Rye Grill - Tauranga

One of the best restaurants I have been to in a long time. Rye is so welcoming and calm inside! With its polite and attentive wait staff, it is a wonderful place to visit! The food is just as fantastic, with my favourite being the Waffles with Fried Chicken!<br/ <br/ We will defiitely be returning as soon as we can!

Quick note: menu is different and has different prices too. Platter didn't come with jalapeno poppers or biscuits, it had mozzarella sticks and sourdough slices instead. Went here on a Saturday evening with a group of 7 reasonably hangry people wasn't too busy at all with plenty of tables. Service was immediately very accommodating and friendly as well as patient as our group pondered their options. Prices are on the high side as is the case for many American style restaurants. We decided to order two of their $50 platters for the table, 20 chicken wings $20) and a bowl of fries $7). The platter was a delicious mixture of golden things with barely a vegetable in sight unless you count coleslaw in creamy sauce). My favourite part was the hot and crispy buttermilk friend chicken and the amazing mozzarella sticks. Sourdough was delish super fresh, but not a generous serving at all for all the sauces and dips provided. What we did have was amazing with the jalapeno butter though! I found the spinach artichoke dip to just taste kind of like jalapenos in cream, wasn't my favourite. Salmon was small but decently cooked. Corn chips were handmade and fresh. Pulled pork was decent, not as flavourful as expected or as soft and melt in the mouth as hoped. Our chicken wings were little nibbles with lots of sauce, both the BBQ and spicy were a bit spicy for me, but the table inhaled them so they must have been good. Fries were nice shoestring McDonalds style, but I didn't notice the garlic.Overall, a delicious experience. Not super filling for most at the table, just the girls were full more bread would have been very welcome. Would recommend you check it out as the nights get colder as it was slightly pricey, yummy comfort food with a friendly ambience.

Haven't tried everything else on the menu but the fried chicken burger just wants me to go back for more. Staff were friendly and helpful. Great place.

Came here with family 6 adults and an 11 month old baby. Really impressed with how well we were looked after. The Southern chicken and the Jalapeno poppers were a hit! The dark chocolate dessert was so good also!

I've been here 3 times, and it's been consistently great. This time around I ordered the pulled pork burger and grits, while my partner got into the special on wings. Didn't have room for dessert, because the burger came with an extremely generous amount of pork (maybe a little too much). The chips that came with it were also good, certainly not an after-thought. Great value, awesome service.