Bedford Soda & Liquor felt great from the start. Our friends were grinning like soon-to-be-satisfied cats, cocktails in hand, at a table overlooking Richmond Rd.

The tradition of high tea at Cornwall Park Restaurant by the historic Huia Lodge is over for the moment, after the establishment closed.

Herne Bay’s landmark’s newest incarnation delivers an Italian dining experience worthy of many repeat visits.

Danielle Wright discovers authenticity is the key to a long life in the fickle Auckland restaurant scene.

One of the difficulties with the shared plates style dominating the Auckland eating

Having driven past this cafe en route to visiting family many times, we decided to make Catroux our destination at last.

To welcome the Spanish beer Estrella Damm to New Zealand, Life & Style asked three of our favourite famous foodies to pick their top tapas bars from around Auckland. We’ll reveal their picks on Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week.

To welcome the Spanish beer Estrella Damm to New Zealand, Life & Style asked three of our favourite famous foodies to pick their top tapas bars from around Auckland. We’ll reveal their picks on Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week.

The four of us were sitting in Soto posing that daft question: "Which nation's food would you have if you could have only one?" and for the first time I realised that my long-standing allegiance to Italian food might be wavering.

Ticking all the boxes is this village cafe, from its jars of juice to its radically aproned staff — and, of course, the fare .

If you’re on a jaunt north of Auckland, a revamped cafe has just the thing to calm the hunger pangs — and a standout hot chocolate too.

Does an Italian restaurant need to be run by Italians?

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

An award-winning Auckland restaurant won't have to shut down to fix alleged problems with cooking odours but is still locked in a court dispute with its landlord.

Foodies have infiltrated the racecourse this Auckland Cup week with some of the country's top chefs serving up epicurean delights, trackside.

A landlord's attempt to get an award-winning Auckland restaurant to shut down and fix alleged problems with spreading odours has been dismissed by a High Court judge.

A branch of one of Auckland's largest Indian restaurant chains has been seeking part-time wait staff - but said only "girls" could apply.

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

Italy has turned its nose up at the latest craze in Spanish dining - a rapidly expanding restaurant group called La Mafia, or The Mafia.