My Grandparents were in Wellington with one of my Granddad’s French cousins last night so we all went to dinner at Dockside.

I’d done a bit of a search on Google to have a look at the menu and prices, and I had talked to people that had been there before and the general consensus was that the food was nice but expensive and the servings were small.

It was a Wednesday night so not too busy but we had booked anyway as we had a table of 7. The menu looked delicious (the menu changes daily) with about 6 different fish dishes on it. I wanted to make sure on the serving sizes so asked the waitress if we needed sides and was told it depended on the dish you were ordering but sides were serve about 3 people.

We ended up getting 3 sides for the table, a Greek salad, green veges and potato gratin. There were a couple of chicken orders for the table and we were warned these would take 35-45 minutes and asked if we would like some bread to start, we went for a garlic bread and breads with dips.

The breads for the table were huge. There was enough for a large slice of garlic bread and a roll with dips for each of us; the starters were priced between $8 and $28. I can only assume the sizes we were given were the usual sizes and not made bigger (and charged at a higher price) just because of the table size.

When the meals came out we were all surprised at the size. There looked to be quite enough on each of the plates to fill you up, especially with bread for a starter. I had the kingfish which was coated in sesame seeds and pan fried. It came on a crispy noodle salad and accompanied by a crab spring roll. Add some green veges and potato to the mix and I was left feeling overly full.
The sides only got half eaten and there was food left on most people’s plates.
The mains were nice, and a reasonable size but I wouldn’t say they were fantastic and I’ve certainly had more impressive meals at other restaurants. But it wasn’t bad.

The average price for mains was $35
Dinner for 7 people including 2 starters, 3 sides and a bottle of wine came to $390.