The Good Home New Plymouth
What makes your venue the Best Gastropub in New Zealand?
The Good Home New Plymouth is the busiest Hospitality venue in New Plymouth !
Why:
Home. It’s where we all want to go at the end of the working day. It’s where the heart is. It’s where you hang your hat. New Plymouth people have had a second home. since we open our doors in 2012, Our Good Home family welcome our customers into our home as if you were one of our own!
The Good Home has three offerings, A modern Sports bar. Rooftop cocktail bar, and a Gastropub ! All working to offer the best Hospitaliaty experience in New Plymouth.
With over 16 beers/ciders on tap, a cocktail menu to die for and 2 distinctly different food menu's that caters for all markets, what else do you need!
Describe the experience your customers have at your establishment – what is your food and beverage offering and why do people come back for more?
The Customer is always right! we hope so, as our loyal customers keep returning to make us one of the busiest bars/restaurants in Town,
Our 2 menu's cater for all taste buds and budgets. As we believe everyone should experience great fresh food at affordable prices.
The Dining experience:
The Good Home offers 7 different areas to dine, outdoor /indoor, the dining room is made to represent the traditional home dining experience, with our personal family photo's cover the walls as they would in your grandmother's house !! lot to talk about, while enjoying your meals.
The Rooftop has an outdoor indoor environment, with an outdoor woodfire pizza oven, views of the Tasman Sea, and menu built for a sharing experience.
16 beers and ciders on tap, a cocktail menu that even an Aucklanders are impressed with!
Tell us how you showcase NZ produce / offerings? Does your menu change with the season and how is it locally influenced. How do you accommodate allergy and dietary requirements?
Our Head chef which has been with us over 10 years, works on 2-3 menus per year now, as costs climb, the art to balance. Local produce at affordable prices is always a challenge.
We pride ourselves on creating all our dishes in house and making all our breads, pizza bases, desserts etc. " Home Made" is a key to our success .
We have the largest steak range in the city, all sourced from our local Kiwi Butcher, from the coastal dairy farms of Taranaki. Which is point of difference.
Our Fish, for our biggest selling dish, Stonesy fish and chips, is purchased from Egmont Seafoods, ( weather permitting ) 50% of the fish is purchased out of Taranaki.
What are your key points of difference and how have you managed to deliver them?
We are Family Owned & operated since we opened in 2000 and renovated in 2012 to The Good Home.
Also being activity part of the community is a big part of our values!
Sponsorship is a key part of our business plan, we sponsor over 30 sports teams, schools, events, other events in the community.
My wife, son and I all work in the business, also we have just celebrated 5 duty managers and our head chef,10-year service with us. another 5 staff 6+ years.
Which provides stable management for our business and great connection with local suppliers and more importantly our customers.
Best Known for:
Live music & Karaoke
Family owned & operated
Three different experiences from sports bar to gastropub
Please describe your commitment to sustainability.
We pride ourselves on doing our bit !! This is always a continuous improvement, and part of our DNA !
Food Waste:
We collect all our food waste, we take this to a local piggery. None of our food waste enters landfill.
Cardboard:
We have a cardboard compactor, which bales our cardboard, which we take to the Local council Recyling plant on a weekly basic.
Glass bottles.
We have a bottle crusher that crushes all our bottles to sand. we try and use this at Golf courses etc, but even when they don't take it, we reduce our glass by 70% to landfill.
Plastic :
We use no plastic in the bars, eg no plastic straws., bags takeaway containers etc.
Please describe how you create ambience.
The Good Home was created like a extension of your home, 7 different places to relax, eg the VIP has a gas fire soft chairs to sit relax!
The Rooftop is that outdoor space that looks out at the sea, taking in all the breathtaking views!!
We have an inhouse sound system which provides Nightlife Crowd DJ in all 3 bars, which means customers can choose there our music (With some restrictions!! )
Our Sports Bar host Karaoke 3 nights per week
The Good Home has DJ's and Live music Friday and Saturdays
The Rooftop cocktail bar has DJ/Live music Friday/Saturday and some Sundays afternoons !
