An old Auckland favourite should try harder, writes Janetta Mackay.

Auckland's oldest Japanese restaurant, Ariake Restaurant and Sushi Bar, will shut its doors tomorrow, after 30 years in business.

Expect the expected and a lot of it at this recent addition to Ponsonby's eateries

We came here because it had been some time since Leanne's last visit and we'd heard there were new owners.

Feeling a bit tired and grouchy? We suggest you head to Grouchos Cafe, just off Wellesley St West, where you're bound to be cheered up.

We came here because we were on holiday in Queenstown and a friend who lives there recommended it as the "best brunch in town".

Would you believe that I first visited the French Cafe more than 25 years ago?

A new Epsom restaurant puts cuisine ahead of interior redecoration on the priority list.

We came here because a visit to Ponsonby's boutiques was called for, but first there were hunger pangs to satisfy.

There are fine Thai places all over Auckland so the competition is hot and Bangkok meets the challenge without slaying all-comers.

The menu at Hell Pizza contains dishes named Nemesis, Trouble and Wrath.

A healthcare worker has been left 'disgusted' after finding a maggot in her McDonald's burger box.

The largest Gilmours food-wholesaling operation in New Zealand has been sold by Foodstuffs to private owner-operators.

Heaven forbid that I would generalise about the English - some of my best friends are Poms...

We came here because this was a new addition to the block at the top of Mt Eden Rd, just along from the Powerstation.

If you are in search of a new take on food and a visual dream, Meredith's will fit the bill.

A waitress has been assaulted in Hengyang, Hunan Province for her apparent 'slow service'. Source - Weibo

Malaysian food has been a favourite of mine since hitchhiking through there in my early twenties.

It seems like an unlikely alliance, but Weight Watchers has backed three items on McDonald's menu.

In Paihia for our first Waitangi Day experience of the place, the Professor and I had in tow a couple of English visitors whose politeness possibly exceeded their genuine interest in proceedings.