<i>M Bar and Cafe</i>, Grey Lynn
It may have a short name but a tapas-style Indian restaurant in Grey Lynn is not short on flavour.
It may have a short name but a tapas-style Indian restaurant in Grey Lynn is not short on flavour.
The olive grove setting is perfect but quality of meals and service needs to be more consistent.
Divine food, attentive waitstaff: what more could you want for a celebration meal?
Yael Shochat's business has gone through several incarnations but the food and welcome remain impeccably good.
I do not pretend to have closely studied all - well, any actually - of the material presented to the Waitakere City Council and the Environment Court in the long battle to establish a cafe at this iconic West Coast beach.
A restaurant in a Parnell listed building proves one worth putting on the weekly outing list.
Forget what you think you know about pizza, Dante's is here to re-educate us.
Peter Calder finds some failures but also some crackingly good stuff at Adelie.
A restaurant's name must convey, in a few syllables, the experience a diner might expect.
What better way to prepare for the arrival of the latest Beaujolais wine than with an authentically cooked French meal?
Once a police station, a Wellington restaurant keeps on the good side of the gastronomic law.
A return visit to a Parnell establishment proved worth the effort, even if the scallops were Kiwi-sized.
New kid on the K Rd block has all the ingredients for a long and happy future.
The menu may present some geographical mysteries but a Newmarket restaurant holds its own in spirit.
Auckland does not have a monopoly when it comes to good eating, finds Nici Wickes.
A renewed effort in the kitchen has paid off for an old favourite.
Two nights a week, Parnell's La Cigale transforms itself into an informal French dinner party catering for 140 foodie folk.
There's good solid Thai food to be found in the suburbs, finds Peter Calder.
Nikki Birrell finds Mollies' breakfast a little on the disappointing side.
The meat was superb and perfectly cooked; a mouth-watering crust and tender inside, in that way it's so difficult to match at home.
A new addition to the many bar/restaurants on the Ponsonby Rd stretch gets the formula right.
Phoebe Falconer finds Two Fifteen warm in both temperature and welcome.