An Email Conversation About Restaurants

Fel­low Welling­ton­istas, I am tak­ing my in-laws out for din­ner tonight. Any rec­om­men­da­tions on a nice restau­rant that isn’t The White House, Logan Brown, Il Casi­no, Boulot or Chow? Qui­et ambi­ence a def­i­nite plus.

Don’t you just love the Hive Mind?

I’m a big fan of Maria Pia’s. Excel­lent food; the ser­vice is ok to good (pro­vid­ed by the fam­i­ly, so that you know what to expect)… but maybe not huge­ly qui­et.

In the same geo­graph­ic and gas­tro­nom­ic area as Maria Pia’s is Fran­cois. Nice, small and French. Try the snails.

If you’re after some­thing at the lev­el of The White House, Logan Brown or Il Casi­no, then try Cit­ron or Mar­tin Bosley at the Yacht Club. Def­i­nite­ly some of the most amaz­ing food in the city, and qui­et too. Also, while I haven’t been to Bisque at the Bolton Hotel, I’ve heard con­sis­tent­ly great things about it.

It’s not quite so qui­et, but Zibib­bo is always good. Adam Newell’s one of only two Miche­lin-starred chefs in NZ, and more impor­tant­ly, they do piz­za! If the in-laws are par­tial to a bit of cow flesh, then I’ve heard that Crazy Horse is the place to go.

And I can hearti­ly sec­ond the rec­om­men­da­tion of Maria Pia’s, but it might be rather short notice.

thanks all — the Yacht Club gets the nod. Although good to have those oth­ers in reserve for future occa­sions…