Food & Drink

Cityscape keeps a close eye on Christchurch's dining, bar, and food producer scene so you can find the newest and best places to refuel and hang out.
 

Top 5 Summer Brews

Food & Drink

Andy Teo and the Terrace Tavern/Dux Central tribe list their picks for a sudsy summer. For this list of Top 5 brews for the summer, I enlisted ...

 

Beneath the Froth

Food & Drink

Cityscape puts its beer goggles on and finds out about killer new brews and trends on the craft beer scene. We’ve come a long way from a nation ...

 

My Goodness!

Food & Drink

Break out the Guinness – Irish pub, carvery and function venue The Little Fiddle is open and serving up good ol’ fashioned pub fare and live ...

 

Speakeasy Sessions

Food & Drink

If you’ve noticed the dazzling mural in Lichfield Courtyard alluding to underwater demi-gods and mythical creatures, you might be asking who, ...

 

Hats Off to the Winners!

Food & Drink

A huge congrats to our talented friends at Pescatore for getting their (oven) mitts on two Cuisine Good Food Awards Hats, alongside the wicked ...

 

Cocktail Recipe: Strawberry and Mint Gin and Tonic

Food & Drink

Our good friends at Botanic have whisked up a real treat with their Strawberry and Mint Gin and Tonic. This clean, crisp take on the G&T is ...

 

Review: Cookai Japanese Restaurant

Food & Drink

They say we eat with our eyes, which is why we are gorging as we survey the delights on display as Cookai’s sushi train chugs its way from one ...

 

Review: Universo Brasserie & Bar

Food & Drink

It’s the dreamiest of combos – Blood Orange and Gin-cured Akaroa Salmon. The party-starting cocktail bedfellows imbibe the glistening, plump ...

 

Recipe: Market fish, warm salad of potatoes and prawns, Negroni purée and roasted grapes

Food & Drink

From The George’s executive chef, Antony Page, comes this light and summery combo. The Negroni purée, a tribute to the Italian cocktail, adds a ...

 

Best wine, eats and beats

Food & Drink - What's On

Taste your way through the South Island’s most exceptional top drops at the annual South Island Wine and Food Festival, where a curated ...

 

The Royal Treatment

Food & Drink

It’s the gilded pride of Christchurch and host to the premier shows in New Zealand, and now the Isaac Theatre Royal is offering the option for ...

 

Yankee Thanky

What's On - Food & Drink

When it comes to Thanksgiving feasting, Americans don’t mess around. So if you’ve always wanted to experience a Thanksgiving spread, don’t jump ...

 

Well Hatted

Food & Drink

They are famed for their unique and contemporary dishes designed to satisfy all the senses, and now Pescatore’s reputation as one of the city’s ...

 

Story-time

Food & Drink - People

From the talented team who brought us iconic city dining institution Town Tonic, comes their new culinary venture Story. Poised to open its New ...

 

And They're Off!

What's On - Food & Drink - Explore

Cityscape checks out the city’s hottest alternatives to sweating it trackside. Sidestep the Cup and Show carnage with a few of the best hotspots ...

 

Review: Sister Kong

Food & Drink

Biting into the plump, golden-skinned Kiwi-influenced Bubble and Squeak Dumplings, we immediately realise just how apt Sister Kong’s tricked-up ...

 

Recipe: Aperol Spritz

Food & Drink

Looking for the next big thing in summer swilling that’s super easy to fix, crazy refreshing and guaranteed to blow your guests’ hair back? Then ...

 

Review: Terrace Tavern

Food & Drink

It’s not even on the menu yet, but after just one sip of Terrace Tavern’s resident bar tsar and manager Andy Teo’s Watermelon Aperol Spritz we’re ...

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