Excellent service!! And the food was amazing!! I had the shakshuka and it was perfect!! The fries…read moreand duck tacos were awesome!!

Some of the best food we had on our holiday in NZ. We tried…read moreabout 5 small plates, the Squid Salad was good, Tuna Sashimi was great, Beef Wontons and their signature Award Winning Dumplings were AMAZING ... ps. we had two orders. We sat outside and enjoyed the vibe on the Octagon. Highly recommend!

Mac's is a fine place to grab a pint and bite…read more Is it the best? Not really as there are better. But the location is fine and you wont leave hungry

Wonderful lamb burger. Enjoyed the music and collage atmosphere. Tried the ginger beer loved itread more

Excellent atmosphere, nice staff and delicious food. We had the Veg Pizza & Chicken wrap. Both were…read morevery good, the pizza had fresh tomatoes & basil that really brought all the flavors together. We sat outside and enjoyed the Easter weekend activities in town. Inside was quiet but it was a semi-slow weekend with many away on holiday.

I went with my partner for dinner; we ordered a couple of plates and a main each. The plates were…read moregreat and came out quickly, however the mains were disappointingly slow to arrive; we waited just over half an hour. People had arrived after us and finished their meal by the time we got ours. The fettuccine my partner ordered was good. The seafood chowder I ordered was lacking fish stock as a basic principle ingredient; it was essentially a bland potato soup with a few mussels and squid sitting on the bottom. I wouldn't go again unfortunately as there are many other higher quality restaurants in the immediate area.

It's been around a long time doing the same thing so what they do is pretty well practiced. Food is…read moreokay, nothing special but comes out quickly, the restaurant is big enough to take big groups and you can often get a table without a booking. Restaurant can be very noisy however. Unfortunately it's the only Italian style restaurant we have at the moment.

Homey cozy Italian restaurant in this old Dunedin city center. What a spot to hide away from the…read morecrowded. Easily walk in and take a seat by the window, enjoy the colorful glasses of the time reflections, breathe in, prepare a few minutes for your order. Try the Italian soup with nice simple Cibatta bread, following beautiful bolognese pasta, then comes the amazing authentic Italian style pizza. Crispy, tomato base and full of all sorts topping. Mushroom, salami, peppers, chili, and the simple smell of the wheat. Mingling with the fire, the genuine human wisdom and intelligence. Key factor to form a good Italian meal. Perfect ambience for a nice night dinner with family friends or even first date. A must-try.

Hands down the BEST Mexican food in Dunedin, and possibly even the entire South Island- maybe even…read morein all of NZ! The staff are incredibly friendly and helpful. The food is always fresh and flavourful. Homemade salsas and plenty of food options (including gluten/dairy free and vegan) make this place loved by everyone. The environment is fun and colourful- the perfect place for a quick lunch break or to have a night out. You won't be disappointed.

Excellent restaurant only a block from our hotel. They don't take reservations so we headed over…read morethere around 6:30pm on a Friday night and ended up waiting only 20 minutes for a table. I thought that was pretty good. The views of the ocean from the restaurant are lovely. They do have a few sidewalk tables but it was chilly and only one couple dared to try that. I chose the ravioli which was a meatless option. It was so good. We split the focaccia bread, served with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Service was fantastic. A lovely server from Italy waited on our table. She was so fun to talk to. The place was hopping. Definitely a local fav. Great experience.

Great atmosphere and good food. I went for dinner with a group of four and we were seated after…read morewaiting a little less than 10 minutes. We each ordered a pizza. I ordered the lavender virgin martini and the zucca pizza. The drinks came quickly and the pizza was good. Would return to try some of their lunch items.

Loved the fusion of flavors from different Asian regions. AND the service was amazing. We were…read morestarving and between 3 of us tried all of the small plates, and shared a main. Great local wine selection. Did I mention the food was awesome and the service was amazing!

Definitely a good place, warm ambience, apt decor and really good service. We had the dumplings…read morewhich were good, siu mai was so so, Malaysian Dahl was good as well, and the vegetable stir fry with the rich toasty eggplant was superb. The best was the Portuguese egg tarts though!

We went to Bracken for a family celebratory dinner and were very disappointed. On our arrival the…read morerestaurant was cold and we had to ask for the heating to be turned on. We were the only people dining there on a Friday night in summer and there was no atmosphere at all. The five course meal was underwhelming and tiny, tiny portions! We enjoy nouvelle cuisine, but it's a bit much when, after paying $80 per person for a meal, you have to make your family a snack when you get home.. Overall, we felt Bracken was very overpriced (especially for Dunedin) and over-rated. The chef did little to cater for vegetarians - our main course was essentially three spears of asparagus! Previously we have had the non-vegetarian set menu and this was better, but the restaurant was empty that night too - not really a surprise perhaps?

Ken O'Connell is an Irish chef who relocated to New Zealand in 2007, and since then he has become…read moresomething of a celebrity, having won the "Chef of the Year" title twice (most recently in 2013). He has just opened his own restaurant in Dunedin, in a lovely old house near the centre that he has renovated and turned into a beautiful dining establishment. Ken is a gifted chef, adept at creating innovative combinations of flavours and turning them into astonishing dishes. We enjoyed a six-course degustation menu as part of a special event, with each course paired with a special wine. Each course was extraordinary in its own way, with outstanding presentation, impeccable taste and creating a logical progression from the beginning through to the end. (This sort of degustation menu is not normally available, but many of the dishes we enjoyed are from the à la carte menu.) If I have any nits to pick, it would be that the degustation menu did not include a vegetarian course--all the courses aside from dessert involved a meat or fish item, which may have been what the organisers had requested, but had it been up to me, I'd have had one or two courses with a non-meat focus. Still, the meal was not overly heavy, so it's a minor point. All of us who dined with me left with a great desire to return to Bracken for a "regular" meal, which I suppose is as high praise as you could ask for. We'll definitely be back.