Award-winning restaurateur Tony Stewart of Clooney has much to celebrate and wants to share his success with Viva readers.

There are times when a more formal style of hospitality suits the mood. Few achieve this sense of order better than the Japanese.

Tastebuds go on a journey at this suburban eatery, discovering fresh dishes packed full of flavour and spice.

We came here because we'd heard the food and the service were fantastic, so we wanted to see if it was worth adding to our list of local favourites

Until two years ago, French restaurants were hard to find in Auckland. Now, pleasingly, I can think of 10 in the city and inner suburbs.

On a cold and blustery Tuesday evening, the Deep Creek Brewing Company (or Deep Creek Brews and Eats, as the sign reads) was doing a brisk trade.

We came here because its previous incarnation as restaurant Collins House was a fine one, and we like keeping an eye on what’s new in our neighbouring Greenhithe village.

In the car on the way back to town, I asked the others how they'd star-rate the meal we'd just had and why.

This Sri Lankan restaurant provides a rich experience at a very modest price.

An Auckland waterfront restaurant gets things dramatically wrong.

Lindsay shouldn't have set the bar so high. He was the cook at the lodge on Kapiti Island where the Professor and I stayed overnight on Anzac Day.

The renovation of a famed Auckland seafood restaurant proves money well spent.

Opening too soon means a less-than-perfect dining experience at this new Mexican eatery.

It's easy to overlook places that have been round a while in this city of ever-opening restaurants, but we'd been hearing good things about the Ponsonby Road Bistro.

The Professor reckons I make the best coffee in Auckland, but she should thank Otto. Otto's not a man, but a stovetop system that is as beautiful as it is functional.

Local burger chain BurgerFuel is tapping into the rising wealth of a volatile region with a taste for fast food.

A new owner is warming up to the task at a Mt Eden local.

A fine dining Herne Bay restaurant keeps it simple but with an abundance of finesse.