A renewed effort in the kitchen has paid off for an old favourite.

We came here because friends had recommended it and we were keen to have a walk around Titirangi village.

The dishes at new venture SidArt are as pretty as a picture.

We came here because we had heard of this place a couple of times and thought it needed a visit.

The little bites keep coming, and every one is a winner at this cheerful Spanish restaurant.

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We came here because it's a favourite haunt from past visits to Christchurch.

A meal at an Auckland Italian restaurant shows why 90 per cent of its clientele are regulars.

Two nights a week, Parnell's La Cigale transforms itself into an informal French dinner party catering for 140 foodie folk.

A Henderson restaurant successfully spices up a Thursday evening

We came here because a friend was over from Australia and we were on a shopping mission in Newmarket.

The Westin Hotel's trendy restaurant provides suitable sustenance for a glamorous crowd.

The bad times are coming to an end, we're told, and Sails can prove it.

Publicans in suburban Auckland reckon the city council should leave the running of neighbourhood bars to the locals.

Trained security guards will be posted outside top Auckland restaurants under planned city council liquor law changes.

Hundreds of Auckland bars and restaurants will be forced to close at 11pm under planned city council liquor law changes.

Nici Wickes is disappointed on a long-awaited visit to Antoine's.

We came here because we were en route to Newmarket when we saw Verve’s gorgeous, sun-drenched deck

There's good solid Thai food to be found in the suburbs, finds Peter Calder.

A wave of new restaurants are taking on the recession and some established rivals to put some heat on the dining scene.

US reviewers for the famously secretive guides sacrifice a century of tradition by discussing the dark arts of their trade on the internet.