Welcome to New Zealand's Best Dining Guide!

We showcase some of New Zealand’s best restaurants, while presenting you with their up to date seasonal menus. New Zealand has some of the freshest, organic produce available at our fingertips and incredibly talented creative chefs; hence our restaurants are some of the finest in the world. There has been much controversy over magazines and newspapers writing reviews on restaurants by unqualified reviewers claiming to be food experts. We argue this. We believe that even the best restaurant in the world can sometimes have a bad day, hence we restrain from writing food and restaurant reviews. We allow you – the intelligent diner to choose for yourself from those that are our best restaurants. Every one of us has a different palate and different desires in food and wine choices so no one can possibly tell you which is a good restaurant for you to dine in.

New Zealand does not yet have a star rating for restaurants and we have very few qualified food reviewers so a restaurant’s reputation counts! We can present you with the ‘known’ best restaurants that have achieved a consistent high standard and repeat customers. We feature restaurants that train their staff, who have knowledge in food and wine, and a passion for the hospitality industry. The owners of these restaurants consistently achieve high standards. So for the travellers among you, this magazine offers you a quick reference to local knowledge of the areas best restaurants, and a sample menu from each restaurant to help you make your decisions.

New Zealand's Best Dining Guide comes out twice a year in line with Autumn/Winter menus and Spring/Summer menus.