Restaurants & eateries

  1. VictoriaDavy

    Auckland Scene: Gourmet a Go Go

    Another concept in dining pops up in Auckland, this time Gourmet A Go Go where a restaurant will suddenly appear for 2 nights only in the oddest of places. Victoria Davy checked out this one in a hair salon…

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    The inaugural Auckland Restaurant Month begins

    The first ever Auckland Restaurant Month kicks off this week with over 60 restaurants taking part and set prices to suit any budget. Last night I got to check out what’s on offer – and try and win myself the trip to New York!

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    Tantalised at TriBeCa

    Auckland Scene: When tasty food blogger Victoria and her trusty Man set out on a weekend of eating (for professional purposes of course) they started at Parnell’s TriBeCa where the blue cheese icecream proved to be a startling hit…

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    Mmmm – the Dallows degustation

    Victoria Davy and her posse went along to Luke Dallow’s self-named Auckland restaurant where they were wowed by cotton candy, chardonnay foam and other mouth-watering offerings in the 6-course degustation…

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    Swooning at Clooney

    Just the name Clooney causes females of a certain age to swoon, but Auckland’s Clooney even makes men go weak at the knees. Our tasty food blogger Victoria Davy coralled her friends and set off to savour Clooney’s famous degustation menu…

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    The Grove wins best Auckland restaurant

    Metro Magazine has voted The Grove as number one restaurant for the second year running. Read our review and drool…

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    First pop-up restaurant is a Deception

    The first instalment from The Next Crew – ART (Aotea Raw Talent), doing pop-up restaurants around Auckland was named Deception and held at the Fables Rug Gallery.  The Gallery’s old-world style interior with exposed bricks, wooden floors and expensive Persian rugs, was a fabulous contrasting backdrop to the hip modern theme of the evening. We [...]

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    Tips for buffet eating: Eight at Langham Auckland

    The Langham Auckland has just opened a “new concept in dining”. It’s called Eight. Eight different food stations. Don’t call it buffet but a fine dining and fabulous experience, and it’s the talk of the town. The eight themed ‘kitchens’ each have their own chef, and carry a daily changing signature dish or you can [...]

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    Pop-up restaurants popping up near you!

    An innovative and trendy new dining extravaganza is about to hit the streets of Auckland and could be coming to a location near you.  I Victoria, aka Lois Lane (with my new digital recorder), set out to track down all the goss via a chat with Mark Southon. In the age of pop-up shops – [...]

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    Check out The Food Store

    Auckland’s newest restaurant, The Food Store, is creating a stir in the Viaduct. Here is our tasty food blogger, Victoria Davy’s, take: I first learnt about The Food Store as I was fast-forwarding through the ads on the Food Channel.  Up pops a tattooed bloke, gesturing wildly (I was fast-forwarding) with the viaduct in the [...]