Breakfast and lunch diners are raving and so, soon, will be evening patrons when Provenance lights the candles for dinner.

The classic, clever cuisine is the real star of this tiny Pt Chevalier eatery.

his neighbourhood restaurant’s simple ethos serves it well and ensures you’ll never leave hungry

Oddly enough, you never hear restaurants boasting "we source all our food from commercial catering packs and, frankly, we don't give a stuff if it's seasonal or where it comes from so long as it's cheap".

A night of total blackout must be a restaurant owner's nightmare. But to be visited by a Herald reviewer on the evening the power went off at 7pm (and didn't come on again until the next morning) must be even worse luck.

Ben Gusto is way down the end of Browns Bay and accessible either from the main shopping street, Clyde Rd or Beachfront Lane.

Lonely Planet may have gone several steps too far in naming Auckland in a top-10 world city list but in the category of eating out you could make a plausible case.

Having just been reminded that our Indian population is the second-largest ethnic community in the city, it was fitting that we booked, on a very quiet night, for dinner at IVillage.

Grilling beef is an art form Argentinians have perfected, as evidenced at Buenos Aires.

Brick by Brick is a funny sort of place. It protrudes from the surrounding buildings like an extension that hasn't been thought through enough.