The Winner of the Metro/Audi Restaurant of the Year Top 50 Restaurants in Auckland have been announced!
Al Brown’s Depot Eatery & Oyster Bar supreme winner of Metro / Audi Restaurant of the Year!
The full list of winners are:
Depot Supreme winner; plus Best new restaurant; plus Best casual bistro; (Runner-up – Coco’s Cantina); plus, Al Brown won “Audi progressive restaurateur of the year” (Runner-up – Sid Sahrawat (Sidart)
Clooney Best fine dining; Runner-up – The French Café
Cibo Best smart dining; Runner-up – O’Connell Street Bistro
The Engine Room Best upmarket bistro; Runners-up – Ponsonby Road Bistro, Pure
Cocoro Best Asian (Runner-up – Ebisu); Best short drinks list (Runner-up – Molten)
Toto Best Italian; Runner-up – Poderi Crisci
Poderi Crisci Best rural; Runner-up – Casita Miro
Merediths Best chef – Michael Meredith
The French Café Best service (Runner-up – Coco’s Cantina); and Best drinks list (Runner-up – O’Connell Street Bistro)
Roxy Best dish – Fish soup
The Tasting Shed - Ganesh Raj – Restaurant personality of the year
The other Restaurants listed in the Top 50 included:
- Antoine’s
- Basque Kitchen and Bar
- Botswana Butchery
- Cable Bay Restaurant & Wine Bar
- Cafe Hanoi
- Cru at Sale St
- Delicious
- Dine by Peter Gordon
- District Dining
- Eight.Two
- Ella
- Euro
- Harbourside
- Ima
- Kura
- Moochowchow
- Morita
- Non Solo Pizza
- Number Five
- O’Sarracino
- Prego
- Sake Bar 601
- Soul Bar & Bistro
- Sunday Painters
- Te Whau
- The Grill by Sean Connolly
- The Grove
- The Shed at Te Motu
- TriBeCa
- Two Fifteen
- Vinnies
