Modern Nz restaurants in Auckland
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Euro
Euro is a thoroughly slick package of imaginative cuisine, good-looking wait staff and sexy surrounds. The dishes are always as pretty as a picture and the relaxed atmosphere gets decidedly more bar-like as the night progresses.
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Soul Bar
Eating seafood by the water is a must in Auckland and this modernist gastrodome boasts an unbeatable see-and-be-seen location (Jay-Z and Beyoncé dined not-at-all-inconspicuously on the deck) and some of the best seafood in town.
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Merediths
Dining at Merediths is the culinary equivalent of black-water rafting – tastes surprise you at every turn, you never know what’s coming next and you’re left with a sense of breathless exhilaration.
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Clooney
Like the Hollywood actor of the same name, Clooney is suave, stylish and extremely sophisticated, suited up in basic black. While the taste combinations are complex, the results are faultless – which coupled with impeccable service puts Clooney firmly in the pricy-but-worth-it category.
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Grove
Romantic fine dining at its best: the room is cosy and moodily lit, the menu encourages sensual experimentation and the service is effortless. If you can’t find anything to break the ice from the extensive wine list, give it up mate – it’s never going to happen.
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Engine Room
One of Auckland’s best restaurants, this informal eatery serves up lighter-than-air goat’s cheese soufflés, inventive whiteboard mains and oh-my-God chocolate truffles. It’s worth booking ahead and catching the ferry.
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Eight.Two
Hollowed out of an old villa, this dazzlingly white dining room offers a similarly breezy menu and a great wine list. Catch the Birkenhead ferry from the city for a memorable night out.
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Molten
Under the volcano’s shadow, Molten oozes neighbourhood charm and erupts with flavour. The consistently excellent menu is extremely well crafted, taking advantage of the latest seasonal produce to create innovative, beautifully presented meals.
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Depot
Opened to instant acclaim in 2011, TV chef Al Brown's first Auckland eatery offers first-rate comfort food in informal surrounds (communal tables, butcher tiles and a constant buzz). Dishes are divided into 'small' and 'a little bigger' and are designed to be shared. A pair of clever shuckers are kept busy serving up the city's freshest oysters.
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