The Lord Nelson

Visiting Auckland and this was right down the street from our hotel. Both Unilocal and trip advisor had good reviews so we decided to try it.
Started with a garlic bread, quite nice and hot. Ordered the reef and beef which was grilled shrimp over a medium well steak.
Steak was tasty, tender and appropriately cooked. It came with a salad with house dressing and a mash potato croquette.
My spouse had the lamb shank with a salad and mash potatoes. Lamb fell off the bone and was served with a brown sauce.
Service was good with prompt responses, the waitress was new and her trainer was following her around.
The décor was a bit dated but in order and clean

Our party ordered three different steaks (a Hawaiian, the steak napoleon, and one more I can’t recall) and all three were delicious. The serving size of the meat was just right and the vegetable and potato sides were also quite delicious. Prices were spot on, too. The Lord Nelson is a good place if you’d like some steak in Auckland.
The atmosphere is a bit dark, but I think we’d call it «full of character» and «vintage», if it makes you feel any better :)

We took a punt on this place in spite of its lack of curb appeal, and the gamble paid off big. The hardwood interior decorating left me full of steaky goodness, even before I’d seen the menu. The service was great and the steaks hit the spot. A great choice for groups, will definitely return.

The staff would have made even a bad meal good but the meat really hit the spot after along travel and the value for what you get out of the park.

During a day visit to Auckland by cruise ship we had the most delicious meal at this restaurant. My Venison steak wrapped in Bacon was out of this world with the most wonderful sauce (although there was a cocktail type stick stuck in it that the waitress had to inform the chef of). Richard’s Lamb chops were superb. This is decorated for the period of Lord Nelson but reminded me of 1970s style London Fondue restaurants that one might see on the TV show ‘The Sweeney’. Friendly staff. Gorgeous roast potatoes. Just the sort of food I love!

So, another steakhouse with the word «Tony» in the name. I starting to suspect some sort of Tony conspiracy to slowly populate the restaurants of Auckland with good old fashioned steakhouses.
Lord Nelson’s is somewhere that I had walked past for years and was always slightly curious about. It’s faux-​brick façade and stained glass window present a slightly forbidding face to the world because you can’t see inside; if you could, you would see a world of brown and a surprisingly large dining area. I was so pleased when a night out on the free wines ended up with dinner here.
It’s cosy and warm here, and the meals are mostly straight from a high quality restaurant in 1986: shrimp cocktail, spagehtti bolognese, and many steaks, many of these dishes served with chips and salad. It’s bloody great. Also: they serve lamb brains here if you that floats your boat. Lastly: brandy snaps YES PLEASE.