The Redoubt Eatery - Te Awamutu

For the price, the Redoubt is fantastic. It has a nice 'pub ' feel to it, with good-quality, fairly-priced fare. The steak was cooked to proper 'medium rare ', a rarity in NZ, and was very tender. The salad that my partner had was a proper-sized portion and quite delicious. You probably wouldn 't take someone here on a date to impress, but for a place to drop in for a bite and a pint, you certainly could do much worse.

I recommend this restaurant to anyone who wants to enjoy absolutely delicious food in an interesting, relaxing setting. We ordered and were stoked with the pork belly with portobello mushrooms on ciabatta, fish chips, chowder, Wonder Woman pizza a kids meal. All were yummy. There was a really lovely smoky taste in the pizza and nice bit of crispness in the pork belly. Five stars, yeah definitely :

Myself and two colleagues were in Te Awamutu for work and were recommended to try the Redoubt. Walking in without booking on a Tuesday night we liked the cosy feel of what seemed a very nice bar, and expected we would get a good selection of bar/cafe meals. We were blown away by the quality, presentation and most of all the taste of what we ate.<br/ <br/ We all opted for starters and mains bruschetta and Thai mussels for my colleagues and corn fritters with prawns and rocket. All were so good that there were no offers of sharing!! My prawns had just enough garlic to be flavourful, without over powering the light and fluffy corn fritters (or offending the others in our meeting the next day! . The mussels smelt great, with a tangy spicy Thai coconut broth and the bruschetta looked very appetising (which I guess you expect in an appetiser!! .<br/ <br/ Mains arrived after just the right amount of time for the starters to settle pork belly for me, with a smokey/mustardy sauce on top and a perfect bubble and squeak underneath. The pork was perfect tasty, crisp outside yet still tender flesh plus a beautifully crackly skin! To my left, what looked like a perfect scotch fillet was being enjoyed tender bite by tender bite while to my right the Miss Piggy pizza (pork, bacon etc and very stringy cheese! was being heartily devoured. <br/ <br/ Deserts were ordered not because we needed them, but because we simply had to keep tasting the fantastic food that was coming out of this kitchen! My cheesecake was superb, with the addition of a fresh blackberry sauce and presented with real style (cloud like spun sugar adding a gossamer touch of sweetness atop the tangy tasty cheesecake! . The creme brulee was declared a champion, being a caramel rather than vanilla custard and the jersey cow also found favour.<br/ <br/ Our meals were so good that the next night we regretted following another recommendation to visit Fahrenheit (where the ribs were great but the steaks seriously overcooked and the bruschetta unimaginative , so we headed back to Redoubt for desert and again were delighted!<br/ <br/ Everything was prepared and presented with style and care, the tastes were perfect and the combinations of flavours could not be faulted. I was impressed, when I took the chance to thank the sous chef and kitchenhand, that such great meals came from what appeared to be quite a young team. These folk have certainly turned some great experience and real talent into excellent meals.<br/ <br/ We will be back for more next time we are in Te Awamutu.<br/ <br/ Thanks

The Redoubt in T.a is an excellent place to dine there is always amazing food and the staff are very friendly and efficient. They always make you feel welcome and like one of the regulars.<br/ Also their themed nights are a real blast and we always try and attened as many as possible <br/ <br/ Michelle Scott

My Husband and i came here last night for dinner, when we walked in the staff were very friendly, inviting and they took the time to tell us all about the specials, they even did table service when they could which was lovely and relaxing for us! The food is GREAT with lots of choices i had the stuffed chicken and it was Divine, my husband had the Surf in Turf which was cooked to perfection. Thank you for a great night out :