Marvel Grill

Food was WONDERFUL! Loved the everything we ordered! Service was a little hit and miss!
Would go again!

I liked this place a lot, just think I ordered something that wasn’t for me — but definitely willing to go back.
After a day of walking along the harbor, we finally arrived at Marvel for wine, food, and people watching.
I have no complaints about the service or the ambience. The experience itself was very relaxing, nice to catch s cool breeze by the water and watch the boats and seaplanes.
The boy got the fish and chips (I found myself eating more of his meal than mine), while I got classic oysters and the chicken crackling Caesar salad.
Starting with the good, the fish was battered and fried to crispy, golden perfection. The tarter sauce underneath had an herb essence and complimented the fish (and chips) beautifully. If I can recommend something, it’ll be this dish!
My salad, unfortunately was very heavy. Yes, a salad with fried chicken skin (and panko fried hard boiled egg) isn’t the healthiest, but I assumed other elements would be lighter to balance out the dish. The salad was overdressed and had just too much bacon, which resulted in too much salt and heartburn.
I suggest less of the bacon and dressing, perhaps some lemon on the side to brighten everything up.
Besides this, I enjoyed Marvel. Wine selection is very good, mostly NZ obviously. They have monthly wine selections, as well as specialty cocktails and pitchers.