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Entries Tagged as 'Restaurants'

Review: The Matterhorn, Cuba St, Wellington

December 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments

The only accessible toilet hidden away in the women’s bathroom? Lippy staff? The Matterhorn had it all! Thanks to Nic Steenhout for this excellent review.
Recently, my partner and I went for dinner at the Matterhorn restaurant in Wellington. As we are not located in Wellington, this was a special trip for us. The evening was […]

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I have a bone to pick with Lesley Reidy

February 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments

Who is Lesley Reidy, you ask? Well, she is the owner of online wine retailer winefairy.co.nz. She is also the author of a recent article posted up on stuff.co.nz entitled “How to be a good customer”. Lesley’s advice includes such gems as “arrive on time”, and “state what you need”; how we were ever successful […]

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Review: Prego Restaurant, Ponsonby

December 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Ahh, Prego. How you slumped from a potentially spectacular rating to one of disappointment. Why, you ask? Well, to cut a long story short, a waitress spilt a dish all over my back. That’s right, a waitress decided she could squeeze through the gap between my wheelchair and the wall carrying two dishes. She couldn’t. […]

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Review: Gina’s, Symonds Street

October 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment

It’s the kind of place you drive past thinking “Gosh that looks cosy, I must try it out sometime”, a sort of incessantly busy hubbub of italiano tucked away on Symonds St. And if you’re looking for busy, Gina’s doesn’t disappoint, teeming with people even on the Monday night my family and I went.
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