Alfonso Restaurant

Visited both spur of the moment and formal booking both received well
And felt more than welcome Service 100% Food and entertainment for all ages even open mike. this place is convenient and parking no problem.
wine and brews are the best ! as for the menu full of surprise. You couldn’t get any better than this place.

We had booked ahead for 4 diners as we had heard that it can get busy here. The décor looked nice and inviting. Being a Saturday is was fairly busy.
For Entrée’s we shared the Chicken and ham croquettes in bechamel sauce and Pizza Bread, garlic butter or pesto in the base, cherry tomatoes and kalamata olives fresh basil and parmesan.
Mains was Seafood Paella, rice dish with fresh fish, squid, mussels, prawns, and clams, Meat paella with pork, corn fed chicken, pinto beans, chick peas, green beans and green capsicums, Lamb shanks slowly cooked with oranges in red wine gravy, and finally Scotch fillet with honey, Pedro Ximenez reduction and potato cake. Fellow diners also managed to squeeze in Churros, Spanish doughnuts sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, served with a thick hot chocolate, Crema Catalana, classic spanish burnt custard cream.
Overall we all enjoyed our food, it’s was hot and fair size portions, in fact I have part two of mine for lunch tomorrow. There were no major complaints from fellow diners, but they were disappointed by the portion size of the Crema Catalana, classic spanish burnt custard cream. One of the diners was also disappointed with their apple flavoured cocktail, again the portion size was conservative.
Unfortunately, we were not greatly impressed with the level of service we received. We had to ask for clean cutlery after the Entrée as the used ones was just put on the napkin requiring a clean napkin as well. The waitress took our drinks order and then a short time came back and asked if we need more drinks.
Overall, would we go back again?, yes we would as the food was good and tasty.
They staff do need to pick up their game, as this restaurant has lots of potential to be a great place to dine.

Came here on a public holiday for lunch. It’s 12:30 and the place is semi busy. This place is fairly new to Pukekohe.
The space is deceiving, there is lots of it. The décor is vibrant and inviting. I really dig the light fittings.
We sat down and greeted warmly by the waitress. Water was served. We were asked for drinks without being provided the menu. Said she would be right back & came back a few mins later to ask if we were ready to order still no menu lol. The only really hiccup.
We made our choices and waited 35mins for our food. Our waitress came in to apologise for the wait & said the kitchen thought that food had been sent out & to make up for it, they would comp our drinks. Awesome!
The food on arrival was definitely worth the wait. For $ 20 I was greeted with a huge plate full of food. It was absolutely outstanding. Even though the chef was under pressure, he did let this alter the quality or his Standards. Outstanding.
I would give this ⁵⁄₅ if it wasn’t for the waitress who seemed a bit clueless lol.
Looking forward to coming back for dinner! @Alfonsos_NZ