Quinns Post is a bar and grill at 2 Ward Street, Trentham, Upper Hutt. It holds a Google rating of 4.3. The restaurant describes itself as having grown from a café into a local restaurant, serving traditional New Zealand pub-style food with what it calls genuine Kiwi hospitality.
### The food
The kitchen runs to hearty classics rather than fine dining: all-day breakfast, premium steaks, curries, gourmet burgers, traditional roasts and desserts. Indicative menu items published on the site include a 250g scotch fillet at $30.50, slow-cooked lamb shank at $28 small or $37 large, all-day breakfast at $18 small or $25 large, butter chicken at $19, the Mighty Quinn beef burger at $20 and sticky date pudding at $11. Several dishes are marked gluten free. A separate drinks and wine list is published.
### Hours
Open seven days from 9.00am. Monday to Wednesday and Sunday until 9.00pm, Thursday until 10.30pm, Friday and Saturday until 11.00pm.
### Groups and functions
The website invites enquiries for private dining and banquet rooms alongside standard table bookings, and reservations are recommended. Specific room capacities, function packages and group set menus are not published online, so organisers will need to confirm these directly on 04 528 4825 or by email.
### Suitability for events
Quinns Post fits the informal end of an event programme — a team lunch, a post-race or post-tournament group meal, or a casual dinner for a group staying in the Upper Hutt area, where the price point and all-day service matter more than a tasting menu. Long opening hours from 9am and a broad, familiar menu make it workable for groups with mixed tastes and dietary spreads. Because function capability is signalled but not detailed on the website, treat capacity and package pricing as unconfirmed until you speak to the venue.
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