Republic Bar & Kitchen

Usually love the vibe here. Good drinks, food and atmosphere. However, recently stopped in for a few drinks after a long day Xmas shopping. To be specific, on Saturday 10 Dec 2022 around 4pm. So you can pin point who this duty manager is. On this day, I was served by the lovely female bartenders. The Asian bartender, made the best cocktails. Honestly, the best👌🏽 So I return to get the same cocktail, but she was busy, so the duty manager made the cocktail I asked for. He made it completely different. And added Lemonade to "water down" if you will, the cocktail. Lemonade is not an ingredient in the cocktail. I asked him why does this taste different to the cocktail I just had? He said, what's wrong with it? I said it has Lemonade in it. At this point, he throws a big tantrum, and gathers all the bartenders and growls all of them for not adding Lemonade in my cocktail, in front of me. How unprofessional! I said it doesn't have Lemonade in the ingredients. He growls me, and says what do you want in it then? I said, what it says on the menu. He says and what juice? I said the one on the menu. Mango juice. He says we don't have mango juice🥴 So he gives pineapple and cranberry. I apologized to the girl because I didn't mean to get them in trouble and I honestly felt so bad for them. You got caught trying to change the ingredients in my drink and tried to blame it on your staff. How bloody unprofessional. Take accountability. And then to scold your customer for asking for the drink they paid for? That's my money!!! I spent on that drink. You don't go changing the menu to suit your pockets!

Great atmosphere! The food is always on point especially their Pizzas. They make the best cocktails. Excellent service from the staff. They ways come clear the tables when they see we are done with our meals. There are lots of seating options indoor for a nice quite dinning and outdoor with music playing or just watching a sports game. Weekends tend to get very busy. Great location and plenty of parking as it is right next to the Manukau Westfield Mall.

Had a small birthday dinner here in downstairs private section. Busy spot however still a nice ambient feel inside 😊 Good, kind and attentive customer service - staff done really well under pressure as it was a busy Thursday night. Food was good + portion size & price. Surf & turf in particular was yummy and mussels. The steak chips were bomb!!! Photos don't show how amazing they are.. Ribs probably won't order again. 👌 keen to go back and try other things on menu

A salute my love this place! Especially coming here for a nice lunch or evening dinner. Prices in my opinion are slightly high but I’ll have to admit, it’s really worth it. Portion sizes are perfect as well. If I had to recommend one meal, it would have to be the crispy chicken burger! Close runner-up would be any of the pizzas they have too