A Thai restaurant has been ordered to pay $25,000 for failing to comply with minimum employment standards.

Fast food chain Carl's Jr is closing its Otahuhu store, saying it is no longer financially viable.

A waitress has spoken out after she received a message on the bottom of her diners' receipt, which complimented her "great service" before taking a vile turn.

Nando's has started #everyoneiswelcome campaign, while other restaurant chains raise money for charity.

When Matt Ingram queried a price discrepancy on a plate of pasta instead of a refund, a publican removed $5 worth of the meal off the plate.

Our restaurant reviewer Peter Calder on what restaurants do wrong. Sometimes the customers could do with a tune-up, too.

A collision of English roasts and Kiwi summers ticks all the boxes, writes Kim Knight.

Restaurant Brands New Zealand says its deal to buy Pacific Island Restaurants (PIR), the largest fast-food operator in Hawaii with

Elusive fried chicken recipe may have been revealed once and for all after being found in an old scrapbook.

Ethnic restaurants in Auckland are taking the cooking from the kitchen to the dining table.

Auckland's mayor has said he's open to building a pontoon-like structure whose consent was put on hold by the council earlier this month.

A popular bar in Brooklyn, New York, is raising its drinking age to combat hordes of annoying, drunken young people.

Kim Knight considers a year of restaurant reviewing.

New Zealand Christmas dinner is not just about ham and turkey, but kimchi, lechon and tequila too, a Massey University sociologist says.

Dining at the top of the stairway to heaven.

A chef was outraged when a customer left a note on the back of a receipt complaining about his restaurant's Christmas music.

Britomart venue screams luxe.

Pretty in pink, eatery is a diner's delight day and night.

The science of brunching needs further testing at this eatery.

Puns go hand-in-hand with steamed buns at a Newmarket eatery.

Steve Braunias made it his mission to eat at each of the 55 food joints along West Auckland's Lincoln Rd. He has come to the end.

Morepork BBQ has all a carnivore needs, albeit served in disposable plates and cups.

Auckland ranked alongside hipster meccas Amsterdam and Portland as the best place to go if gluten is off the menu.

Auckland city scored four out of five stars for its 180 gluten-free friendly establishments.

A top Auckland Filipino restaurant is struggling to convince Immigration New Zealand that cooking ox penis soup requires specialist skills.

One lucky Kiwi fried chicken fan's home could soon smell like their favourite food.

A new restaurant saves locals a drive into town.

Brunch outside the square and within the ring is the way to go.

Owners of a top Wellington restaurant could be left tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket from last month's earthquake.

An elderly man was allegedly banned from his local cafe while on a "social outing" because the owner thought he was too frail.