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Frommer's Exceptional

Vinnies invariably appears on any top-five list of Auckland restaurants. Its wall full of awards draws attention to the chefs' superior level of culinary artistry and innovation. It's acknowledged as the place to go to if you aspire to (or claim) sophisticated urban tastes. Try the saddle of spring lamb with potatoes, glazed whitloof and roast lamb jus. The interior is romantic, the service tops. Hire out the private dining room if you feel like spoiling yourself and pause to admire the contemporary art.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's New Zealand, 5th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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