Review Malo - Havelock North

The food was delicious and beautifully presented. They had a nice selection of wines. The staff were professional, and friendly.

This place is what dining out is all about. Top world class food, awesome staff and a really nice atmosphere.

Just hopped in car and just had to do a review on Malo Restaurant!!! Thank you to the chefs who made the food so exquisite!!! Everything and I mean everything was well made, mouth watering and jist cooked to perfection!! The wait staff!!! What can I say? From when me and my husband walked in, they had their A-Game on!! Customer service was just on point and so sweet and knowledgeable with the food and drinks. The wait staff is what made my night eating here!! Lovely, bubbly and all round beautiful down to earth personalities shined through the masks!!! I will without a doubt recommend coming to eat here 2000% percent to get the freshest food, and the most amazing service! Thank you so much 👍😀👏

Went here for a dinner with work colleagues, everything went well in terms of service. The food was excellent. Really loved their special of the day which was roasted half duck, special mention to their cream brulee.

Very good service (with special request for gluten and dairy free food) and even better food! Shared starter (fish cordial), very good! Recommend to anyone, the steak was just perfect! 🤩🤩🤩

Fantastic place to go with friends. My wife and a couple of friends had a superb experience. The cuisine as well as the wine is exceptional. I highly recommend the black angus eye fillet, the magnificent Italian and Spanish reds.

Malo was very very good. The accommodated my dog in the courtyard where we sat down and had a quiet meal. The food was well balanced and fresh! I ordered the squid to start, the pork as the main with a side of veges.

Have been there twice so far for both brunch & dinner. Have to say that it’s definitely a place that you wanna add onto your list and give it a go when you get chance. For brunch it seems quite casual and easy come and go but for dinner you’d better get a booking first cuz it’s already a full house by just 6:30 p.m. Service was amazing, very smooth service so you hardly feel it since the staffs are all quite experienced. As for food, you can see thoughts have been put into their dishes. I had the cooked breakfast and the crushed gourmets are sth new and interesting to me. Bruschetta got well seasoned mushroom sauce and the lamb is as tender and juice as you can imagine. Crème Brulée is well balanced by the stone fruit with awesome presentation. Feel like don’t miss it if you’re in town is all I need to say in the end !

Had a lovely experience at Malo. Wait staff were friendly, professional and the service was excellent. Natural fresh oysters - yum. Profiteroles with duck liver - also very nice (very rich!). Crudo- I personally found this lacked flavour but my partner raved about it. We both had the fish of the day for our main and it was absolutely delicious. The wine selection was fantastic. Dessert was a bit average. The goats cheese tart was nice, but the ice cream in my partner's affogato wasn't creamy at all - quite icy and lacked flavour. Finished off with a chilli and grapefruit margarita, which neither of us could finish because the chilli was just too overwhelming. Overall we had a nice evening and would recommend Malo to any diners.

Nice food, but was surprised when my Te Mata mushrooms came out in a feta type creamy soup with 2 pieces of ciabatta on the side. It was delicious but wasn't expecting it. Perfect coffee. The avocado and eggs looked great.

Wow what an addition to Havelock. Gorgeous restaurant under the hotel. Quite a replacement for the old happy tav. Spectacular food, relaxing atmosphere and, for us, fabulous company. Open from 11am for coffee and lunch from 12. Highly recommend. Fresh fish selection daily.

Flavourful meals, accomodating for dietary requirements, good service. Gave 4 stars because we asked for medium rare but received a very rare steak.

Second time we’ve had dinner here and the food is stunning! Well thought out, well presented and tastes outstanding! Staff are friendly and service is prompt. Can’t recommend it enough! I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves! We had the veal carpaccio, prawn agnolotti, Wakanui sirloin, Ora King salmon and milk chocolate panna cotta 👌🏻

We were quite amazed by the quality of the food at this restaurant, with cosy decor and good service standards. We started the night with cocktails. Ladies First was sweet with a beautiful floral bouquet, and Finlandrome was deliciously well-balanced with nice floral notes. Our first dish was a dozen oysters. These were amazingly refreshing, plump, and juicy. The Smoked Duck came next, and it was perfectly cooked with good flavours and with the right proportion of duck fat to meat. The highlight was the perfect medium rare Wakanui Eye Fillet, served with Parmesan & Truffle Oil Hasselback Potatoes which were sliced and cooked in a way to give it a crispy surface and moist interior. Very very nice. We finished with a delicious chocolate dessert, and it would have capped off a wonderful evening if not for the almost 30min wait for a dessert which would have been pre-made and just needed assembling. Not sure what happened here, but it was a mood dampener. Overall, two thumbs up and highly recommended.

Had a wonderful lunch here. Definitely more suited to adults. Food was amazing, no complaints. Varied selection of items on the menu. I had the sirloin steak & winter salad for main and the orange & almond cake for dessert . Would definitely recommend you go here for a special occassion. A little more expebsive than other places but cheaper than alot of the wineries round the here.

Absolutely beautiful food, nice portions and cooked to perfection. Staff service was excellent. Very friendly and they make every person feel special. Highly highly recommend 👌

First time here and it was for lunch. The food was great and a good selection to choose from. Would love to try dinner here one night as well. Highly reccomend to give it a go if you havent already.