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.
 

Return of the Chard

Food & Drink

Cityscape talks to Pegasus Bay Wine's Edward Donaldson (left) and Waipara Hill Wine's Simon McGeorge (right) about the Chardonnay ...

 

Mighty Fine

Food & Drink

The triple cooked potatoes are so crunchy that their skins are flaking off in out-of-this-world delicious crispy wafers. The piping hot bowl of ...

 

Going Native

Food & Drink

I’m torn between the chicken, mushroom and pea risotto and the crumbed monkfish with beer battered fries. We’ve seen both being enjoyed at ...

 

It's all happening at The Happening

Food & Drink

Luxe new addition to the city The Happening is a swanky premium bar, kitchen and live music hotspot that brings a Baz Luhrmann Gatsby-esque swag ...

 

The Italian Job

Food & Drink

It’s definitely a ‘wow’ moment as our set lemon cream touches down in a florid flourish of bright colours, looking part exotic terrarium ...

 

Stellar Fare

Food & Drink

It’s taken around 24-hours for our braised beef cheek to make the journey from kitchen to table – this is the level of care and attention that’s ...

 

New St Asaph St restaurant Bessie celebrates meat

Food & Drink

Bessie, a new meat restaurant at 178 St Asaph St, comes to us from the burgeoning Cook Brothers Bars hospitality empire that has already brought ...

 

Coriander's Ethnic Indian Restaurant – City

Food & Drink

We peruse the carefully-curated menu under the watchful gaze of a Bengal Tiger prowling the jungle undergrowth. The impressive mural features a ...

 

Playing Chopsticks

Food & Drink

Propaganda style artwork lines the walls (including owner and dumpling meister Norman, pictured below, serving Chairman Mao-realness) and ...

 

Paddock to Plate: Maddison's Restaurant

Food & Drink

It looks like a simple quenelle, glistening with rivulets of truffle oil and glimpsed between slivers of pure white button mushroom, the stained ...

 

The Nook: Thai Me Up

Food & Drink

We arrive at The Nook for lunch to further signs that life is returning the city’s CBD; New Regent Street is quietly busy, with people taking ...

 

Fireside Dining

Food & Drink

Nestled cosily inside the Papanui Club, Embers introduces an exciting new dining experience to the city – and New Zealand – in fine Argentinian ...

 

In The Kitchen with Andrew Brown

Food & Drink

Pan-fried Whitebait with Saffron Butter Sauce Shopping List 60mls white wine (dry) 60mls white-wine vinegar 2 tbsp shallots (finely chopped) 1 ...

 

ten27

Food & Drink

Months of manfully soldiering on out of a crate in the Ferrymead carpark of Casual & Country is now all worth it for the food team there with ...

 

Mumbaiwala Indian Street Kitchen

Food & Drink

Bringing the famed street food of Mumbai to Christchurch, the team at bustling Indian eatery Mumbaiwala have faithfully recreated this ...

 

Eating @ ... Orleans

Food & Drink

Orleans is the kind of place the word “moody” was invented for. When we open the big door in Strange’s Lane and head in (in the early evening; ...

 

Eating @ ... Belgian Beer Cafe Torenhof

Food & Drink

There’s an element of New York cool to our very own Belgian Beer Café Torenhof – specifically, it recalls the Big Apple’s penchant for ...

 

Eating @ ... The Brickworks

Food & Drink

With the sun streaking through the canopy of trees, the chorus of birdsong and the glittering Heathcote River silently snaking its way below, The ...

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