The Speight's Ale House - Ashburton

Speights Ale House Ashburton the best kids platter I have ever seen with no sweets or junk food on it....the boys loved your whole outdoor area collecting walnuts, throwing leaves playing in the house and plenty of room to safely run around.....would definitely go again and recommend you to other parents looking for a catch up with kids

Arrived unannounced this evening with 2 kids in tow. A table was quickly reset for us and the kids were given some colouring in. Perfect. Also I love how you have chosen twistable crayons because the boys were able to continue colouring instead of running coloured pencils down or breaking parts of the crayons as often happens. Anyway onto the service and food... The drinks we ordered arrived promptly and correctly, as did everything we ordered. The kids snack platters were good sized and good to see a variety of fruit on offer also. They made wee sandwiches with the cold meat and cheese and beautiful bread. The half loaf was a very tasty entree as was the chefs special main of potato skins with guacomole and salsa which we opted to have as an extra sharing entree! Simply devine!! And we commented that it should be on the regular menu it was very delicious. My partner had the Large Ribs and they were the most tender they have ever been from here. They simply fell off the bone so no wastage! I had the Lamb Salad which was so scrumptious I could have eaten a repeat helping. To finish off I chose the daily cheesecake which happened to be one of my favs, Passionfruit and White Chocolate.. mmm mmm I was not disappointed. The crumble that my partner ordered was also extremely tasty. The kids had their iceblocks and were very content. The service was outstanding.. Just the right amount of checking in on us during our meal and to ask if we required anything else. Keep it up Speights! We will be back : The personal service from the young girl who was dealing with our table was very professional and friendly without being over the top. Very happy diners.

We had another happy family birthday tea and definitely have to say it was so incredibly delicious, everything was cooked to above standed and the atmosphere was awesome, Ray and Thomas spoilt us with there great service and happy attitude and the rest of staff constantly asked if we were happy or needed more drinks, thanks for another lovely meal and excellent service, Hubby love his complementary cake and candle, special touch to end the night

Out for my mums birthday dinner, the service from Jo absolutely top notch! Food divine

Amazing food, but even better service always. Jo and the team make us feel like family, she even knows my beer order before I remember it, how good is that?