Reviews

Overall Total Score
4.2 out of 5
Impressive | 5437 reviews

What Jason Li doesn't like about Mackenzies Cafe Grill:
Currently having dinner in the restaurant now. The steak is overcooked. Cannot chew them. We make a feedback but the manager didn't even say a sorry. Just tell us that is what the steak taste like. Bad food and poor service. Never come back again. Food: 1 Service: 1 Atmosphere: 1 View all feedback. What User likes about Mackenzies Cafe Grill:
Slight hiccup with service when we got dinner but this was very quickly sorted very appreciated food was great : can reccomend Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: NZ$100+ Food: 5 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Stone Grill Chicken Lamb Beef, Fish and Chips View all feedback.

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Heyrestaurants
3.6 ★ from 311 reviews
Michelle
29.08.2024 - 16:09

We have been twice now both times with our toddlers who well like to push their luck in public lol the staff are so good and go the extra mile to keep...

Karl
29.08.2024 - 16:09

We had an early dinner at Mackenzies back on ANZAC weekend. Overall the food and service was pretty good. However, by far the best bit was the...

Iryanto
29.08.2024 - 16:09

I like the band group. I forgot there name. really love it when she sang All I ask (feels like almost want to cry) and the tagalog song. Really enjoy...

Jackie
29.08.2024 - 16:09

Pretty terrible. Took an hour to get our meals and then two of the meal took another 10 minutes to arrive and were cold. Plus found part of a pot...

Andrea
29.08.2024 - 16:09

We had lunch here earlier in the day and decided to go back for dinner. We had the hot rock meals where you cook your meat and it was absolutely...

Yelp
3.6 ★ from 21 reviews
Kristine
21.06.2024 - 07:43

Came for lunch and was deeply satisfied. The restaurant itself is warm and a wee dated. We were seated straight away. The menu had plenty of options to choose f...

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Lilian
21.06.2024 - 07:43

This is where I cooked my steak on hot stone and it was delicious... quite an experience. Recommend their booze went for craft beer! Excellent selection. Go her...

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Danielle
21.06.2024 - 07:43

The best meal I ate in New Zealand hands down; will think about that stone grill melt in your mouth rib eye forever.. couldn't find anything like it again durin...

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Hua
21.06.2024 - 07:43

Some staff are nice and some obvious rude enough, the Indian waiter delivered the wrong dish to my friend who can't speak english. 10 min later the waiter found...

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Catie
21.06.2024 - 07:43

It 's spring but they were busy asked if we had a booking. Luckily they had space for 2-dinner rush appears to end at 8 pm so u could check back then. Awesome t...

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Google
3.9 ★ from 1128 reviews
Ahad
18.08.2023 - 08:34

Seems like a change in management. Brilliant service and recommendations provided by the manager. Should open for breakfast as well. Highly recommended. Dietary...

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akirauki
18.08.2023 - 08:34

Small restaurant next to Lake Tekapo, The food tastes normal and the price is affordable. The best thing is that the landscape lake and the sky are in a line, v...

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Andrew
18.08.2023 - 08:34

Great restaurant great people great food Food: 4 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4

kamaljeet
18.08.2023 - 08:34

Had breakfast. The coffees little cold although we said it to extra hot but food was great.

Ahri
18.08.2023 - 08:34

On the whole, it was bad, bad experience, bad service and bad food.I have to say that this restaurant destroys the mood.The dessert we ordered was not served un...

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Int Restaurants
4.4 ★ from 2620 reviews
Teck
11.01.2024 - 16:10

One of the more popular restaurant at Lake Tekapo. Their hot stone steak is quite popular but it’s more for the experience rather than quality of the meat. We o...

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Barbara
11.01.2024 - 16:10

Great steak on hot stone! Fresh and tasty I was there with a group of my Polish friends And all of them have positive opinion on Mackenzies. I hope to visit it...

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Eric
11.01.2024 - 16:10

Our server was very nice. Polite and welcoming. Food was also good and the burger made me cry I was happy to have eaten something so nice. The tomato soup was a...

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M
11.01.2024 - 16:10

I had dinner twice here, the staff was was friendly, always checking if you need anything and the food was very good too. I had their rib eye steak the first ti...

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bill
11.01.2024 - 16:10

Excellent food. Ordered the catch of the day, grass fed lamb and high-country stone. The service received was awesome and our friendly waiter Waris really added...

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Foursquare
3.6 ★ from 49 reviews
Tripadvisor
4.0 ★ from 1628 reviews
Restaurantguru
4.0 ★ from 2484 reviews

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