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District Dining

4_half star rating
8 reviews

Cuisine: Eclectic, A La Carte, International, New Zealand

50 Customs St East
(Charter Customs Building, Britomart)
Auckland Central
Auckland City
09 368-5315

Hours:

  • Mon-Thur noon-3pm, 6pm – 11pm
  • Fri noon – 11pm
  • Sat noon-3pm, 6pm – 11pm
  • Facilities/Features:
    • Business Dining
    • Private Dining Room
    • Private Functions
    • Private Parties
    • Romantic Dining
    • Wedding Functions
  • Payment Types: EFTPOS, Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Diners
  • Price Range: Spendy, $25 - $35
  • Dress Code: Smart casual
  • Alcohol: Beer, Wine, Spirits, Cocktails
  • BYO/Corkage: No BYO
  • Parking: Pay, Pay & Display
  • Good For Groups: Yes
  • Takes Reservations: Yes
  • Dietary Restrictions: Vegetarian
  • Outdoor Seating: No
  • Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Dessert

NZ-born chef Warren Turnbull is duplicating his highly successful Sydney restaurant “District Dining” (which opened there Oct 2010), right here in the Auckland CBD. Now open in Britomart, Turnbull says of District Dining: “I wanted to create something where I wanted to go and eat all the time. This is sort of a present to myself.”

8 Reviews for District Dining

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24th September 2011
4 star rating
Fantastic food, great service from very personable wait staff and a warm and funky atmosphere. I chose the olives for an entree and lamb for my main course. Both were superb. A great ‘girls night out’ at District Dining and I will certainly be back.

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Chris

5

27th March 2012
4 star rating
Love it here. Came for a work function then returned with friends. Great both times.

Awesome food and fab service. Will go back again for sure.

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13th February 2012
5 star rating
Went here on the weekend with my partner and we will definitely be going back. I couldn’t believe the price of the bill! – so affordable for the quality of the dining experience.
The duck confit was amazing as was the pork ears, 12 hour lamb and lamb brik rolls.
Our waiter was very charming and the overall service was exceptional. Great ambience and great food at a great cost!!

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els

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9th February 2012
3 star rating
service deserves 9 , , food 5 . I love tapas style eating , but alas the suggestion of ” sharing plates” doesn’t work at D.D , portions way too small . A table of four needs to order each dish in pairs . Duck was shredded into minuscule portions served on gloopy kumera . Kingfish was difficult to find amongst the greenery . Cucumber salad OK ……

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21st October 2011
5 star rating
Wow, i loved it and have already got friends arranged to go back. Superb tapas style portions, you have to order a real mix and share. Makes for such a fabulous eating experience.Looking forward to going back with my husband too. Food was fresh, adventurous and clever. Of course it was delicious or I wouldn’t be going back. Sampled beetroot and goats cheese, king fish, and scallop then beef flaps and polenta ( YUM) and veal and salad.
LOVED setting, simple decor and our waiter was so on to it.

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sam

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27th September 2011
5 star rating
Went here the other night with my Girlfriend. Fantastic food and a great atmosphere. Highly recommend the Market Fish, was fresh and cooked to perfection. If your looking for somewhere new with good food, this is a good spot to try.

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22nd September 2011
4 star rating
Awesome! Superb food, excellent and attentive service, without being intrusive, a really lovely experience all round! Highly recommend the Pigs Ears too, lovely :)

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22nd September 2011
4 star rating
Went for dinner tonight at 6:30pm (Thursday 22nd September) and was absolutely blown away.

For a restaurant that’s only been open a week they’ve got it nailed and I’m extremely pleased with my choice to take family there.

We started off with bread and oils, olives and as strange as it sounds, pigs ears and it was delicious. Warm sourdough, huge olives, and the pigs ears were just outstanding.

The mains was mushroom risotto, which was very creamy without being too rich and it had plump portobello mushrooms through out it. The others had the spatchcock and Lamb, both were great portions, nicely presented and cooked perfectly.

Dessert was the sticky date pudding and it was the perfect size topped off with caramel and whiskey ice cream which wasn’t an overpowering flavour.

The whole meal was $180 including 5 glasses of Chardonnay and three non alcoholic drinks so we were pleasantly suprised with the bill.

The atmosphere was great, very stylish and the service just fantastic. We were personally met by the Restaurant Manager and he was charming without being over bearing.

Extremely happy and will definitely be going back again soon.

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