Food & Drinks

The Top 50 Restaurants in Auckland 2017

Metro magazine have released this year's top 50 restaurants. But did your favourite spot make the list?
The tasting shed

The tasting shed

The tasting shed

The food experts behind Metro magazine have compiled their annual list of Auckland’s top restaurants, out of over a hundred contenders.

Food Editor Alice Harbourne, as well as magazine Editor Susannah Walker, spent months deliberating over the top fifty, who won their place for a combination of service, quality, atmosphere, design and character.

“We examine every aspect of the dining experience, from the host’s welcome, to the temperature of the food, to the waiter in the back of the restaurant quietly polishing glasses: taken together these elements, among many others, tell us a great deal about a restaurant,” says head judge Alice Harbourne.

“Each year, we approach the judging process with fresh eyes. Selection in a previous year is no guarantee of a place on this year’s list – every restaurant is considered on its merits and performance at the time.”

Scroll down for the full top fifty.

Amano

Apero

Artwok

Augustus Bistro

Azabu

Baduzzi

Beirut

Café Hanoi

Casita Miro

Cassia

Cazador

Cibo

Clooney

Cocoro

Coco’s Cantina

Culprit

Depot

Ebisu

Euro

Federal Delicatessen

Gemmayze St

Gusto at the Grand

Ima

Kazuya

Masu

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Merediths

Molten

MooChowChow

O’Connell St Bistro

Orphans Kitchen

Ortolana

Paris Butter

Pasta & Cuore

Pasture

Ponsonby Road Bistro

Rosie

Saan

Sidart

Siostra

Soul Bar & Bistro

Spacca

The Blue Breeze Inn

The Engine Room

The French Café

The Grill by Sean Connolly

The Grove

The Oyster Inn

The Shed, Te Motu

The Tasting Shed

Woodpecker Hill

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