Depot Eatery
- ★ 4.7
- New American
- $$
- Auckland CBD
Depot is Al Brown's no-reservations Federal Street eatery under the Sky Tower in Auckland CBD. Charcoal grill, raw bar, communal high-top seating.
Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Auckland actually eats.
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Ortolana
Ortolana sits on the corner of Tyler Street in the Britomart pavilions in Auckland. Italian bistro by day and dinner; the name means market gardener.
Hugo's Bistro
- ★ 4.6
- Modern European
- $$$
- Auckland CBD
Hugo's Bistro on Shortland Street in Auckland CBD runs all-day European cooking from the charcoal grill. One Cuisine Good Food hat 2024 to 2025; Metro Top 50.
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Hello Beasty
- ★ 4.2
- Asian fusion
- $$$
- Auckland CBD
Hello Beasty mixes Japanese, Korean and Chinese influences on Customs Street West in Auckland CBD. The city's most-booked Asian fusion room.
Azabu Ponsonby
- ★ 4.5
- Japanese-Peruvian
- $$$
- Ponsonby
Azabu runs Nikkei (Japanese-Peruvian) cooking from a corner at 26 Ponsonby Road on the Grey Lynn edge of Auckland. Sashimi tostadas, pisco cocktails.
Non Solo Pizza
Non Solo Pizza is a long-running Parnell Road Italian room in Auckland. Wood-fired pizza, fresh pasta, garden bar; opened in the 1990s, still busy.
Pici
- ★ 4.5
- Italian
- $$
- Karangahape Road
Pici hand-rolls pasta in Shop 22 of St Kevins Arcade on Karangahape Road in Auckland. Tuscan-style cooking, natural wines, a queue-only counter.
Gemmayze Street
- ★ 4.4
- Levantine
- $$
- Karangahape Road
Gemmayze Street has run Lebanese cooking from Shop 16 of St Kevins Arcade off Karangahape Road, Auckland since 2016. Mezze, charcoal grill, family recipes.
Apero
- ★ 4.5
- French bistro
- $$$
- Karangahape Road
Apero is a narrow bistro at 280 Karangahape Road in Auckland with rustic European sharing food and a tight natural wine list. Cuisine Good Food one-hat list.
Ada
Ada runs Italian-inspired sharing plates from a former convent at 454 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland. Pasta, wood-fired bread, stocked cellar.
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Azabu Mission Bay
- ★ 4.2
- Japanese-Peruvian
- $$$
- Mission Bay
Azabu Mission Bay is the eastern-bays sibling of the Ponsonby room, with Nikkei Japanese-Peruvian cooking at 44 Tamaki Drive on the Auckland waterfront.
East
- ★ 4.0
- Asian fusion
- $$
- Auckland CBD
East is a fully vegetarian modern Asian room on the ground floor of the Sudima Hotel at 63-67 Nelson Street, Auckland CBD. Sunday vegan yum cha service.
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