Portlander

FOOD: Panko cauliflower was life-changing! Proper seasoning, great texture, enough cheesiness, you’d barely notice you’re eating cauliflower!!!We ordered the salmon, pork belly, and the 55day dry aged eye fillet for mains and they were all lovely. (Although pork belly was a bit salty, but still yum!

I first knew the restaurant from First Table, and my friend worked there before, so I came to try their beef, surprisingly, their lamb is as wonderful as beef. Thanks for First Table helping us to have a perfect dinner with 50% off for the bill. The reason why a star is off is that the dessert is disappointed, compared with their mains and starters, and I’m alcoholic allergy, so no matter how tasty the strawberry cake looks like, I can’t get a bite:

This place is very good at what they do. The steak cuts, cooking of the cuts, sauces, sides and wines are on point!!! I found having a steak with a bottle of the Man-O-War pinot noir from Waiheke Island to wash the meal down, to be a great choice!

Food: 4/5<br/ <br/ Ambiance: 4.5/5<br/ <br/ Service: 5/5<br/ <br/ Ordered garlic ciabatta, 21 day dry aged beef burger and 35 day dry aged 500g sirloin. All the food were delicious! Now we know that dry aged beef has a better texture and tastes so good!!<br/ The side fries were disappointing though, very salty! Honestly didn't expect a high end restaurant could miss this. <br/ <br/ Service was great, everyone was very nice and know the menu well.

Portlander is situated inside the Rydges hotel and we had decided to come here for dinner. The service on arrival was friendly and we were seated promptly. We ordered the Chateaubriand for two, which came with bread as starters, 550g of eye fillet to share, steak fries and salad on the side. The bread arrived without entree plates, until another waitress noticed it few minutes later. The eye fillet took awhile to arrive but it was amazing, cooked to perfection, best steak I’ve had in awhile. The steak fries were chunky and crunchy. The salad was boring and bland. For dessert I had the lollycake ice cream, which was super average. <br/ <br/ I would definitely come back again for the steaks.