Viva’s Top 50 Auckland Restaurants For 2023

Jesse Mulligan and Johanna Thornton. Photo / Babiche Martens
Jesse Mulligan and Johanna Thornton. Photo / Babiche Martens

Viva’s resident food experts, dining out editor Jesse Mulligan and deputy editor Johanna Thornton select Auckland’s best restaurants.

Now in its third year, Viva’s Top 50 Auckland Restaurants is a highly anticipated food feature that acts as a dining out guide for the whole year, ideal for referring to again and again, whenever you have dinner plans.

This list highlights 50 Auckland restaurants the judges are excited to send you to on any night of the week, and it’s a testament to our city’s thriving hospitality scene that it’s difficult to narrow it down to just 50.

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Says Jesse: “Have fun exploring this brilliant collection of restaurants and our thanks go out to the restaurateurs, who for the most part didn’t ask to be reviewed, but who we hope will benefit from the surge of interest (and bookings) this list always creates.”

Restaurants are where memories are made, and they’re worth celebrating. Enjoy.



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