La Porchetta - Governors Bay

Pizza was nothing special. But the pasta is amazing love it! Chips were good too plus the costumer service was pretty good! the only down side is that it takes ages to get you're food.

My son and I visited this restaurant for the first time last night. From the moment we walked in, I felt completely at ease. We were greeted by a very friendly, well mannered young lady. The whole atmosphere of the place impressed me. It is fairly open plan but very very well laid out. there was a large group of young people in the restaurant and this would normally have put me off...........but not in this place. We were not at any staged interrupted by noisy diners. They were seated in a different area. The idea of having a play pen for children rather impressed me. There were several small children in with family members and they were not noisy or running round at all. NOW THE FOOD was totally amazing. The garlic bread was beautiful. My son had prosciutto wrapped chicken and he loved it. I had the seafood platter and was expecting a variety of battered deep fried seafood. What  was served up to me was absolutely beautiful. Not like anything I had tasted before. The fish appeared to be grilled and tasted amazing. My absolute favourite on the platter was the salt and pepper squid. WOW it tasted beautiful. The service throughout our visit was brilliant. I could not fault a single thing about this place. I will definately be returning to this restaurant on my next visit to Christchurch. Congratulations to the staff at La Porchetta inPapanui.

An enjoyable family restaurant I have been there a couple of times and been satisfied. I'm still not sure though when they serve you pizza are you ment to pick it up or use the knife and fork provided? The second time I went I ordered an iced chocolate from the takeaway menu only to find they didn't have the cups for it!

I have been to this restaurant several times and keep going back.<br/ Sometimes the wait staff are not that pleasant (especially the new ones) as I have had this on one or two occasions, however the other times service has been fantastic and has made up for it.<br/ Recently I was there I October for my twin girls 11th birthday, it was a family occasion.<br/ First time my girls had been there for a meal...I was impressed as were they with the kids menu the price was great.<br/ Decent size meals for kids and fantastic service as well. My family kept saying what a great restaurant to bring kids to.<br/ <br/ La Porchetta Papanui your restaurant is fantastic and I will be a frequent customer....It does pay to book in advance so you can get a table as I found one time just popping in can lead to disappointment however they do there best to accommodate you.

Have been here a few times and have always found it to be really good... Yumm pizza and pastas.. always leave OVER full awesome family place to go neat wee kids play area... good pricing as well... love that you can eat in out or takeaway something for everyone here