Sep 11, 2024 Restaurants
Metro is thrilled to announce the Top 50 Restaurants in Tāmaki Makaurau as part of the Metro Restaurant of the Year 2024, in partnership with Stella Artois.
These 50 restaurants represent the best of our city’s dining scene. From the casual neighbourhood joints that you can drop into on the way home from work, to the temples of fine dining where you can experience technically innovative cuisine with equally excellent service, there’s something for almost everyone on this list.
Of course, there are more than 50 excellent restaurants in the city, but the line had to be drawn somewhere and when it came time to make the tough decisions, time and time again we asked ourselves three questions: How well does it do the thing it’s trying to do? Would we recommend it to a visiting friend? And, would we want to go there again?
To whittle down the many many great restaurants in Auckland to our top 50, we’ve assembled a panel of nine judges, made up of food writers, critics, chefs and hospitality experts, who visit restaurants anonymously and pay for their own meals. The panel is refreshed year-on-year, and includes a mix of diverse perspectives, expertise and experiences.
All 50 restaurants are now in the running for the supreme Restaurant of the Year award, which is given to the best restaurant in Auckland as decided by our panel, as well as other categories such as Best Dish, Best Chef, Best Bartender, Best Sommelier, Best Restaurateur, and more.
These awards will be announced on the event night on Monday 14 October at St Matthew-in-the-City on Hobson St. Tickets are available to the public and can be purchased now at subscribe.metromagazine.co.nz.
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The Top 50 restaurants in Auckland, and the finalists in the Metro Restaurant of the Year 2024, are:
Advieh — 1 Queen St, central city
Ahi — Commercial Bay, 7 Queen St, central city
Alma — 130 Quay St, central city
Anise — 210 Symonds St, Eden Terrace
Apéro — 280 Karangahape Rd, Newton
Bar Magda — 25b Cross St, Newton
Beau — 265 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby
Bossi — 10 Commerce St, central city
Candela — 155 Karangahape Rd, Newton
Cassia — 90 Federal St, central city
Cazador — 854 Dominion Rd, Balmoral
Cocoro — 56A Brown St, Ponsonby
Forest — 243 Dominion Rd, Mt Eden
Gemmayze Street — 183 Karangahape Rd, Newton
Gilt — 2 Chancery St, central city
Gochu — Commercial Bay, 7 Queen St, central city
Gojo Ethiopian — 15 Totara Avenue, New Lynn
Hello Beasty — 95–97 Customs St West, central city
Huami — 87 Federal St, central city
Hugo’s Bistro — 67 Shortland St, central city
Katsu Katsu — 483 Khyber Pass Rd, Newmarket
Kazuya — 193 Symonds St, Newton
Kol — 23 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby
Lilian — 472 Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn
Lillius — 19 Khyber Pass Rd, Grafton
Metita — 90 Federal St, central city
Mr Lobster Private Kitchen — 4/301 Lincoln Rd, Henderson
Mr Morris — Cnr Galway and Commerce Sts, central city
Onemata — 99 Halsey St, central city
Onslow — 9 Princes St, central city
Ooh-Fa — 357 Dominion Rd, Mt Eden
Origine — Commercial Bay, 172 Quay St, central city
Osteria Uno — 140 Hinemoa St, Birkenhead
Paris Butter — 166 Jervois Rd, Herne Bay
Parro — 359 Dominion Rd, Mt Eden
Pasta & Cuore — 409 Mount Eden Rd
Pici — 280 Karangahape Rd, Newton
Sake Bar Icco — 601 New North Rd, Morningside
San Ray — 118 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby
Sa-On — 401 Great North Rd, Henderson
Sidart — 283 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby
Sum Made — 11 Davies Drive, Albany
Tala — 235 Parnell Rd, Parnell
Tantalus Estate — 70/72 Onetangi Rd, Onetangi
The Engine Room — 115 Queen St, Northcote Point
The French Café — 210 Symonds St, Eden Terrace
The Grove — St Patrick’s Square, Wyndham St, central city
The Lodge Bar & Dining — 7 Queen St, central city
Three Seven Two — 21 The Strand, Onetangi
Tokki — 87 Kitchener Rd, Milford
With thanks to Stella Artois, Prodotti, Sanpellegrino, Alsco, Red Bull, The Produce Company, Trinity Hill, The Great Catering Company, OneMusic and Ninety Nine Reasons.
