The first thing you’ll realise after dining at Ormiston’s fresh and stylish The Pavilion Bar and Kitchen is you won’t need to eat for some considerable time later.

The meals are simply satisfying – delicious, very tasty and servings ample, nearing American restaurant standards in portions.

Sunday Roast, tender slow-cooked beef on the evening the Times team had the pleasure of trying The Pavilion’s mouth-watering culinary creations, was enough to feed this writer over two nights, because he’s not shy asking for a doggy bag, which is a handy and well-designed cardboard box.

I’m not the only one to ask for a carry-out.

The beef easily separated, retained its juices and melted on the taste buds, spread across small-shaped veggies and complemented by the best tangy gravy consumed in years.

The Pavilion Bar and Kitchen opened last month and has a long and impressive bar, with a top-notch selection of drinks including tap beers and cocktails, lit by a subtle changing array of colours.

Earlier, the appetisers were finger-licking generous servings of teriyaki cauliflower bites, Korean fried chicken, lamb empanadas and fries, all of which were consumed with delighted eagerness.

Other mains ordered by the team varied from fish and chips to gourmet burgers and fries, and an 18-hour slow-cooked lamb shank that was also sizable, tender and sliding off the bone.

New modern-era technology that owners Ruchi and Raj Kang are trialling is a robotic waiter, an electric mobile server that wheels the succulent meals to tables.

It’s a fun and novel way to receive an order, though a human waiter still has to hand the food to the guest.

The Kang family, with a well-established, successful track-record in owning and operating hospitality venues such as The Stables in Whitford, has created something special at Ormiston Town Centre.

It’s a very welcoming pub in the quickly growing area of Ormiston Flat Bush.

It has a great selection of seating options, in the dining room or in the bar area with tables and chairs and leaners to watch the games on the giant TV screen, and plenty of room to move at the rangy bar.

• For an earlier Times story about The Pavilion Bar and Kitchen at Ormiston Town Centre, read: https://www.times.co.nz/lifestyle/local-pub-enhances-ormiston-selection/