TOP 10 BEST Restaurants in New Zealand - Updated November 2024

"Just had an awesome big family dinner here. Everything we ordered was delicious from the Sizzling Beef with Sichuan sauce to the Spicy Spare Ribs,..."

KellyBear

"Came here with a group of 6 and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The food came out quite quickly, and we were mostly extremely impressed with the..."

Kelly

"food is great and very big plate… good price and friendly stuff would definitely.recomend to all especially prawn meat balls . . . so..."

涂荣荣

"Service was fast and efficient. Food was very tasty and reasonably priced. We came here with a big family group and had one of the large round tables..."

Auckland Professional

"Very good services and delicious food, I loved the hot&spicy king prawns and the beef with hot Sichuan sauce, soooo yummy! Nice place ,definitely..."

Annie Wang

"Taste, price and size, everything is perfect, the taste definitely makes me want to come back. I will try more food when I come back in the near..."

이선주

"We had dinner recently at this restaurant. Earlier was told that the service was real bad. The waitresses were rude and just threw the plates on..."

Tony Wan

"Food is always amazing. I recommend the Maggie sauce with squid or the prawn balls, so delicious. Customer service is average but the food makes up..."

Brooke Cones

"Delicious food. Pleasant staff. Good service. I loved the experience at Flourishing Cafe. The portions were huge which make it worth the money. The..."

JKG

"Big portions, Tasty food but all dishes loaded with onions, dishes are oily. Staff are helpful and provide reasonable advice on dish choice...."

Sukumar Goswami

"Heaps of parking in the area. And near the main road. It gets busy though especially at night so make a booking. My favorite dish here will..."

Karl Evangelista

"A great environment with cosy feel. The customer service is great with a range of options . I went here for a group of friends dinner . I throughly..."

Ravi

"My dad loves the roast duck here and forced me to come with him for lunch! He goes a lot with one of his foodie friends who also says it's the best..."

Charlene Weaver

"Come here with the family quite often. The portions are quite big. Great place to go with the family. A little on the pricier side, however the food..."

Sid

"Standard Chinese restaurant, I was pretty confused about their "Café" in the name but anyhow. Convenient because it has free parking on the top..."

Oksana Zhang

"Flourishing cafe appears as a standard Chinese restaurant catering to large groups but I must say it has the best roast pork I've ever tasted! I..."

Anushree Sen Gupta

"Duck on rice is amaazing. Salt and pepper tofu is not so much but the duck made up for it by far. Just got takeaway so don't really know much..."

Grace Nesbitt

"Flourishing cafe is lovely. The ambience is loud but lively. They are very generous with their portion size and provide good service. Loved the hot..."

Vienna Domingo

"I love Canton but can hardly ever stomach the amount of people and parking in Kingsland, so when I found out Flourishing was the sister cafe I was..."

Anna Hinehou

"A sister of the very popular Canton Cafe. Very tidy well kept restaurant which was quiet at 6pm on Thursday night. We didn't book so thankfully they..."

Couple Of Cheap Westies

"Great food great atmousphere staff are nice and polite. Orders were placed and out within 10-12 mins. I got chicken with spring onions and ginger...."

Reg Chand

"Came here for my birthday dinner last night with my family. We ordered eight dishes, sweet and sour hapuka, prawn balls, salt n pepper prawns, Comb...."

Seamus M.

"I rarely eat Chinese but when I doit is often at Flourishing Café. Food is delicious and fresh and the menu isvast. The portions are big..."

SP

"The best BBQ pork i have tasted compared to other chinese place i have been. Price = 3/5Food = 4/5Service =..."

JiGGz

"Big potion and great taste, A good place to go to when dining with a few friends for a hungry night out. Their spring onion with Lobster is..."

Lisa Wu

"Have been here many times now and can honestly say i dont have anything bad to say. Nice variety and food is delicious and comes out very fast...."

Moodyfoodie

"I made a booking for Father's Day dinner but was let down to find that our table wasn't reserved. Furthermore, we weren't the only ones there that..."

Stango

"Alright! So we try and book a table at canton cafe with no luck. Whats the next best thing?? Flourishing Cafe in Avondale. The menu is..."

Pankaj Kini

"The food here is very tasty and quite reasonably priced. I was able to feed 8 people for 106 dollars. That, in my opinion is super reasonable. The..."

NCC1701

"Absolutely love this place. This is our go to restaurant for family occasions. My favourite dish on the menu is be special tofu which is fried with..."

Nitya Lakshmanan

"Popular Chinese restaurant in Avondale Price 3/5Food 4.5/5Service 3/5Atmosphere 3/5Big plates all menu goodVery..."

Renor Kay

"Great sister cafe of Canton Cafe... Service is excellent .... Food is pretty good... If you don't want to travel into town definitely give this a..."

Donna&Shane

"Great place for all Chinese food lovers. It's nothing over the top with seating and the look of the restaurant but the food makes up for it. Good..."

HJ

"love love love this place.. a bit pricey but the food is awesome .. favourites that you must try are the prawn balls with Mayo sauce, half duck,..."

Grace Sifa

"Cannot go wrong with this place ..typical Asian food place ..not too flashy an average seating but food is good ..my fav here is hot and spicy king..."

Chirag Tailor

"I always love to go to Flourishing Cafe for a nice authentic Chinese meal filled with delicious flavor. Food is always wonderful and I do enjoy..."

Eva Zhu

"Loved the food!! Way larger portions than we were anticipating, will definitely reduce the order next time. Oh yes, there will be a next time! Only..."

Mel Main-Roberts

"Great food. Good value for money as their portions are huge! Pork belly was delicious. Their service was great despite the fact that they were..."

Venessa Naidoo

"This is one of our family favourites for chinese dine out. The food is always good and never the problem. Service is consistent but they do get quite..."

Chin And Prony Powichitkul

"Besides the noisiness of the restaurant, not only was the service fast and amazing but so was the food. Upon arrival we became worried that service..."

Lauren

"It's very hard to find a place in West Auckland that can cook decent Chinese food. Flourishing Cafe has a really good variety of different dishes,..."

Andrew

"Great food! I recommend the salt & pepper squid. Busy place so reservations are necessary. I actually prefer this restaurant over its sister "canton..."

Rebben

"We have been here twice, the second time was just as good as the first. The food is fresh and tasty. The service was also excellent considering the..."

Richard

"Booked a table for 2 for me and friend. We arrived to a typical busy place. I ordered the fried hapuka and green beans with pork mince. The food was..."

Lemonslimesoranges

"Now our favourite Cheap to Eat Chinese Restaurant. Delicious food, very generous serving. The rice on the Rice Menu is good for two as its the..."

Tess

"This place is a hidden gem. It's pretty difficult to find decent Asian food out west so I was stoked when I found this place we no longer have to..."

Chloë Leonarda

"It would pay to book as this place is super busy. Huge servings of great tasting Chinese food and you leave with enough food for a week.The..."

David Boshier

"Drove around Auckland last Monday trying to find a nice Asian restaurant open because I was craving for some Duck and Crispy Pork. Spotted..."

Yum

"We have eaten at Flourishing Cafe a few times now and the food is great. We definitely consider the prices very reasonable given the quality of the..."

Michael

"My extended family and I frequent this restaurant a lot and it is one of the best Chinese restaurants we've found in Auckland where the food is..."

Keith

"We used to go to Canton in Kingsland but since dining at Flourishing Cafe we will not be going back because this is so much closer to home and it is..."

Lisa Tanielu Ah Fook

"We have become regulars here because of the good consistent food served at a very fair price. The size of helpings make it a great place to go and..."

Glyn Jones

"Love this restaurant great food and value for money. They know how to prepare seafood,just right, I love the spicy squid and there ducks in any..."

P-marr

"Have been a couple of times now and the food is amazing. Try the maggi prawns and the spicy squid. I found the prices really economical especially..."

Richelle

"If you have ever been to Canton Cafe in Kingsland - then you will like this cafe -the chef was originally there - great atmosphere - fantastic food..."

Sabrina

"Very very good food. From the rice to noodles to steak to prawns, everything is absolutely..."

Criselle Lobo

"This one of the delicious Chinese restaurants I ever been with my family. My family ordered Chicken and sweetcorn soup for starter. The soup is..."

Priyanka

"A delicious Chinese restaurant in the heart of Avondale. Flourishing cafe is always busy which shows just how good it is, and we keep going back so..."

Dog Eats World

"We had lunch and dinner at this restaurant serveral times. We came back for dinner recently. On arrival, we found that the restraurant was pretty..."

Tony Wan

"Came here for a birthday celebration. Excellent 👌👍 Service. Very friendly and cheerful staff. Great quality..."

Daksh Gupta

"My favourites were the fried wontons and the lunch special Roast Duck noodle soup. Such good value for the noodles and very hearty servings. The..."

Deanna

"A good place to have a quality Chinese food. Compared to other Chinese restaurants I tried around new Lynn , this place is great in terms of food and..."

Asiri Dalugoda

"AWESOME FOOD. Staff don't know too much English. Super..."

Amy RP

"Just had an awesome big family dinner here. Everything we ordered was delicious from the Sizzling Beef with Sichuan sauce to the Spicy Spare Ribs,..."

Kelly B

"Awesome food. Ordered one entree hot & spicy tiger prawns & a main dish chicken black bean sauce which was more than enough to be shared between..."

Kalpana Mistry

"The food was great yum. They were able to serve food quick enough on a big order of 8 dishes. Although we ordered peking duck, it came a bit later..."

Stella Grace Go

"Our favourite place to have Dinner with coworker & friends. Nice food & affordable. Easy to get reservations. I also had my Baby Baptismal lunch..."

Floraida “Jing” Ramos

"What a hidden Gem. This restaurant is A1 premium Chinese restaurant. The best Chinese food we had ever tasted in NZ. The service was told the food..."

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