Post Index

Wellington 

Central

• Astoria, Lambton Quay
• Ban Mai Thai, Vivian Street
• Boulcott Street Bistro, Boulcott Street (Burger Wellington 2012)
• Brooklyn Bread & Bagels, College Street
• Butlers Chocolate Cafe, Willis Street
• Capitol, Kent Terrace (Wellington on a Plate DINE 2012)
• Chow, Woodward Street
• Deluxe, Kent Terrace
• Duke Carvell's, Swan Lane (Cuba Street) 
• Fidel's, Cuba Street
• Fisherman's Plate, Bond Street
• Floriditas, Cuba Street
• Great India, Manners Street
• Hippopotamus (Museum Hotel)
• Il Piccolo, Willis Street
• Kazu Yakitori & Sake Bar, Courtenay Place
• Le Marché Français, Thorndon
• Logan Brown, Cuba Street (Wellington on a Plate DINE 2009)
• Matterhorn, Cuba Street
• Mekong Cafe, Vivian Street
• Phoenician Falafel, Kent Terrace
• PhuThai Esarn Restaurant, Cambridge Terrace
• The Pit Bar, BATS Theatre
• Pravda, Customhouse Quay
• Restaurant 88, Tory Street
• Satay Kampong, Allen Street
• Satay Village, Ghuznee Street
• Scopa, Cuba Street
• Six Barrel Soda Co, Dixon Street
• Sweet Mother's Kitchen, Courtenay Place (May 2009)
• Sweet Mother's Kitchen, Courtenay Place (October 2009)
• Ti Kouka Cafe, Willis Street
• Vivo Enoteca Cucina, Edward Street
• Wasabi Sushi, Cuba Street

Western Suburbs 

• Bordeaux Bakery, Thorndon 

Southern Suburbs

• Baobab, Newtown
• Pranah, Newtown

Eastern Suburbs

• Cafe Polo, Miramar
• Elements Cafe, Lyall Bay
• Gipsy Kitchen, Strathmore
• Mojo, Wellington Airport
• The Larder, Miramar
• The Larder, Miramar (Wellington on a Plate DINE 2012)

Petone

• La Bella Italia (Wellington on a Plate 2011)

Auckland

• Barilla Dumpling, Dominion Road
• Kokako Cafe, Grey Lynn
• Little and Friday, Newmarket
• Xi'an Food Bar, Anzac Ave

Christchurch

• Samurai Bowl, Colombo St 

Now closed

• Amigos, Newtown
• Breakers Cafe, Seatoun
• Calypso Cafe, Taranaki St 
• Harem, Manners Mall - now a New Orleans restaurant called Voodoo 
• Kayu Manis, Cuba Street - now Kinara Indian Restaurant - last I heard, Chef Rajah is still in charge of the Malaysian food on the menu
• Kita-Q, Lambton Square - seems to have closed down ahead of the 2012 renovations of Lambton Square. I'll sorely miss their onigiri and their oyakodon. RIP :(
• Koriental, Majoribanks Street - now a cheap n' cheerful Vietnamese restaurant called Saigon Taste
• Kreuzberg Summer Cafe, Cuba Street - RIP. (BUT! The Kreuzberg spirit lives on in Monterey in Newtown and Six Barrel Soda Co on Dixon St)
• La Bella Italia (La Bambina), The Terrace - still open in Petone, though
• Momo Tea, Courtenay Place
• Offbeat Originals, Left Bank (Cuba Street) - RIP :(
• Toppy's, Martinborough