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Wind Jammer Restaurant

Beach Road | Sunset Coast, Arorangi 682, Cook Islands
+68223953
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Ranked #2 of 11 restaurants in Arorangi
Price range: RM22 - RM88
Cuisines: Italian
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Good for: Romantic, Business, Local cuisine, Special Occasion Dining, Entertaining clients
Dining options: Dinner, Reservations, After-hours, Dessert
Description: The Cook Islands leading affordable fine dining restaurant with first class cuisine, international service and candle-lit setting. Modern Italian cuisine using the freshest produce and the highest-grade meats. Every meal is created from scratch. Desserts are top class using the best imported ingredients. An absolutely beautiful dining experience. Italian wines available too.
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Wellington, New Zealand
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 June 2013 NEW

We dined twice at the Windjammer during our stay. It was a casual environment but the food was excellent. For starters I had the Beef Carpaccio which was fantastic. For Mains I had the Pasta similar to Cabonara and that was also great, not too filing or over creamy which I can find pasta to be. I would certainly recommend... More

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Wellington, New Zealand
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 June 2013

We celebrated our sister's 60th birthday here on the recommendation of a locally based friend. She was in tears at the service we received, the special birthday dessert complete with candles they created just for her. Food devine and affordable, staff superb, which I could bring the restaurant over to NZ.

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Sydney
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 June 2013

We had high expectations of Wind Jammer. It had been highly recommended, however disappointed, probably partly due to our high expectations. The service was attentive and the food was adequate, but not fine dining (which is what other reviews and the prices suggest), and the atmosphere average. We had dinner at six restaurants during our stay in rarotonga and this... More

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CBR-GM, Manager at Wind Jammer Restaurant, responded to this review
11 June 2013

Kia Orana, Thank you for your comments about your dining experience with us. Windjammer restaurant presents freshly prepared meals that are best described as 'modern Italian' featuring choice cut meats, fresh vegetables & fruit, fresh handmade pasta, and tasty wholesome sauces made from secret family recipes from Italy. There is no true fine dining restaurant in the Cook Islands. I... More

Christchurch, New Zealand
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 June 2013

We had a lovely evening meal at Wind Jammer earlier this month on our Rarotonga holiday. We were staying at Edgewater Resort so this was only a 5 minute walk down the road for us and a great dining choice :) We shared the bruschetta to start with and it was lovely. For mains, we had the lasagne and the... More

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Auckland Region, New Zealand
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 June 2013

We went to Wind Jammer on our last night in Raro and had eaten somewhere different each of our 6 night stay. This was easily the worst of all 6. For an Italian the obvious items seemed to be missing from the menu like pizza and spag bol. For starter we had the bruschetta which was actually really nice but... More

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CBR-GM, Manager at Wind Jammer Restaurant, responded to this review
11 June 2013

Kia Orana, Thank you for your feedback about your recent dining experience with us. Windjammer specialises in modern Italian cuisine featuring choice cut meats, fresh vegetables & fruit, freshly made pasta, and freshly made authentic sauces following family-secret recipes directly out of Italy. We dont offer 'spag boll' or 'pizza' - we suggest you try the Spaghetti House located 300m... More

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 June 2013 via mobile

Extremely poor knowledge of menu from service staff. The 'normal' on the island is far different to the normal at home in NZ. So the waitress stating that the items were just 'the normal' with a shoulder shrug, we thought was very stupid.And when we asked again to know what they were we were given a roll of the eyes... More

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CBR-GM, Manager at Wind Jammer Restaurant, responded to this review
11 June 2013

Kia Orana, Thank you for your comments about your recent dining experience with us. We are sorry to read about the poor service provided to your group. This should never happen at Windjammer. The wait staff you allude to has been transferred to another restaurant for thorough training and has been replaced by a professional waiter. Timing delays for meals... More

Branxton, Australia
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 June 2013

Decor was nice, service was very good, there was several things on the menu not available such as lasange which was very disapointing, the size of the meals were not large and were not cheap, i wouldnt recommend this restaurant as there is plenty better on the island.

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CBR-GM, Manager at Wind Jammer Restaurant, responded to this review
11 June 2013

Kia Orana, Thank you for your feedback on your dining experience with us. All our meals are made fresh daily with choice cut meats; vegetables & fruit that are supplied to us every morning. Our pasta is made from from imported Semolina flour, which from time to time, is not available due to 'out of stock' issues with our supplier/importer.... More

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7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 June 2013

We had dinner here on our last night on holiday. It was very quiet in the restaurant with only two other tables occupied. The decor is really nice, pleasant Italian music in background and staff very attentive. There were a few meals on the menu e.g. Lasagne that weren't available. We had the steak medium rare which was outstanding!

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 May 2013

Nice and tastefull food. We enjoyed our meal and the service was very good. The decor is nice and the tables are not cramped together. We orderd some food but that wasen't available. But it was one of the nicest restaurants we went to on the Cook Islands.

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Auckland Region, New Zealand
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 May 2013

This was a lovely place to dine. Very good food, thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend. We were the first in as we dined early and by the time we left it was a full house.

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