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<i>Ella Cafe & Lounge</i>, Ponsonby
Ella offers a relatively small menu, plumped out by an alluring specials board.
<i>Cafe Hanoi</i>, Auckland CBD
Anyone who has been to Vietnam knows that the best food comes from the north.
<i>Clooney</i>, Freemans Bay
Clooney is one of Auckland's prime restaurants, with a menu to die for.
<i>Non Solo Pizza</i>, Parnell
One of Parnell's places to be and be seen provides delicious fare at a glamorous price.
Hip haunts
Viva's guide to where the fashion crowd are eating, drinking and flirting this season.
<i>Takahe</i>, Titirangi
We walked in and immediately thought the decor matches the bush location and namesake, with lots of wooden fittings and takahe birds dotted about the place.
<i>Gorgeous</i>, Mt Eden
Head to Dominion Rd for New York pizzas named after fashion's most lovely ladies.
<i>Jade Dragon</i>, Auckland CBD
A newish restaurant at Sky City exceeds expectations and delivers a pleasant, if not outstanding, experience.
<i>Marvel Grill</i>, Takapuna
The steak knife, which started as a sophisticated dining accoutrement, is now a joke - the consolation prize for competition losers or a bonus for anyone who shops via infomercials.
<i>Cafe Hanoi</i>, Auckland CBD
A new Vietnamese restaurant near Britomart is a more than welcome addition to a burgeoning dining area.
Shaken Christchurch cafe keeps the flat whites coming
Keeping water on the boil is part of the daily grind for a Christchurch coffee maker since the weekend's earthquake.
<i>Tay Street Beach Cafe</i>, Mt Maunganui
A local haunt proves just as popular with visiting companions.
Christchurch earthquake: Restaurants hard hit
Some of the best known restaurants in Christchurch may never reopen in the same buildings.
Auckland: Holiday on home turf
If you need a break, don't discount a weekend "away" enjoying parts of Auckland you may have lost touch with. Cate Foster reconnected with the city.
Foreign food not to everyone's taste
I was sitting in a restaurant in Urumqi, in northern China, enjoying the spicy food smells from the kitchen, when a plaintiff Australian voice quavered across the room, "I want steak, eggs and chips."
<i>Hammerheads Seafood Restaurant</i>, Okahu Bay
Seafood is the mainstay at a restaurant which is as much a part of Auckland's history as its building.
<i>Annabelles Restaurant</i>, St Heliers
I have rather a soft spot for St Heliers, even though I hardly ever go there.
The early sitting
A new book documenting New Zealand's restaurant history busts the myth that dining out is a recent Kiwi hobby.
Dining out with dad
Viva has a few suggestions when it comes to choosing a place to eat for either breakfast, lunch or dinner on Father's Day.
<i>The Narrow Table</i>, Mairangi Bay
Even if you feel others have scored the better options, you won't be disappointed.
<i>De Niro Ristorante</i>, Auckland CBD
I wonder how Robert De Niro feels about a restaurant having pinched his name.
A fishy favourite (+recipe)
Go Fish by chef Al Brown was announced the winner of two categories in the prestigious New Zealand Post Book Awards.
NZ's top 5 rip-offs - and how to avoid them
Everyone knows the feeling - you see an inflated price and think, "I can't believe it's that expensive".