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Travellers' Choice2023
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0.4 km from Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
CUISINES
Asian, Vietnamese, Fusion, Street Food
FEATURES
Reservations, Seating, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
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Reviewed 4 days ago via mobile

Every dish we ordered was fabulous! The waitress recommendations were also excellent. Our favourites were the pork and prawn salad, salmon parcel entree, popcorn chicken and shaking beef. Can’t fault a thing and will 100% return when we next come to Wellington.

Date of visit: March 2024
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Reviewed 1 February 2024

It is a great restaurant. The bao bun with pork belly and the popcorn chicken was very nice. We would have that again. It was reasonably priced and the service was quick.

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed 30 January 2024

A Tuesday evening but a full house and just as well we had booked ( 30 minutes earlier and thank you for having an efficient on line booking system. My first experience of Vietnamese food and I'd describe it as mainly Thai but without chillis...Our food and drinks arrived quickly, food was tasty and drinks were cold. Friendly and efficient serviceMore

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed 13 January 2024 via mobile

We have taken friends here twice this month and both times the service has been excellent, the food is delivered in a timely manner and all menu items are so good, especially the popcorn chicken. You do need to book as due to popularity tables...full quickly.More

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed 6 January 2024

This was my first visit, however other family members had been before several times. The food and service were delicious, the atmosphere calm and not too noisy. The staff were delightful. A wonderful experience and will become a regular of mine.

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed 24 November 2023 via mobile

Fantastic food, great service and lovely Vietnamese - inspired cocktails to complement the food. The Shaking Beef was one of the best beef dishes I’ve had anywhere.

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 8 November 2023 via mobile

Delicious, fresh food. Friendly and professional staff welcome you to this lovely inner city Wellington restaurant. Do yourself a favour. Book a table soon!

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 26 October 2023 via mobile

Really lively friendly restaurant. Great food and good value. Was first attracted by the gorgeous smell as we walked past earlier in the day so very pleased to be able to book a table

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 29 September 2023 via mobile

Excellent service and fresh tasty food full of flavours. So popular you will need to book in advance. Very good service for our person with a food allergy. Highly recommended.

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 6 July 2023

Great service, considering how busy the restaurant is, service was impeccable and prompt. The food is fresh with amazing flavors. Definitely worth the money.

Date of visit: June 2023
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Reviewed 12 June 2023

Excellent food, funky venue and great wait staff, we thoroughly enjoyed our meal at the Apache. One of the best Vietnamese coffees I have tried.

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 5 June 2023

We all had really interesting meals at Apache tonight. I had an Eggplant salad that was tender and delicious with spinach and toasted seeds adding crunch. I need to have gluten free food and there were several choices. The Panna cotta dessert was light and...tasty .and my companions all enjoyed their meals as well.More

Date of visit: June 2023
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Reviewed 5 June 2023 via mobile

Absolutely amazing food, 10/10 service - attentive and quick but not pushy or intrusive. Lovely atmosphere, we only left an hour ago and have already recommended it to some friends! Particularly recommend the dumplings, and the puddings.

Date of visit: June 2023
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Reviewed 4 June 2023 via mobile

Went there for a preshow dinner. The decor is tasteful with some old antiques. We ordered the imperial fried pork rolls for starters, the floating market and duck curry as mains, and the forbidden black rice pudding as dessert. As drinks, a seasonal cocktail and...the lychee cosmopolitan. The starter was nicely seasoned, the pickles on the side removes the greasiness. The floating market (fish & pawn) and the duck were both good but personally I liked the flavour in the duck better. The black rice pudding was average. Service was good despite how busy they were. Overall: AMore

Date of visit: June 2023
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Reviewed 26 May 2023

There were six of us and one is Vietnamese (she was well familiar with and enamoured of this place). Apache is so popular even booking well ahead only secured us early seating and "out by 7.30pm" deal. The staff were well onto this and we...got our orders on the night in impressively good time. I only sampled my wife's food and, of course, my own. Both were memorable. I went for the rightly famous Poulet au Caramel and accompanied it with pork and prawn dumplings. The chicken dish was simply superb. All of it was a generous portion of expertly cooked meat and little else. It had a soft but solid consistency, warmth and smooth spiciness. It looked grain-fed and the caramel sauce coated the dish like the master's varnish on a da Vinci painting. All the many garnishes were lovely ranging from beans, mushrooms Thai ginger with lime leaves. The dumplings gave up a rich flavour sitting in a tasty but not overwhelming sauce. My wife's salmon parcels were excellence in another direction. I could have wolfed them all. Filling, satisfying but subtle. A combination only infrequently encountered. We will surely be back before winter comes.More

Date of visit: April 2023
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Apache is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4.5
  • Value: 4
  • Atmosphere: 4