Strawberry Fare

Impeccable food, incredible service, and a good selection of drinks. I love coming here for my birthday and this is the 5th year in a row for me! This time I brought my partner, my nephew, and a best friend. Between us all we ordered a variety of things and there were no complaints. Our waiter was amazing, really elevated the whole experience to another level, and all the staff were wonderful and pleasant throughout. I couldn't have had a better birthday dinner elsewhere. Highly recommend!

Beautiful chilly morning. The ladies at Strawberry Fare were outstanding, they were friendly and helpful. We were visiting from the US. This was a delicious meal. We sat on the sunny side. Cannot wait to visit again and try other menu items. Ordered the following Poached Eggs with Thyme potatoes - tomato chutney ties it all. Enjoyed this. Eggs Benedict with Smoked Salmon - Foccacia & avocado salsa bring this combination together. Added a side of crispy Streaky Bacon. Almond, Berry and coconut hotcakes - Wow! Coconut whip, piled high with berries on top of hotcakes. Try them!

Visited recently for dinner. Excellent service, but the meal itself was a little hit or miss. As my entree, I ordered the mushroom soup which was tasty but surprisingly heavy and a little bit heavy handed with the pepper. For dessert, I had the chocolate mousse. The mousse itself was fine, but the star of that dish was the ice cream in the thin biscuit. Those were something special. I’d recommend selling the ice cream and the biscuit as a separate lighter dessert option. Those two alone with the fresh mint would be a perfect dessert.

Desserts great! Really outstanding. Personally not a fan of the duck hash dish and wouldn’t order it again. The flavors and textures just weren’t special. On the soggy side. Felt slightly like an afterthought dish, some shredded left over duck mixed into mash potato. Duck is usually a real treat but it was underwhelming. Side salad was lovely though. Would recommend all wait staff to try the duck hash for themselves.

Highly recommend the eye fillet. Also can't get enough of the garlic butter that came with the baguette for entree. Very friendly staff and service was excellent. You can see a bit of Hagley park from the restaurant but I am not a fan of the stairs to get there. There are seats on the ground floor too but only very limited.

Came with a friend for breakfast. Cinnamon roll French toast was absolutely fabulous. Chocolate mousse was very decadent and a real treat for any chocolate lover. Espresso martini was great, the only espresso martini I've ever actually enjoyed the taste of. We came early in the morning on a Wednesday so it was very quiet which was lovely. Pleasant view from our window table. Staff were very nice. Highly recommend.