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Snake Bite Brewery

Snake Bite Brewery

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Hours
Sun
7:30 am - 8:00 pm
Mon
7:30 am - 8:00 pm
Tue
7:30 am - 8:00 pm
Wed
7:30 am - 8:00 pm
Thu
7:30 am - 8:00 pm
Fri
7:30 am - 8:00 pm
Sat
7:30 am - 8:00 pm
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Ratings and reviews
4.0
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Travellers' Choice 2024

RATINGS
Food
4.2 of 5 bubbles
Service
4.1 of 5 bubbles
Value
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Atmosphere
4.2 of 5 bubbles
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PRICE RANGE
HK$41.00 – HK$176.00
CUISINES
Bar, Asian, Fusion
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
meals, features
Does this restaurant offer highchairs for toddlers?
About
Asian Street Food and Kiwi Favourites. Experience a variety of authentic dishes from Southeast Asia. Beer is what we unashamedly love. Some of NZ's best Craft Beers in stock. Start the day with a hearty breakfast. Served from 7:30am We bake our own pies, cakes and slices daily.
PRICE RANGE
HK$41.00 – HK$176.00
CUISINES
Bar, Asian, Fusion
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, After-hours
FEATURES
Takeout, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Mastercard, Visa, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Live Music, Family style
4.0
4.0 of 5 bubbles1,516 reviews
Excellent
712
Very good
521
Average
152
Poor
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Terrible
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Megadyptes Antipodes
Wellington29 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2021 • family
This restaurant is highly recommended, as long as you can get there at a time when staff are not rushed off their feet. We went there twice over a period of 2 days. The first time was for an early dinner, where the experience was delightful. The dumplings were delicious. The Pad Thai was also perfectly made. Gulai Kambing—Indonesian lamb curry was the highlight of our shared meal. Their beers (blended sort) left us unimpressed. The second time we returned for lunch, but after being feeling ignored on arriving at a busy time (11 am) for brunch, we finally got hold of a staff member who told us that we just had to find a place and then come and order at the counter (contrary to what we experienced the first time when our orders were taken at the table). After we finally found a suitable place to sit down and made our selections from the menu that I found, one of us went to order at the counter, and only then we were told that there would be a wait for over 1 hour for food! We would’ve avoided wasting 10 minutes looking for a place, settling in, and making our selections from the menu if we had known about the long wait in the first place. Disappointed, we didn’t have lunch there. They need to have dedicated front staff to greet and advise customers as they walk in, regardless of how busy they may be.
Written 2 January 2021
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Steve L
Hucknall542 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • none
We dropped in whilst waiting for a helicopter ride. Unfortunately the waiting time for a coffee is so long we had already eaten the cake we purchased long before the drink arrived. The cakes were delightful but the wait brings the score down.
Written 7 February 2020
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chrismI3414EK
Christchurch152 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020 • none
The Snake Bite was recommended to us by a local and it didn’t disappoint. The “Thai spicy” green curry was perfect for a cold night. The restaurant was warm and the staff welcoming. Playing a video of an open fire on the tv and projector screens was a nice touch on a winter night. The name Brewery is a little misleading as they do not brew but sell other’s beers... which are good and compliment the excellent food.
Written 2 July 2020
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Ian S
London613 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • couples
Wide ranging menu for food. Anything from fish and chips to Thai green curry. Beer selection good too, but only one white wine available. Nice outside seating allowing watching of the world go by, right on the main road through Franz Josef. Service had a reluctant air to it, though staff were pleasant. Mains arrived before we had the opportunity to finish starters. We felt somewhat “bullied” into ordering mains as we were happily unrushed ourselves. This undoubtedly cost them revenue as we would have had an additional round of drinks. Reasonably priced but food was average/ordinary inquality.
Written 8 February 2020
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Mei-Mei K
Estero2372 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019 • none
We had an exhilarating all-day extreme outing on Fox Glacier and were ready for a feast. The Snake Bite Brewery fit the bill perfectly. My daughter and I shared the pork belly and prawn siu mai, and duck soup (recommended by a local) and each of us had pad see ew: all were of generous portions and delicious. I really liked how they had a lot of egg atop the pad see ew. I'm surprised to see the second two items are no longer on their menu! Bring it back!
Written 18 January 2020
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Richard Liu
Sydney14 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • none
We were all hungry for some decent Asian food but are you really going to get it out at Franz Josef? With a few 'asian' restaurants, we decided to pick Snake Bite Brewery because of the cheap happy hour. Although prices were a bit dear which is of course expected, the food was pleasantly delicious. I got the duck noodle soup and it was done well and the broth was superb. My friend got the pad thai and found it above average which is great if you're trying to find asian food in the middle of nowhere.
Written 28 January 2020
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Pwncjn1
Cambridge257 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • none
We popped hoping for an evening meal here, telling the waiter my wife was gluten free he said no problem. However when we sat down Nd asked what he could for us off the menu he said the kitchen could not help us and could not offer my wife anything. We then left the restaurant and went to The Landing which offered us many options Nd their kitchen offered my wife many variables!
Written 30 January 2020
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AnotheranonDerby
Derby127 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • couples
Stopped in for dinner one evening. The food offered makes a change from the normal bar offerings. I had a Thai green curry and must say that it was well balanced and tasty. (The chicken had just been added before it was heated to be served, but I can forgive them that.) The craft beer offerings are OK, but quite limited compared to other places I have tried.
Written 26 January 2020
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E Badd
Cotswolds35 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • none
We aren't the darkened bar type of people, and were looking for a bit of lunch rather then asian style dinner. Snakebite has a bit of everything, at the back on the left hand side is a cafe/bakery style cabinets with some great looking pie, sandwiches and desserts. We had pie which was served warm straight away, and panini which took about 5 minutes to come directly to table. Food all tasted good and looked very appetizing.
Written 6 January 2020
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world traveler r3065
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • couples
Don't dine here. Worst restaurant experience these world travelers ever experienced. Item we ordered from drink menu was not available but we weren't told until well into the meal. Starter was not as described on menu and was inedible due to mile-high shredded cabbage garnish. Extra plate we requested for sharing never showed up. Main courses both had issues--burnt black tofu in mine and tofu instead of requested prawns in my husband's. Husband's botched order was replaced with one hastily prepared. Prawns weren't fried as per menu. Looked like they were just thrown in without even being sauteed. Thought our bill would be reduced due to total disaster, but manager just glared at us when we asked. Avoid this place if you have any other option. Horrible food and horrible service.
Written 8 January 2020
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SnakeBiteBrewery
Hi Nemo; Thank you for your review. We apologise if you had a bad experience dining with us.Thanks for letting us know that you had a burned tofu on your meal. It will be much appreciated if you let us know about this issue on the beginning so we can still do something to make this situation corrected.As we investigated, we found out that you informed our wait staff that you got the wrong order at the first time which you already ate half of it before informing us, our wait staff do apology and asked if you want to change your meal and you agreed. Chef prepared your meal which is the Nasi Goreng prawn. We do feel sorry that you still doesn't like the meal despite you almost finish it and leave only 1 piece and half of prawn on the meal. We wish we could serve you better so you can have an enjoyable meal with us. Thank you and enjoy the rest of your holiday.
Written 10 January 2020
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Loislovestravelling
Melbourne903 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2020 • none
My husband had the beef cheeks rendang and I had the chicken pad Thai and both were exceptional. The rendang was nice an spicy and served with an adequate amount of rice. The pad Thai. Lidless was as good as I have had anywhere with a side of dried chilli if you like it hotter. Definitely a great eating place..... nice and cozy inside on a cool evening and friendly wait staff.
Written 13 March 2020
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Lindaliz
Hartford107 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • none
Stopped here after the glacier tour. It was pretty busy and no one is in the restaurant seating guests, they are all behind the counter. We finally went up to the bar to get menus. The food came in a decent amount of time, while we waited we had a flat white which was very good. My husband had the KFC chicken sandwich, which was very good and the portion was huge. The bun was homemade. I had the salad with chicken and it was ok. When you are finished apparently you walk up to the counter to pay. The servers don't come around to ask if everything is ok or see if you are ready for your check. There really aren't that many places to choose from in town.
Written 9 March 2020
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michaelcostello
Sydney54 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • family
We were at a nearby stay-farm who recommended the Snake Bite. We were not disappointed. The nasi goreng, green curry and dumplings were excellent, all washed downed with the brewery's local beer. Friendly staff and outdoor seating made for a memorable evening.
Written 29 January 2020
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Cameron Y
Auckland334 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2020 • none
I popped into the Snake Bite when I saw they had blackboard special for pie, peas and mash potato. The server was friendly. My friend ordered a Thai salad. The meals took quite a long time to arrive. It didn't look that busy but we didn't mind too much. My friend's salad was cool which was a good thing. However, my peas were cold as well, The mash was lukewarm. The potatoes tasted like it was reheated...badly I really don't know how you can mess up such a simple dish especially if it is a special. I told another server about the problem. He took it away and bought it back after a few mins. The peas were now cold to lukewarm but the pie filling was very hot and the pastry was soggy. The potato was a little warmer and the gravy was on the coolish side as well. I suspect a good old blast in the microwave? I gave up. i paid the bill and went to the 4 Square(superette) for a muesli bar and an ice cream. I swear the ice cream was warmer than the peas. BTW The water and soft drink were very good
Written 26 December 2020
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SnakeBite B
Hi Cameron, Damn, We stuffed up. Yes, Peas Pie and Spud is a wonderful thing, but you are right, if the peas are not hot it's just not going to work. I spoke to the chefs and servers and re reviewed the making of the dish and their responsibility to get it right, every time. Please, if food is obviously not right, in any restaurant, ask for the duty manager as they have the ability to take control and put things right there and then. I hope you found lots of sun, ate too much ice cream and hand lots of fizzy over the Christmas Break. Kindly Adam
Written 6 January 2021
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Jason S
2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • family
They took the perfectly good for we ordered front the counter and then put it in a sandwich press and burnt the crap out of it to the point where it was not even edible. Left it on the table and walked away. What a joke, croissants should not be black and the pie we got tasted like it was a week old. The service was also very rude from the start and I regret not just leaving at that point. Worst place in NZ by far.
Written 18 November 2022
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