Gengy's Hastings is an all-you-can-eat restaurant at 301 Heretaunga Street West in Hastings, with its entrance on King Street North. Its signature is a build-your-own feast: guests choose meats, seafood and vegetables from the display, add oils, sauces and spices, and hand the plate to the chef to cook on the hotplate. The meal comes with a salad bar and bread rolls, and rice, noodle or fried rice from the servery. Guests can go back for more as often as they like. Hot and sweet pancakes with ice cream and a choice of toppings finish the meal. Marinades include sweet beef, hot chicken and pork, lamb, shrimp, crab, mussel and baby octopus, and sauces range from sweet and sour and black bean to teriyaki, Thai curry and barbecue. Tables can be booked on the website.
The format suits a group that wants to choose its own mix of meat, seafood and vegetables, with the food cooked in front of them. Our pick in Hastings for a long, unhurried all-you-can-eat meal.