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