One of the country's top restaurants has been booked out for an entire month during the Rugby World Cup.

In an unassuming area of Mt Albert lies the quaint, vintage-style cafe, Cosset. The feeling as you walk through the door is one of cosiness and familiarity, like you are walking into a moment of your past - it works and it works well.

Britomart gets a Gallic touch with a welcome new cafe/bistro.

It may be in central Auckland, but this restaurant's menu and atmosphere prove faithful to its Italian theme.

The extortionate sums charged for Perrier and San Pellegrino are a frequent complaint of restaurant-goers.

We came here because we were enticed by the art deco shop frontage and wondered what lay beyond.

Cazador is a game restaurant in the old-fashioned sense: if you bring in the spoils of your hunting trip, they will make it into dinner.

Libby Nicholson-Moon finds 10 of the best cafes for Sunday brunch.

Prego's fans are plenty and enthusiastic. And deservedly so.

Chef Che Barrington brings fine-dining technique to bear on the street-market food of Asia.

Sri Pinang deserves its reputation for excellent value moreish Malay fare.

A waterfront retailer is accused of an "appalling service failure" ahead of the Rugby World Cup.

Elegance and care are central to new-style Japanese eatery.

Tony Astle doesn't care to read diners' opinions of his Parnell restaurant, the venerable Antoine's. But he has scouts who do it for him.

Viva welcomes a new standout to Auckland's dining scene.

A top Auckland restaurateur says diners need better service more than a spectacular view.

It seems Birkenhead is spoilt for choice when it comes to good coffee.

It's always a bit nerve-racking when an old favourite changes hands but thankfully this Grey Lynn tapas joint keeps it 'local'.

Knowing the system makes all the difference at a French eatery.

Britain-based Anna Hansen's star is on the rise, with a new cookbook out and plans for a new London cafe.

A maitre d' can be the making or breaking of a restaurant. Viva meets Auckland's best.

Eat, drink - and learn to cook - aboard the Pacific Pearl, writes Kerri Jackson.

Good reports, including stories of people queuing on the footpath, kept reaching me of KK.

Upmarket city eatery The Grove has won Auckland's Restaurant of the Year award for the second year running.