Mr. Pickles Bar & Eatery is a casual bar and eatery at 298 Victoria Street in the Hamilton CBD, overlooking the Waikato River. The website describes a menu that changes often and draws on global flavours, with small plates, shared dishes and family-style serving. Dishes named on the menu include a prawn taco, chicken liver doughnut, pork belly, veal tartare, sticky beef short rib, pressed lamb shoulder and beef tallow potatoes. The bar offers cocktails, wine, beer, non-alcoholic drinks and a list of sours, and it uses fresh, local ingredients.
Bookings are taken, but the website says walk-ins are usually accommodated, with a possible wait. Open Locally lists 14 other restaurants within a kilometre. Palate Restaurant is 0.1 km away and rated 4.7 from 737 reviews, and little honey eatery is also 0.1 km away and rated 4.7 from 275 reviews. Moo's Table, 0.2 km away, is rated 4.8 from 163 reviews. Our pick in the Hamilton CBD for cocktails and small plates by the river.