Tucked away behind K Rd, a stylish wine bar provides a night to remember.

Isn't Mission Bay a perfect example of the urban seaside? Rangitoto smiles - or in bad weather, glowers - and the wind scoops white-tops across the harbour surface. So why is it the place that good food forgot?

We came here because we often stop for some of their great takeaway coffee en route to the train station at the south end of the Mall and have been meaning to come back for a sit-down meal for a while.

A few tweaks are needed to make this eatery a fiesta of flavour.

An unusual combination of Italian and Iranian, in a Ponsonby eatery, gets the chilli just right.

Regular readers of my restaurant reviews have probably worked out that the Professor is not a shrinking violet.

A restaurant with a Mediterranean twist should become a local haunt.

Mikano offers good looks, reliability and a sense of comfort with a touch of excitement.

It never ceases to amaze me how wide the range of opinion - or experience, which may not be the same thing - can be about a given restaurant.

We came here because we were on an expedition to Devonport and decided to try this cafe away from the main thoroughfare.

A Ponsonby Thai eatery is full of fun and freshness.

The end has come for Auckland restaurant Cin Cin on Quay, host to classy dinners on the waterfront since the late 1980s.

I suspect you could spend a year in New York eating nothing but pizza and never eat at the same place twice. I found my pizza heaven at Garibaldi's under the Brooklyn Bridge.

The chooks are dead. I did it. In the carport. With the secateurs.

Hanoi Village hasn't quite got it right when it comes to dinner but there are some tasty reasons to be hopeful.

We hadn't quite known what to expect at the Roxy, part of the massive remake of the old Imperial and Everybody's Buildings bordering both Fort Lane and Queen St at the Britomart end of town.

We came here because we were at the Mount for the weekend and thought this place stood out as having a bit of character.

If you can handle pushy service and bland decor, you'll be rewarded with some exceptionally good Malaysian cuisine at this New Lynn eatery.

The menu may be brief but still leaves something to be desired.

A Newmarket tapas bar can help you relive those hot nights in the streets of Spain.

We came here because we’re fans of Kohu Road icecream and news that they had opened a creamery and cafe was too good to ignore.