Eight.Two (82 Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead, Auckland) – this restaurant serves modern innovative New Zealand cuisine in a beautifully restored Birkenhead villa with a contemporary interior design. Main items served there include: Roast Duck, braised red cabbage, morello cherries, quark dumpling; Savannah Eye Fillet, smoked potato, puy lentil, chorizo, oyster mushroom; and Wild Mushroom Risotto, parmesan, celeriac, […]
Ebisu (Britomar, Union Fish Company Building, 116-118 Quay Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland) — aptly, the new Ebisu Japanese restaurant is located in Auckland’s Union Fish Company Building — overlooking the wharves, and promotes the best of the country’s fresh seafood and produce, with dishes created by top chefs who combine both contemporary Japanese and Pacific […]
Depot Eatery & Oyster Bar (86 Federal Street, SKYCITY Complex, Auckland CBD) – this is a fast-paced, fresh tapas venue, where one can drop in and share small plates, oysters that are shucked to order, and other perfectly cooked dishes. The focus is on the simple qualities of food, and most of which are prepared […]
DeBretts Kitchen (Hotel DeBrett, 2 High Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland) — Welcome the New Year in style at DeBretts Kitchen located in Hotel DeBrett. At $150 per person celebrate with a 4 course dinner, starting with a cocktail, then followed by mouth watering dishes including heirloom tomato & clevedon buffalo milk gazpacho with karitane crayfish […]
Cocoro (56A Brown Street, Ponsonby, Auckland) – this restaurant serves new style Japanese cuisine. Cocoro is located on a quite side street off the busy Ponsonby Road, in an old brick building. The restaurant seats a maximum of 40 people with tables along the walls, and a large communal table in the middle. The large […]
Clooney (33 Sale Street, Freemans’ Bay, Auckland) — is a partnership between restaurateur Tony Stewart and Chef Desmond Harris. Chef Harris’ cuisine melds the tradition of classical cuisine with a contemporary approach to ingredients and technique. Clooney’s dishes are continually in progress, reflecting seasonality, inspiration and evolution. In 2013, Clooney was awarded three chef hats […]
Bracu (49 Main Road, Bracu Olive Estate, Papakura, Bombay, Auckland) – this is a country estate restaurant which serves a variety of Mediterranean-influenced dishes. Experience the exquisite cuisine prepared by head chef Mikey Newlands, who relishes a ‘garden to plate’ philosophy from the extensive organic gardens of the Estate and passionate local producers.
Waikato Museum (1 Grantham Street, Hamilton) – located 1 ½ hours south of Auckland, this museum’s exhibitions and activities tell the stories of this region and include visual art, social history, a Tangata Whenua collection (boasting over 30,000 objects) and science. Highlights include the majestic Waka Taua (war canoe), E Nga Uri Whakatupu: […]
TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre (72 Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough, Auckland) — Located in the historic Pah Homestead in Monte Cecilia Park, Hillsborough, the Arts Centre opened to the public in August 2010, and has received over 410,000 visits to date. The Arts Centre hosts a changing programme of exhibitions curated from the James Wallace Arts Trust […]
Sheepworld (324 State Highway 1, Warkworth, Auckland) – located just 50 minutes north of Auckland, this is New Zealand’s Sheep and Wool Centre, providing a step by step insight how we farm our sheep, then harvest and use their wool. There are entertaining & fascinating live demonstrations (daily at 11 am and 2 […]