Brick Bay Wines

food is nice. the trail is very good in the sense that an hour walk will help you digest. the sculpture is unique in the bush. a must seen event for weekends.

A group of us came here for our New Years Eve afternoon and kept it classy before we went home to be absolute trashbags. This is a must visit for the setting alone. The restaurant is located at the foot of the sculpture trail and surrounded by a lilypad covered lake. Absolutely beautiful. We had a table on the patio area as the sun poured in and ordered sharing platters (all delish) and drank the Brick Bay Rose which went down far too well. The service was great. A younger girl who was chatty and relaxed and made sure the wine was chilled and flowing.
Great spot for a wine or two and some cheeseboards in a somewhat tranquil setting.

Lunch for the four of us was in their covered atrium; a large glass enclosed dining room, with sliding doors and curtained ceilings. Very pleasant surroundings, with vineyards and ponds around us.
Service was not at all professional… a very casual and lackadaisical affair. A server presented the menus, and waited for us to order, without giving us a chance to review the menu. We requested that she return, and yet, though they were not busy, it took a very long time before another server came over to take our order, who we had to flag down.
When yet a 3^rd server then brought our chilled rose ($ 32/​bottle), she poured a taste, and then left, leaving one of us to finish pouring glasses for us all. No chilled decanter, or ice bucket was ever brought, and the chilled wine was left on the table to warm up to room temperature!!! I certainly expected better wine service from a winery!!!
Food was very good. Two of us had the chicken salad (small portion of poached chicken), served with quinoa, cos lettuce, feta and sliced carrots & zucchini (courgettes), $ 18 (see photo). A Grado cheese salad w/​beetroot and nuts ($ 18), and the lamb Kofta (3 spiced pan fried lamb balls) w/​accompanying hummus and yoghurt ($ 19.50) for the other two diners. All exclaimed pleasure with their meals.
For dessert, we had chocolate espresso puff ($ 4.50), citron orange tart ($ 6.50), and the sweet, chocolate orange cake ($ 6.50). All were devoured with glee.
A pleasant enough luncheon with good food and drink amidst a nice environment, except for the sub-​standard service.

Now this place is a little gem, you cannot miss coming here, its an amazing Vineyard to spend some time at and its so wonderfully thought out, you can see a lot of money has been spent here.
The lovely wine tasting and dining area is light and bright and it has an amazing feel to it, it looks onto a gorgeous pond and is just so relaxing.
So of course you can do some wine tasting here, I think its only about $ 5 to taste 5 wines and if you buy a bottle then its free. You can also order platters of different sorts and they are very yummy and it won’t take you long to eat your way through one.
The other highlight of this gem is the sculpture trail, even though I haven’t actually done it yet, but I have seen the photos and you get to see some amazing sculptures along the way.
Outside there is a lovely big table and little play area next to it and your kids can go and visit the 100 or so lambs.
So don’t miss this one if you come to Matakana.