management for serving up a perfect fillet of grilled tarakihi this evening 🤗
Called to check when the kitchen closed, call was answered quickly and politely. Arrived just before they closed the kitchen and ordered the Sunday roast. Looked good when it arrived, forgot to take a photo, and tasted even better. Deserts followed and disappeared rather swifttly as we enjoyed those too. The place was not very busy
with more empty tables than taken allowing us to have a quiet conversation during our meal. A very nice evening we left two happy customers.
Such a fantastic find. We left home and drove without direction and ended up in Valhalla. It's the most gorgeous fantasy / hipster / hunting / vintage / hippie / kiwi place ever and it's awesome. The food was fantastic. The old lady who greeted us and seated us was so kind. We chose the specials of mussels and guiness pie and we nearly died of happiness after eating it. It blew our minds. Gordon Ramsay would give the owner and the chef and everyone an award. It's the best place. The food was just to die for. Fresh and flavourful and had us licking the plates and eating the crumbs and fishing through the mussel sauce for a smidge of bonus fry, but alas. I want to live here. I want to host nerdy fantasy events here. Maybe I will. Well done!!!!!! Faith in humanity restored.
The food was absolutely delicious ! I had the gnocchi and I can’t wait to go back to have it again.
Others had the fish and chips, and one person had a bar snack platter. Everyone’s food was divine.
All food was also presented in a way that made you want to dive in.
The service was outstanding.
I hadn't enjoyed an honest pub meal of the steak and mashed potato variety for a while and decided to pop in and check this place out. While the staff are friendly and even accommodated cooking a steak from the dinner menu at lunch time I must admit I was a little shocked at the price tag for the small portion that was sitting in front of me.
So if you're in the mood for a tasty steak go ahead and check out this place but make sure you packed your wallet.
Got outdoor seats midday, took less than a minute for waitress to find us. Ordered wedges and fries; overall all really good. If the sides and entrees speak anything for the mains, they ought to be good too.
Had a double dinner date here with my two flatmates and my partner😊 two of us are chefs, and my partner a bartender.. gotta say the service was amazing with great atmosphere. Meals however were to die for!! God that was amazing!! Topped it off with cocktails❤❤❤❤💯👌 thank you to the amazing staff front and back of house for an unforgettable sunday night💕 specially our waiteress😊 sorry forgot your name darls😂 but we still love you👍 cant wait to come back for more💕💯👌meat platter👌
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