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

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

Review: Monterey, Grey Lynn
his neighbourhood restaurant’s simple ethos serves it well and ensures you’ll never leave hungry

Review: Stafford Road Wine Bar, Northcote Point
Regulars of the Bridgeway cinema and others who frequent this once-sleepy Auckland suburb, just over the bridge, have known about the Stafford Road Wine Bar for a while.

Review: The Refreshment Room, Titirangi
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.

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

Review: Masu, Auckland CBD
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.

Review: IVillage Indian Restaurant & Bar, Victoria Park
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.

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

Brunch: Brick by Brick Cafe, Onehunga
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.