Restaurant review: Falafel redemption at the Gemmayze Street refurb
Where charred cucumber and dried mint is the autumnal segue you didn't know you needed.
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Restaurant review: Hot chook and seriously cool noodles at Ockhee
Meet your new favourite way to eat kūmara - chewy, bouncy Korean noodles.
Euro reviewed: Is the refurbished Viaduct stalwart worth a look?
Pig's ears and broccoli? Just add champagne at the new-look Euro.
Mr Morris reviewed: The verdict on Michael Meredith's new Britomart restaurant
In praise of pineapple, black pudding and a restaurant with heart.
Auckland restaurant review: You're not in 1979 now, Ponsonby
The newest restaurant on a prime Ponsonby corner is not for the faint of heart.
Ada reviewed: A pasta epiphany at a former convent
"If the fazzoletti is a mistress, the cavatelli is the mother of your child."
Churly's reviewed: Charcuterie and good cheer at new brewpub
One burger - and 32 beers. Settle in for a session at new brewpub Churly's.
Pici reviewed: Small room, gigantic pasta flavour
Cheesecake as our new national dessert? Pici stakes a claim.
The verdict on SkyCity's new adults-only food court
Hard luck, good fortune and cheap eats - inside SkyCity's newest dining space.
Onslow reviewed: Josh Emett and Auckland's most expensive fried chicken
Salmon as performance art and chicken with caviar? Lunch in homely luxury at Onslow.
Restaurant review: Challenge your toast buds at Kingi
Raise a glass to kina - the new toast of Auckland.
Omni reviewed: Go for the chicken hearts, stay for the cake
The chefs had nowhere to hide - luckily they didn't need to.
Restaurant review: Apero all sizzle and great sausage
The signature dish is a sausage but it's the pudding that will change your life.
Ahi reviewed: Was Ben Bayly's new restaurant worth the wait?
The New Zealand food story, featuring deep-fried scampi on a stick and teeny lamb pies.
Restaurant review: One tart to rule them all at Clay, K Rd
Forget your grandma's marmalade, this is what you should do with grapefruit.
Pretty (tasty) in pink: The Poni Room reviewed
The rose-tinted Commercial Bay restaurant where you can try-before-you-buy your wine.
Spain via Parnell? Get ready to dip your churros
At Barulho, even the brussels sprout salad is sexy.
Auckland's oldest restaurant is facing an uncertain future if they can't get people back in the doors
Auckland's oldest restaurant, Tony's Steakhouse in Wellesley Street, is facing an uncertain future if they can't get people back in the doors. Video / Dean Purcell
Chinos with your chicken? Our verdict on a new Auckland food and fashion combo
Loosen your belt - fashion meets food at a new restaurant by Rodd & Gunn.
Is the dumpling dead? In praise of BBQ skewers
Barbecue skewers are the new dumplings on Dominion Rd.
Focus Live: Commercial Bay shopping precinct opens its doors
The billion-dollar Commercial Bay shopping precinct opens in Auckland amid Covid-19 uncertainty.
The critics are back and finding comfort in curry
Get booking - Auckland restaurants are back in business and so are the critics.
Auckland's best chocolate cake? Barbarino's reviewed
Pasta (and cake) for flatmates, families and other unpretentious diners.
Reviewed: Grey Lynn's Lilian is hot - just ask the cool kids
"For a few seconds, even the sweat pooling behind my bra strap felt sexy."
VT Station reviewed: A culinary train trip across India
A romantic (and tasty) rethink of Indian train travel, via Newmarket.
Reviewed: Fish Kitchen - worth the boat trip
Take the ferry for an excellent fish dinner - and don't skip dessert.
Reviewed: Romulus and Remus - risotto to write home about
Salsiccia e pane - the sausage and bread you didn't know your after work vino was missing.
Kim Knight reviews: Scandal, Ponsonby
Take your senses back to the scandalous 80s at this Ponsonby newcomer.
Restaurant review: Go the whole hog at Grey Lynn's Smokin Cole BBQ
Slow-cooked BBQ comfort for the day after the night before.
Reviewed: Poutine perfection at Little Creatures, Hobsonville
Take the ferry to suburbia, get the chips with gravy and cheese and you'll be very happy.
All plant, no choice - is this the future of Auckland dining?
The "Fanta" is made from fermented carrot juice and that's just the drinks menu.