love fettucine and pork ribs and friendly services
Genuinely friendly experience.
The team is very friendly, informative and I believe truly proud of what they serve. We were recommended the Matariki special - Herb Stuffed Otorohanga pork loin served with smoked purple kumara puree, watercress oil, braised cabbage parcels, roasted cherry tomatoes and Pukekawa agria potato game chips.
It was awesome. It tasted fantastic, it looked great and the presentation with the smoke from the glass was excellent. So glad I followed the recommendation of the waitress.
Highly recommended! Kudos to the chef and his team, Dave and his team front of house!
Always enjoy going here! I had the pork belly bites which were quite filling for a starter. Delicious! I am looking forward to trying more meals here, especially the salads.
Have been to Foundation numerous times. The platters are always nice, but never seem to have enough bread for all the toppings (which is a shame). I’ve had dinner here once, and was a little disappointed. I had the Trio of Pork, which was okay but not great and lacked any sort of vegetables. My partner had the Ribs and was a little disappointed also. The service is usually all right, but can be hit and miss. Bar staff is usually very good, and always lovely. I will continue to go to Foundation, as the atmosphere is lovely, it’s great when shopping as it’s in The Base, and not too pricey 😊
Called in for dinner last week. The thirteen year old had the calamari - which she did not enjoy. I had the fillet steak - which I very much enjoyed. My meal was on the small side (compare the size of the asparagus to the rest of the plate). However, it was sublimely tasty. In fact it was the tastiness meal I have had in months.
This place is awesome for a lunch or dinner. It isn't in town and there is heaps of parking.
The last time I went here was for a dinner catch up with a friend. During this night there was a 21st and a rugby game on so needless to say the place was packed and we were lucky to get a table! We ordered our food which was a platter, bread and onion rings to share. Some how people that arrived after us managed to get their food before us.. we asked the waiter and our food order was never put through! The staff and manager were really good about it all and remedied it straight away. The food was amazing and of course I will be back :)
Terrence Tafadzwa Tapera
+4
A friend suggested I check this place out and in all honesty really enjoyed it. The place was busy and we didn't have a reservation so sat in the courtyard. The staff were really really friendly. They had the rugby on which made the night that much better 👌🏿😁. Enjoyed the night. I highly recommend checking this place out.
Went on a Saturday night and although it was very busy, food came out at a reasonable time after ordered.
Service was extremely friendly and helpful, and nothing went wrong.
I ordered ‘The Nutter’ which was a satay pizza and tasted very delicious but definitely didn’t finish it as it was quite big and fulling. Waitress kindly offered to put it in a takeaway bag and now I have leftovers! Overall great experience although not cheap.
Kiriana Eparaima-Hautapu
+4
A great place to dine! The atmosphere is very relaxing yet lively with both a restaurant and bar side. I recommend booking in advance because it gets packed out quickly on weekends. I had the blue cheese fettuccine and it was AMAZING!!! Where else can you get blue cheese pasta?! I rate the pasta 10/10. My friend had the lamb shank and rates it 7/10 (the meat could have been more juicy). A great level of service, staff are very attentive. Overall a lovely location for a date night.
Recommend, visiting NZ and wanted to take my mum out for lunch over the Easter holidays, hit the jackpot!!! The fish and chips were wonderful, desserts fantastic and the staff were outstanding. Yes yes and more yeses
Amazing food! The serving is more than what we can eat but still manage to finish it though. We went there during lunch time and ordered Pork Ribs, Fish and Chips and a dessert platter. The Pork ribs is a bit salty for my taste, on the other hand the fish and chips is perfect. I highly recommend the dessert platter, it’s a little bit of every dessert they have, really good. The staff are accommodating, and the ambience is quiet and relaxing.
I had a beautiful salad with chicken which has always been consistently good and i enjoyed once again today. Was missing the red onion from it though. We all enjoyed our food. The interior changes have lightened the venue. The waitress now brings a tablet to table for customers to order. Felt in the time it took her to explain how to do it our order could have simply been taken. Only negative was way too much ice in our drinks, so will know for next time. Great portion sizes.
Enjoyed our lunch was a steady flow of customers, not to over crowded, Customer service was very efficient. The ability to order via tablet was quick and easy. We didn't wait to long for our meal and drinks. The food was delicious 😋
Amazing steak and chips! I haven't had such a nice chips like this in ages. Perfectly cooked steak. Well portioned. Even my daughter diving in her kid fish n chip. Spacious. I think it would be great for party hire as they have an area that doors can be closed to make it more private.
Decided to catch up with friends here for lunch, and it was a great choice of venue.
Friendly service and great food,
It was a rather busy lunchtime being black Friday, so a bit noisy at times.
Took a little while to actually place our meal orders. But
The meals came out fairly quickly and everyone enjoyed what they ordered.
I don't often gi to the base however I would definitely return in the future.
Food really good bacon on our burgers was a bit salty but edible place was very busy close to being booked out which made for a bit more voice noise but my wife and I had no trouble communicating all in all recommended score of 19/20
Random choice to eat at Foundation in the Base, Hamilton. Best decision because the seafood chowder is delicious, but the bread is 🔥🔥. Tandoori pizza is also good. Will be coming back here regularly. Great service from staff, very helpful and genuinely pleasant to deal with.
Went as a group, couldn't get a booking over the phone so booked via website and pre ordered our meals. The Foundry burger was good. I have been visiting this place often.
Breakfast pizza was so yum what a great idea, tea tasted good. The milk jug spills and tea cup bit small to hold onto handle. The roof started to leak next to us and onto our table. Not there fault although had to request new cutlery that had been dripped on. Asked for large coffee got regular and nearly charged for a large till I pointed it out. Waitress who took our payment at the end seemed quite good. Will be back for the pizza for sure. But maybe I'll sit in a different seat away from that part of the air con lol.
Absolutely delicious food consistently, nice atmosphere and the most lovely staff. Definitely my favourite restaurant in Hamilton. Only rating it 4 instead of 5 is because they have started making people use tablets to order their food on. The system is very annoying, I prefer waitresses/waiters to take my orders.
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