TOP 10 BEST Restaurants in New Zealand - Updated November 2024

"As mentioned in other reviews, it is definitely recommended to BOOK ahead if possible. We got there on a Friday night around 6pm and alreadt found..."

The Sweet Tooth Fairy

"When a friend of mine suggested we go here I ignorantly didn't expect the meal I was about to have. Ordered a bunch of skewers and the Xinjiang Style..."

Amindha Fernando

"Had the best spicy fried chicken with handmade noodles ever! They provided such a variety of bbq food with low prices and to our enjoyment they all..."

Jinjing Fang

"This place has never failed me, not once. Not packed for the first time as diners were quite cautious about eating out due to the current frenzies...."

Teresa Kaori

"I’ve been here countless times, but taking photos is near impossible due to the food coming out at different times and people always being hangry...."

Ati

"I love the chicken dish with noodles. Was big portion. Kind..."

Alice In New Zealand

"Wow I absolutely love this place, the skewers that I’ve tried have all been great. Really loved the big sharing xinjang chicken. It’s really busy..."

Russ Watkins

"Came in yesterday night for a late dinner for two. Got the cold noodles, dan dan noodles, fishballs, mushrooms, corn, potato, chicken, beef, lamb,..."

Rosanne Choy

"I got a few beef, pork, squid & lamb skewers, some pork and chives dumplings, and fried buns with condensed milk. It was really packed when I..."

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"Be prepared to wait for a table during peak dinner times! We started off with a few lamb skewers. The size of the meat on the skewers have..."

G1k

"Always been the go to place for quick catch ups with my friends, especially for a mid night munch.The food here has always been pretty good, alot..."

Ramona Zhang

"My favorite late night spot. Staff is always friendly and helpful with the menu. The food is just amazing and very consistent. Flounder fish is the..."

Karan Kapoor

"A nice shop in balmoral - They’re always busy on the weekend but this doesnt compromise the food! Food always great, quick service though can take..."

MCP

"Nice cafe is providing nice drink.. i’m having so much fun in here, we have buy 2 get 2 drink so i have a chance to try some chinese beer harbin..."

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"I’m a regular at Gogo Music Cafe, in fact I believe the staff are beginning to recognise me! This is my go to for a cheap and tasty meal! My..."

Chelsea Farley [CHEL8858 For Zomato Gold]

"Awesome place for drinks with mates with skewers of flavourful meats and casual ambience. The beer is cold and food is cheap but tasty. Service could..."

Pankaj Kini

"Food was great, however service could be a lot better...Got ignored twice and when you ask a question it was served with a side of bad..."

Annabel Du

"Nice place to have a good Chinese BBQ, love the environment in the cafe and staff are bit friendly.. food is really good especially there Taiwanese..."

Raam Krishna Reddy

"I ordered only kebabs but got their kung pao chicken last time. Kebabs were Not that outstanding. All good, quick eats.They are known for..."

Emily

"Awesome environment and food. Service is terrible but I guess that adds to the theme 😂What we recommend ordering for 2 people:5x..."

Khanindrakaushish

"Such interesting interior. Great comfort food. Great place to share large portions with family and friends. If there was better service I’m sure..."

Jenny Sheng

"Absolutely love this place! They do a great big plate of chicken with noodles (大盘鸡). Their sliced potato side is the perfect balance of spicy..."

Dxlche

"Great place for a casual dinner, all skewers are nice. You can taste different flavours. We also had the spicy stir fry chicken with the hand made..."

Suri

"This was my first time here since 2014 and my first time trying fried buns with condensed milk (10/10). The spicy noodles (9/10)were quite spicy..."

Food2belly

"This is the first time I’d been to this amazing place, it was honestly really packed but we still managed to get a table for 2. The atmosphere was..."

Lydia Tatafu

"TLDR - food 4/5; service 3/5; atmosphere 3.5/5; value for money 3/5Dishes:• Cucumber with chilli - refreshing with a bit of a..."

Serena Low

"This place has great vibes and the food is quick. The skewers are affordable and you get good value for what you pay for. I especially love the..."

Claudynnlee53

"I love dining out with friends especially in Asian restaurants. I had a bad experience with them last Sunday wherein one of their male servers,..."

Jantzen Tan

"Obviously not a fancy place but we’ve been eating here since college and still craving the food here after 5 years. It’s has many options..."

Bella Luv Food

"Came here for dinner on a Sunday. It’s quite a popular place and music is cranking the whole time (hence the name). I ordered every meat skewer,..."

Jamez Hill III

"Good tasting, cheap food. Best to go with a group and order several skewers to share.Service can be a bit slow, but this is excusable during..."

Natasha Geo

"Bloody love this place. We've never had a bad experience but there's areas for improvement.Skewers are always good and cooked perfectly...."

Tabitha De Guzman

"It was love at first taste and I have been a regular since. You can go no wrong with any of the kebabs, delightfully smokey, crispy, and full of..."

AJ

"Can't find the pictures of the food but I'm sure u can find it online for sure lol...food is amazing there, so does the atmosphere if u like it being..."

Sajjadur Rafat

"Quick fast food place. Had a variety of skewers - chicken, pork, crab and veges. Chicken was my favourite. Flavours are good. Service and ambience is..."

Rohit

"Gogo Music Cafe, or "RGB Colour Model" as transliterated into Chinese, is a great spot to hit when you fancy a casual (or intense) BBQ meat fix. It..."

David Sylvester He

"We ordered stir fry chicken in xinjang sauce which is very popular and a few different types of skewers. The food is quite nice overall, the stir fry..."

Appol Marion Abay

"Well this BBq place is amazing to go with a set of friends. Service is quite disastrous. But the food is good. Skewers are must try dishes..."

Supreeth Esturi

"It's quite a busy place but their big plate chicken is amazing, and also nice bbq skewers. Try dumplings dipping into the plate chicken sauce!..."

J Li

"Best place for a casual food hangout.good quality and cheap.big fan of the beef bbq screwers .only negative will be the time delay. Recommend the..."

Nibin Purushothaman

"I am a regular at this place. Love their skewers specially the lamb, lettuce, mushroom, chicken n fish balls were really good. Their spicy fish dish..."

Naziminator

"Another favourite Dominion rd spot. Service and ambience is very much standard here, can get quite loud at times. We had some bbq lamb, cucumber..."

Jeffie

"Finally dined here after hearing about it for so long. The restaurant is upstairs so you kind of have to spot the sign to walk up the stairs to the..."

I_like_pickles

"Enjoyed the Xi'an Jiang chicken ordered small portion which we shared between 4. Good sized portion but we did need to order and extra serving of..."

Christina Hibbard

"This is one of my favorite places for Chinese skewers. They have live music and open until really late time. It has been my first Chinese BBQ choice..."

Coco_Clairy

"The name of this place is misleading. This is a Chinese BBQ joint and perhaps the best Chinese BBQ in New Zealand. A hidden gem until a couple of..."

Gigio T

"I love go go music cafe. You need to order the Xinjiang chicken with ramen, lamb skewers (many of my Taiwanese friends say it is the best in..."

N Song

"I love grilled food on skewers and Gogo does it super well - I recommend the corn (way more for your money than corn at other Chinese BBQ places!),..."

Kiwi Eats Asia

"大盤雞！ big plate chicken. Hand made noodles! A must!I always get wasted here, big bottles of beer are cheap. We go through 4-5..."

Tony Ma

"Food 5Service 3Ambience 3If you like spicy food, I would highly recommend this place. A small xinjiang chicken with a side of..."

Pania George

"Awesome and favourite place of mine .. Love skewers. Specially chicken, lamb, mushroom and its very cheap in price. Love pork and chives dumplings..."

Bhagyesh Prabhumirashi

"I was almost itching to give it a 5. This place is my absolute favourite for bbq style food. Their best ones would be bbq lamb, garlic and pork. We..."

Disha

"Gogo has great BBQ, not enough for what you get so you're always tempted to get more. the prices are a bit too much for the what you get but they..."

Marggie Pascua

"A really nice place for having Chinese. Great ambience with good music making you feel relaxed. Spacious seating and a friendly..."

Arushi Thapar

"Our go to place for late late night dinners.We always order the Xing Jiang style chicken (& potatoes - oh the potato chunks in that dish is..."

ACO

"Great place for Chinese BBQ and I do recommend the spicy chicken noodle, careful as this dish the portion size is very large. Quite busy on weekends..."

Ray Jay

"Quite a surprising find. Once you walk up the stairs, you're greeted with quite a clean and spacious interior that has a great atmosphere unlike most..."

Heartshrooms

"Great place to hang out with friends, have a few drinks and nice food.Liked the BBQ kebabs but wasn't an overall choice about an year ago. Not..."

Prem C

"Skewers delight! Came here to feast on some skewers due to some late night cravings. Ordering corn, beef, squid tentacles, beef tongue..."

Kelly

"Nice place to be. You walk through the shady stairs and enter a vibrant #skewers delicacy place, filled with folks & music. The place is a good..."

Divjot Singh

"Place is very busy and it'll take some time to get a seat. The skewers were good specially the beef and lamb chops. The chickeb bones wasn't good at..."

Ridad

"Their Xinjiang Chicken is fab with hand pulled noodles. I love their skewers, especially the beef tongue, pork, chicken, lamb and chicken skin. Cap..."

Penelope Chua

"Typical chinese restaurant that serve big portion with good price. Ideal for family/ friends dine. Last time we ordered chicken noodle and others bbq..."

Anastasia Kadir

"HeyMy partner and I get excited whenever I suggest we go here for dinner. This should be enough though let me elaborate on why we like this..."

Hugh McGeady

"Different type of restaurant, everything is kebab sticks. Everything tastes great but did not try the chicken knee kebabs (probably a bit..."

David Vince

"Always thought this place looked far too dodgy and never bothered or wanted to go there. It's got a narrow doorway that leads upstairs to the..."

Queena

"I highly recommend the lamb skewers and the massive plate of chicken stirfry from here. I do try other things from here but I always go back to the..."

Jihye Kang

"In terms of food quality, hygiene and price, gogo music cafe is great place to have dinner or something to eat after dinner. Just one flaw is that....."

W111

"My family and friends recommended this place and finally took me here the other night. We ordered tofu salad, cucumber salad and the..."

Charlene Weaver

"I've been here (and their Burswood branch) many times! Their service have improved since the first time I've tried it. They no longer seem to fear..."

Essenity

"Gogo Music Cafe is a pretty cool set up; you'll find it through a small doorway and up some stairs. I used to walk by all the time without thinking..."

Stango

"Went here last night on a dumplings mission. We shared some pork & chive dumplings which were packed with flavour. Awesome value as well. I loved the..."

Sarah S

"It was really yummy! I ordered xian chicken stlye with noddle, lam, burn with sweet source and Chingtao. I and my friends do enjoy the food. But it..."

Lauren

"This place is one of our favourites, we frequent it fortnightly. It's such a casual, fun, know-what-youre-getting each & every time place; which is..."

Michelle Arden Anderson

"Great late night place to snack on different flavoured skewers.These are delicious and hit the spot on a midnight food run with or without..."

Ed

"Yummy and only $20 each or less to be absolutely stuffed! Love the deep fried buns. Meat skewers were a bit too fatty, but everything tasted pretty..."

Laura M

"A great place for late late dinner and night snack. Lamb skewer is the must try in my personal opinion and recommand sweet black rice congee. Still,..."

Iris Peng

"Cant even count how many times i've been here, the place is mostly always packed full and you have to wait a while for your table unless you book for..."

Shelly

"Love this place, can't get enough of it! Plenty of space for everyone. Love the lamb skewers, tried spicy, mild, super spicy. Super spicy was too..."

Alice Ma

"Service 3/5Food 3.5/5Atmosphere 3.5/5Price 4/5Lamb & spicy chicken soup Recommend menu. ..."

Renor Kay

"Gogo music cafe is a surprising cute name. Blasting some fine Jay Chou classics, I found it nostalgic and made me reminisce my travels in Asia...."

Medium_Rare

"Forgot to take photos of the rest. But can't go wrong out here. Filling. Busy as though! Asked for mild but it came out as we were crying after a..."

Chrisca Tipace

"food is affortable, quite nice.. always full of people..price is reasonable, would go back next times again..only one bad is the..."

Joanne Lim

"This place is really interesting. I have walked pass this place many many times and didn't know that there was a restaurant upstairs. I..."

Tanz

"Comfort food at heart. Gogo's Xinjiang Style Spicy Chicken is to die for - after all these years the standard is still there. Service isn't..."

Gentlepig

"I visit here once in a while with family or friends at night times. Their skewers are just like other chinese skewers but the size of meat on the..."

Jay

"Been to here a few times and enjoyed it everytime. Good value for money with great food that's just perfect for a boozy night out with friends. 600ml..."

Kaim Argonar

"Chicken skin and lamb skewers are always my go to before getting my favourite xingjian style chicken with the ramen. I do love this place but it does..."

Kris

"Famous for their Xinjiang chicken and skewers. The Xinjiang chicken is very huge in portion, the small is enough for at least 3 pax imo and u get the..."

Live To Eat

"A go-to place for my friends and I, food is great and affordable with a lot of variety especially with the skewered stuff--from beef tongue and..."

MoFoZed

"You should try this place out if you want a big feed with variety! With skewers from just 80c you can go wild with choices. Lamb, squid, chicken,..."

Rhiannon Fernandes

"This is place is KNOWN for their XinJiang Style Chicken (literally it's called big plate of chicken in Chinese). I must warn you, the proportion is..."

Jodie Hsieh

"Great place to hangout with loads of sides and skewers. Little bit disappointed with over cooked lamb skewers but overall, a nice experience...."

Arun Theja

"This place is amazing. Food is great - they can go as SPICY as you want and as mild as you like. Service is good. Great place to come when you're..."

Yum

"Yummm yummm yummm! Love their skewers, cucumber salad and deep fried bread with condensed milk!..."

Jess

"This place is open late and is a great place to meet friends or end up at the end of night.The decor is random but creates a fun, chilled,..."

The Incredible Edible

"Been here quite a few times cos it's my friends' favourite place. We basically just get copious amount of lamb skewers and chicken bone (the ribs..."

Lillian

"This place is satisfying. Environment is good the food is good, danpan ji is yummy, you can see staff members making bbq by the counter. Service can..."

浩哥-奥克兰

"This place is great for friends to gather for a meal; the atmosphere is lovely. However, the portion sizes are a bit small, but you can try a variety..."

Tiffany Wu

"This place is busy! And for good reason, food is good quality and value for money is excellent. The atmosphere is alive and that can make it quite..."

Dan Gray

"Great place to catch up with friends, good for large group. Get very busy especially during weekend, allow up to 20mins wait. Tried a bunch of items..."

M

"Taste: 7.6/10 Pretty reasonable price, generally good food. Great opening hours as it’s a good place to go for a late night snack. Would’ve..."

Kevin Park

"Cheap and great Chinese BBQ and drinks. The skewers, Chinese buns are all great. Surprisingly the garlic on skewers were great too (Not a fan of the..."

Manish Chhetri

"So it was my first time to go to GoGo Music Cafe even though I've been going to the surrounding restaurants for years but never knew about how..."

Sylvia B (Sy7V!)

"It's not the best one you can have in town but it's definitely worth to try at least once! Sometimes I will be craving for Chinese BBQ in skewers..."

Eric Chou奧克蘭寶哥

"This place feels like a glitch in the matrix. Western saloon themes run the walls with animal skulls and painted cowboys. There’s a stage, but no..."

Egor Petrov

"Very good authentic Chinese food. Also it is cheap regarding the size of the meals while still having really high..."

Tom De

"Skewers, flavour and cowboys. It is easy to get too much food here. But it is also easy to eat all of it. Like all great places, the food comes first..."

Grant Sheridan

"The skewers were fantastic- very flavorful and juicy. The Taiwanese sausage was a bit disappointing as it was >$2 for half a sausage, one of which..."

Carissa Huynh

"We found a new place to eat. Loved everything we put in our mouths. Eclectic surroundings but I'm there to eat so I sont care about that. I love..."

Angela Ross

"Great food, and the setting is spacious which is a treat. Ordering is online from your table and water, cutlery, sauces etc are self..."

Anna Percy