The Porch Kitchen And - Waihi Beach

I can never understand why it is that previous reviews of a place are not wiped out when new owners take over as the reviews can be totally misleading.  Hubby and I were in Waihi Bowentown for the day yesterday (from Auckland) and walking past the bog standard bakery we happened upon The Porch, attracted by the outdoor seating area and overall look of the place.  Upon going inside we were greeted by the lovely friendly ladies there and choice of homemade food.  Hubby opted for the savoury mince on toast with 2 eggs, a favourite of his and not many places do it so it was the obvious choice for him.  I ordered the Morrocan chicken salad, both of us had a pot of tea each.  Chatting to the ladies it seems that they have not been there that long so if the last review was April 2013 and before then you cannot go by these reviews.It was fabulous food, very tasty, huge helpings and was served with those lovely smiles again.  Service was fantastic and we very much enjoyed sitting there outside watching the world go by.  Nice to see that they provide water bowls for pooches so hoping that we can go back sometime with our 2...... the decor inside is very warm and inviting and we noted that they are open for dinner so that would be a great choice too.  We shall definitely be back at some stage..... thanks ladies.....

A great spot for a Labour weekend dinner. <br/ <br/ Being a Mac's bar we expected prices similar to the other establishments that carry the same name around New Zealand. Not so. One look at the menu (about $30 for mains) and we realised we may be paying more than we hoped. <br/ <br/ One look at the dishes that came out signalled we were fine dining. <br/ <br/ One taste, and we were both sold! Well worth the price we paid! Well worth the visit. I enjoyed the stuffed chicken, she enjoyed the haloumi and roast veges. It was all so good, we stayed on for dessert. The mains, however, definitely eclipsed the desserts!

Great coffee and great muffins. I commented on the good coffee when we were leaving. Even better when my husband left his wallet on the table and getting it returned intact via courier after contacting Carla on return to Auckland. Could have been a disaster as we are shortly heading overseas. Thank you.

Came here with 7 friends on a girls night, Great seating on a square table so we could all talk, and our waitress was the bomb friendly and chatty perfect service, stunning cheekbones : !<br/ <br/ The food was good I had pork belly and the downside was it was a bit fatty maybe it needed to be twice baked, and the lamb rack (which I did a swap with was a little rare. Came with mash and veges, and we'd all had few wines by then so I can't really remember what else. The meals were big (for girls! None of us managed to finish the pork belly! I know the seafood meal and vege meal were spoken of well. Not BYO, but great selection of wines.

Eaten there twice now both times staff friendly service good although a little slow,but, as both times they were quite busy this can be forgiven. Coffee good but could do with loosing the medium cups the drinks get cold really quick in them. Will go there again without hesitation.