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Metro Top 50 Restaurants of the Year 2024

Here are the best 50 restaurants in Auckland, and the finalists for Metro's Restaurant of the Year. Presented by Stella Artois.

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All Dressed Up

Tasting supermarket salad dressings.

Pot Luck — Friday 28 June

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Pot Luck — Friday 21 June

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Vanishing Tablecloths

What’s going on in the world of dégustation menus and silver service? As the cost-of-living crisis bites, the kinds of restaurants that have classically been the beacon of the food world have been forced to evolve.

Can the Grand Old Dame be Saved?

The continuing efforts to rescue the St James Theatre.

Pot Luck — Friday 10 May

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Pot Luck — Friday May 3

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Pot Luck — Friday 22 March

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“Fuck, that was mean!”

Michael Meredith’s new Samoan restaurant.

Pot Luck — Friday 16 February

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Pot Luck — Friday 9 February

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Ada — Native Hearth

Ada’s new menu is blessed by the shades of nuns and visiting kēhua.

Metro Eats! — Friday 8 December

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Metro Eats! Friday 24 November

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Apéro

280 Karangahape Rd, Karangahape Rd Precinct

Bar Céleste

146b Karangahape Rd, Karangahape Rd Precinct

L'Atelier Du Fromage

5 McColl St, Newmarket

Paris Butter

166 Jervois Rd, Herne Bay

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Metro N°444 is Out Now.

Welcome to the new issue of Metro! The Top 50 restaurants in Auckland! What are New Zealand’s mad scientists up to? Ed Hillary and the (or perhaps a) Yeti! We catch up with the affable Jack Tame! As well as the 3-bodied Jess Hong. A studio visit with sculptor Yona Lee! Sam Brooks derides the dearth of arts criticism! What are the Take Out Kids up to when they’re not on TV? And more, much more.

Cover by Sarah Larnach

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