15 SAVOUR SENSATIONAL SEAFOOD

Aucklanders are obsessed with eco-friendly seafood and The Lodge Bar & Dining — from New Zealand clothing brand Rodd & Gunn (roddandgunn.com) — nails the brief. “My suppliers are like priests — they’re devout about what they source and how,” says chef Matt Lambert. Settle in the Commercial Bay harbourside dining room with its blonde-timber furnishings and feast on hand-speared butterfish in apple beurre blanc, line-caught swordfish in a spicy jalapeño vinaigrette and sustainably farmed Te Matuku oysters from Waiheke Island.