A Wellington institution. As long as you know what to expect with this place it can be enjoyable. White bread and butter is served to start, not my cup of tea but a tradition they haven’t changed. The servings are large, served with green salad and potato salad. Lamb chops, pork chops and schnitzel were ordered at our table and were all tasty.
Awesome, cosy atmosphere!! Went in on St Patrick’s day but were seated straight away. Their mains portions are huge! Too full to try their yumo desserts. Great service will definitely be back when in town!
We come here a few times a year before our functions at the Amora and it is always clean, welcoming and inviting. The staff is always friendly and accomodating. The food is great value for money, large portions, fresh and delicious! Great family dining or for functions!
Excellently prepared large meals. Steak was cooked to perfection. My wife had the pork chop which was still very juicy. Had friends in from Australia, and they raved about the food.
Service was great. Waitress were friendly and even spoke to my young kids. This place isn't fine dining, and they don't pretend to be either. It's traditional, simple meals. They pride themselves on changing little since 1946. Starters is sliced white bread and butter. On the menu they had bacon and eggs (for dinner), and milk. It ain't a cheap place to dine, but portions are massive. I'll be back one day.
Certainly an iconic restaurant. Great for a family dinner. Slightly older clientele/market. Think sliced white bread and butter as an entre. The mixed grill is awesome!
I take my family here quite a bit, good food, OK service (the older gentleman behind the grill is the friendliest of all) , large portions. do recommend
we having been going to green parrot for 24 years and have always been made welcome and the food is always great, and even the chefs are very cool as well, we are off to the green parrot again very soon yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm xx
I went to the Green Parrot start of last year and enjoyed it so much that I recommended to my work as a place for our mid year work function. Sure enough we went there and the service was awesome, the food was devine, and the atmosphere was great!! Even though there was 20 odd of us there was no mix up in the orders, they all arrived in concession and the beers never ran out. And the bread, it's complimentary so why complain!! Top Place!!
I had visited the Green Parrot last Saturday with 4 friends and found the experience great fun we hadn't,t had the grumpy staff or anything wrong with the meals , which were sizable and cooked to our different tastes and they hit on just right for all 5 of our group all the meals arrived together or within 2 or three minutes.
The restaurant had about 5 other people when we arrived at 6.30pm but when we left 8.00pm only 1 table was unoccupied.
Sorry to hear others didn't have a very good experience will come back again .
Was recommended to try this place, I’m on holiday here in Wellywood these few days. Awesome that this place was established since 1926! Love the mixed omelette (has ham, mushroom and tomatoes!) and the pork chops. So old school nostalgia. Unfortunately the hot chocolate was nothing to shout about. Otherwise this would have been a 5-star place.
The historic Green Parrot Cafe is worth a visit just for nostalgia, a walk through time and the early days of Wellington city, the den of politicians and movie stars alike. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The menu was basic, but the serving sizes are generous and the prices reasonable considering the location. I would recommend going at least once for the experience.
This place offers good value for money. Good service, honest food. If you are hungry then stop here. Nothing fancy, just honest home-style cooking with generous portions. The restaurant service is all clean and good with friendly staff. The washroom facilities are situated at the back behind 2 closed doors. One improvement they could make would be to keep the extractor fan running at all times in this area.
A great dining experience.
Simple décor sets the scene for a very relaxed meal. Great meal by the large plate full.
The Green Parrot never disappoints. A true Wellington icon. Unfortunately dining out now is quite expensive but that can be said of all restaurants now as they need to cover higher costs.
Iconic and nostalgic. Very very large portions. Would recommend the whole Flounder. The "Mixed Grill" is a challenge yet to be achieved.
Awesome cafe. Beautiful steaks cooked well. Their Mixed Grill has to be my favourite. The schnitzel is also really tender and juicy.
A very pleasant place to dine, very friendly and great service.
Very nice Greek family run restaurant from 1926. The Bluff Oysters raw with a squeeze of lime made a perfect entree and the lamb chops and stake were great. Greek salad in a Greek restaurant! Mmmmmm!
Excellent food the quality was very impressive and great atmosphere. The staff gave excellent service.
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