Went for dessert having read the online menu and fancied pecan pie. Got there to find the menu completely different and the pecan pie no longer on offer! Compromised and ordered a "decadent" chocolate lava cake. It was tiny and pathetic as it sat alone unsauced and ungarnished. We asked for maybe some butterscotch sauce but were informed they had...
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Oceans Restaurant & Bar
Crown Beach Resort & Spa | Beach Road, Arorangi 682, Cook Islands
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Ranked #4 of 10 restaurants in Arorangi
44 Reviews
Price range: $9 - $26
Cuisines: Californian, Family Fare, Pacific Rim, Polynesian
Dining options: Breakfast/Brunch, Reservations, Delivery, Late Night
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Dining options: Breakfast/Brunch, Reservations, Delivery, Late Night
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Rohan Ellis, Manager at Oceans Restaurant & Bar, responded to this review
May 17, 2012
Kia Orana,
Thank you for your constructive feedback.
Thank you for your high ratings of our beautiful beachfront setting and our gracious polynesian service.
After reading your description of the dessert that you ordered, it appears that our kitchen short-changed you. The chocolate lava cake should have come with vanilla marscapone and other delectable sauces.
We sincerely apologise for this...
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Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
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Just love the tranquility of the beach and it's so beautiful when you are dining there.
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Rohan Ellis, Manager at Oceans Restaurant & Bar, responded to this review
May 17, 2012
Kia Orana,
Thank you for your kind words about your recent dining experience with us.
We are pleased to read that you loved the gorgeous beachfront setting with palm trees and meandering stream with gold fish & lotus blooms; the gracious polynesian service from our team of 85+ Cook Islanders; as well as the mouthwatering cuisine prepared by our chefs....
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Strathkellar, Victoria, Australia
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Commendation to the very friendly and hard working staff, without them our experience here would have been fairly average. Triple happy hour every day, all good buy one get one free, however the price is $18 NZD per cocktail (average price elsewhere on the Island about $12 and a larger variety) The down side was that there were 3 weddings...
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May 9, 2012
Kia Orana,
Thank you for your feedback.
We are pleased to read that you enjoyed the gracious polynesian service presented by our team of 85+ Cook Islanders and that you loved our stunning waterfront setting.
Oceans kitchen is getting a total make over with new chefs recruited from Auckland and Wellington and the progress is fantastic - cuisine quality is...
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Melbourne, Australia
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The food was good generally and the cooked breakfasts were amazing. The service was always a little slow but friendly. Give the cultural buffet a miss and just watch the show for free.
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Rohan Ellis, Manager at Oceans Restaurant & Bar, responded to this review
May 8, 2012
Kia Orana,
Thank you for your feedback.
We are pleased to read that you loved your daily continental buffet breakfast plus hot meal selection.
Our Island Night buffet is being refined and upgraded to represent excellent value for money. Guests wanting to skip dinner and just watch the show are charged $15 per person (and not free as you have...
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Auckland
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Very relaxed. Nice food, & hard working staff, 3 Happy hours a day.
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Rohan Ellis, Manager at Oceans Restaurant & Bar, responded to this review
May 8, 2012
Kia Orana,
Thank you for your feedback.
We are pleased to read that you loved the relaxed ambience of our restaurant, enjoyed the hospitality from our team members and took advantage of our daily triple happy hour (12noon, 4pm, 9.30pm) where you buy one drink, and get another absolutely free. Top value for money!
We hope to see you again,...
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Eastbourne
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Ver relaxed place to meet up with friends and enjoy the food and great entertainment.
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Rohan Ellis, Manager at Oceans Restaurant & Bar, responded to this review
May 8, 2012
Kia Orana,
Thank you for your feedback.
We are pleased to read that you enjoyed meeting up with friends, our island inspired cuisine and the fantastic line up of entertainment.
We hope to see you again, soon.
Kia Manuia,
Mii Pauka
Manager - Oceans Restaurant & Bar
Crown Beach Resort & Spa, Cook Islands, South Pacific Islands
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Queenstown, New Zealand
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We went to the Island night which was excellent. The dancers were amazing, a very high level of skill, music and singing also excellent. We found the food very average and not much to choose from. Dessert was only fruit salad and a cake with coconut cream. Not like a buffet we have here in New Zealand.
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Rohan Ellis, Manager at Oceans Restaurant & Bar, responded to this review
April 28, 2012
Kia Orana,
Thank you for your constructive feedback of your Island Night experience at Oceans Restaurant.
We are pleased to read that you loved the cultural entertainment presented by Rarotonga's top dance troupes.
We have modified our island buffet by removing island food items that are frequently called 'odd' and 'strange' by visitors, such as banana poke, varaoa karo, eke...
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Auckland Central, New Zealand
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We recently attended an Island Night Show and dinner here. The Show was awesome with some real talent, even the kids were amazing, loved watching them. The pre-show entertainment were amazing, but sadly they were not acknowledged in any way following their 2 hour stint. A real shame - they really deserved to be applauded for their time and talent...
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April 28, 2012
Kia Orana,
Thank you for your kind words about recent Island Night & Cultural Show experience at Crown Beach Resort & Spa.
We are pleased to read that you loved our island night buffet as well as the fantastic cultural entertainment provided by Rarotonga's top dance troupes.
We are also pleased to read that you enjoyed your happy hour on...
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We had our last lunch here, it was wonderful and great price. 2 for 1 drinks between 12 - 1 also we had Seafood Laska & wahoo & chips 2 Steinlagers & 2 bloodymary's w/tip 58 NZ. I thought that was excellent, beautiful view & excellent service.
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Rohan Ellis, Manager at Oceans Restaurant & Bar, responded to this review
April 29, 2012
Kia Orana,
Thank you for your kind words about your recent dining experience at Oceans Restaurant & Bar.
We are pleased to read that you took advantage of our lunch specials and achieved a top value for money deal on our bistro style lunch, with happy hour 'buy 1, get 1 free drinks' orchestrated in our beautiful waterfront setting with...
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Berlin, Germany
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Really enjoyed the food and the location right on the beachfront. Service was always good and the food we had was delicious.
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Rohan Ellis, Manager at Oceans Restaurant & Bar, responded to this review
March 11, 2012
Kia Orana,
Thank you for your kind words about your dining experiences at Oceans.
We are pleased to read that you loved your meals, our friendly Polynesian service, and the beautiful setting on the beach and waterfront.
We hope to see you again, soon.
Kia Manuia,
Mii Pauka
Manager - Oceans Restaurant & Bar
Crown Beach Resort & Spa, Cook...
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