Annabelles Restaurant

Great service, friendly staff. Halloumi bao buns were great, coriander fish cakes were not too greasy which is great, but tasted more like hash browns rather than fish cakes and duck spring roles were not great at all. Spring rolls were wrapped in filo pastry which made them too oily and tasted more duck fat. Almond hit chocolate tasted good and we had a great recommendation of bubbles.

Great location near the beach and great views of Rangitoto. On a sunny day you can enjoy sun in the afternoon. The food was ok but the portions were very small for the price and the drink wasn't anything special. The service wasn't very good as our waitress was not friendly at all. The 3 stars are mostly because of the location.

Way overpriced, and very small disappointing meal sizes. Spent $19.50 on smashed avocado and eggs which I was quite looking forward to, normally spend that much on a dish like that but I’ve never been so heartbroken to see such a small portion size when it arrived. Was half the size of what I was expecting. A thin small piece of sourdough, and a sadly very small amount of sludgy mushy avocado. The eggs were nicely poached though, and tasted fresh. Muffin was stodgy and chewy (clearly microwaved) coffee took 20 minutes to Come out and tasted like it had come from a machine not a barista. I liked that they roast their own coffee beans but to be honest, I don’t think we will be returning. Prices are wrong and food quality low. Photos with hand for size reference.

So sad to give an average review. I used to LOOOVE this place and thought it was the best place for steak and the risotto duck had made me love duck and enjoy eating rice which I usually dislike..We got a grab one and sadly we were let down. Despite being a deal and voucher I feel it's still unfair we lack options such as pork belly bao (only given option of chicken bao)With this chicken bao it was basic. No fresh greeneey like sliced spring onions or fresh coriander which was missed in my opinion. Chicken was also dry.Chowder for our 2nd entree was bland and lacked seasoning. I got one small cube of fish in the entire dish. Sadly this is probably due to being on a grab one voucher booking but this is unfair as we still paid a decent amount of money for said voucher. Small as it was, it was cooked beautifully so wished there was more pieces i could have at least given to partner to try.MainsDUCK risotto with truffle. This as mentioned used to be my absolute fav dish it was just divine and always ate it to the last grain of rice. Sadly tonight I didnt even finish it. I know risotto is cooked al dente & to still have a bit of bite or nice chew but this was for sure undercooked and a bit grainy. It was very unpleasant. Also I didnt notice the truffle flavors I long for. It didnt seem to have been cooked with seasoning again and even when seasoning myself it still tasted bland. I wonder if there was parmesan stirred through at the final stages or what sort of quality stock was used when cooking this as I cant understand how it can be this bland..Duck was cooked nicely.LAMB my partner was extremely disappointed and didnt even eat half of his meal. It was dry and boring. Lacked any sort of interesting element to make you want to eat another bite.DESSERTcreme brulee was fine, didnt pick up on baileys aspect? Biscotti on top was not hard it was soft as not what I have experienced a biscotti to be. Hard dry crisp with plenty of crunch is what I've always had. These ones were opposite? Were they baked 2x?Bread and butter pudding was just awful. Sickly and basically worse than an aunt Betty's frozen dessert is all I can say.We purchased an extra entree for $24 white bait frittersThese were big BUT used full egg resulting in it tasting exactly like and only like an egg omelette. Anyone who spends big $$ on tiny fish such as white bait should know the best way to make a white bait fritter is with egg white only to keep it light and not take away the star of the dish which is the tiny expensive fish.. wasabi mayo was a let down. Not near enough for two fritters and where was the wasabi? I mentioned the fritters were a let down upon paying and still got charged. During our meals not once did anyone ask how was the food. She could tell my by face we were unhappy as she took away unfinished mains and desserts but clearly reading the reviews they are not willing to ask if things are ok as they probably rather not know.Super let down as I always used to recomend and brag about your food. This was a waste of money and a disappointing night of what should have been happy celebration for myself and partner getting one chance in a long time to dine together with no children. I wish it was better as I praised your food so much and felt extremely embarrased to have such average bland under seasoned food for his special birthday.

The breakfast I had was not good, to put it nicely. Felt like it was made by someone with no training. $21 for this? The avocado tasted very odd - some additive in it I think to make it go further, there was no plating or garnishing. My friends breakfast was a tiny serving and her coffee didn't arrive till after we had finished eating. The view was nice and the muffins okay too (which we ordered straight after breakfast since the breakfast serving size left us hungry). I would only do drinks and muffins if I ever came back - definitely not breakfast/brunch.

Had a great dining experience with a group of friends last night. The duck was cooked to perfection and enjoyed 2 other courses. The staff and service were excellent. Will return soon.

Excellent friendly service. Nice setting and ambience. I had the steak pie and loved it. Friends also had the pie or the salmon. One had the crumble for dessert and reported it good. Will be back and next time will choose one of their delicious looking desserts as well as the main.