Carpe Diem Restaurant

Address

2/154 Harbour Village Drive
Gulf Harbour
Rodney

09 424 6250

Carpe Diem Restaurant is in Golf Harbour village with a nice relax atmosphere.   There is a warm feel to the whole place, very tidy and clean too.  The weekend we were there, a few families were dining in Carpe Diem Restaurant too. 

The staff are very polite and helpful.  They were quick to get our orders and the food came out in a very reasonable time. 

The only thing I should point out in regards to Carpe Diem Restaurant and their dishes is that they are overpriced.  

Food and Drinks

Garlic Bread and dips $9.50

The garlic bread was a pizza base like garlic bread served with three different types of dip.  Mayo and garlic, hummus and crushed capers were the dips.  You couldn’t go wrong with the garlic bread and any of the dips as they all went well with the garlic bread. (no photos) 

Meat Lovers Pizza $13.00 (Small) 

Beautiful, thin pizza base, with a homemade feel to it.  What is really like about the meat lovers pizza was that it had nice pieces of lean beef  not mince meat.  Other topping on Meat lovers pizza included, bacon, salami, ham, mozzarella cheese and I picked aioli as the sauce of my choice which I thought went with the pizza pretty well.  

Hawaiian Pizza $10.00 (Small)

The Hawaiian pizza topping (like any other Hawaiian pizza) includes Ham cubes and chunks of pineapple and of course mozzarella cheese.  Then again the pizza base was thin and crisp, nicely done. 

Fish & Chips $12.00

The fish n Chips came out steaming hot (the way it should be). Batter Terakihi, crispy, crunchy chips, lemon wedges, tart sauce with some green salad on the side. 

One of the problems with fish n chips is saltiness.  A lot of fish n chips that I have tied, were too salty, but Carpe Diem’s fish n chips was perfect and not too salty at all.

Eggs Benedict $16.50

The eggs Benedict comes on crunchy toasted English muffins.  The eggs where cooked perfectly.  By that I mean, the egg whites were nice and firm and the eggs yolks were runny (the way I like my eggs Benedict to be).  The hollandaise sauce was made to perfection.