Molly OConnors is a bar at 110 Jellicoe Street in Te Puke, Western Bay of Plenty, holding a 4.2 rating from 76 Google reviews. Reviewers describe a family friendly spot where the food earns praise — ribs and steak come up often — and note street parking, or the freedom parking behind, close to New World.
A good country-town bar earns its keep as the town's living room: families eating early, sport on the telly, and a busier local crowd once the games start. The surest test of one worth choosing is whether people eat there as well as drink — a dining room with kids in it at six means the town trusts the kitchen. The grill tells the truth in any honest local, and ribs and steak are the dishes regulars judge a bar by.
Te Puke is an orchard town that works hard and eats early, and Molly OConnors on Jellicoe Street is where it does both.