Manuka Restaurant

Delicious fresh mussels, gluten free, hearty portion , happy tummy!!

My friend and I visited today and had an awful experience with the waiter with the grey pony tail - assuming he’s the manager, and clearly has a track record for rudeness and terrible customer service after some of the other reviews I have read! We arrived at 1.45pm and were seated and given menus - at about 2pm the waiter stomped over and asked if we had been told that they close at 2.30pm. We hadn’t been told this, nor had anyone been to take our order to allow us to eat and finish up before they closed. We felt unwelcome from the get-go as his attitude was very hostile towards us. My friend has celiac disease, which means she can’t have the fries in most places due to gluten contamination, and asked if they could please be swapped for a salad. A perfectly acceptable swap due to a dietary requirement. The waiter refused and snapped that “you get about 5 fries in the dish so you can’t swap it for a salad, if you want a salad, you need to order a salad.” So rude and unaccommodating, not to mention the fact that the cost would be nothing or marginal to make a minimal swap of this kind. When we paid he apologised for the lack of communication on closing time, but not for his appalling attitude. Avoid this place!