Drift Cafe, Restaurant & Bar, Napier

We enjoyed an quiet evening dining out with the kids. The lamb shank was delicious. The grilled chicken was a bit over cooked but still delicious.

Fantastic food and great service! I highly recommend the Thai Red Chicken Curry, and my daughter was obsessed with what she called the 'best ever' Seafood Pasta. Even on a rainy day, the beautifully presented cocktails really brightened our mood. Plus, the kids were big fans of the Spider drinks. A great spot for the whole family!

Misleading ordered the fishermen plate advertised with scallops and mussels and the plate arrived with only battered fish and squid. Squid was hard, chewy and tasteless. Could not eat the meal. They did refund the meal. Told them they carnt advertise a meal with the items missing. Would have been better if they advised they did not have the scollops and mussels while ordering. Meal was $40 basically for fish and squid. Would not go there again.

Here from out of town, went to dinner here as we stayed at the hotel attached. Was super convenient to just have to go downstairs.
The staff were attentive and friendly.
To start we had the salt and pepper squid it was OK over cooked which was a shame, I had the pork belly and my fiance had the beast burger the pork belly was nice, the jus was a bit salty and quite dark to be paired with pork. Could have used some apple to go with. The crackling was only half crackling the rest was chewy.
My fiances beast burger was a cool experience as he had never seen a burger with the cheese sauce like that ever before, was a really awesome concept. He did say they could have just left off the sliced cheese and just had the cheese sauce as the cheese slices weren't melted and it could have done without.

Alright meal super convenient to our hotel of course. the atmosphere is not really there it had other diners but so quite felt like we had to whisper. Very airy and big open space not cosy.
Unfortunately we probably won't visit again.

Great casual restaurant! Serves simple homely food with great seafood, the scallops were seared so well and the 1kg mussels was amazing with sooo much white wine sauce, I was so stuffed! Cheesecake was creamy and not baked (just as I like it) and the whole meal came out in great time. The service was fantastic!