Ahi.

New Zealand restaurant · Auckland Central

Ahi.

New Zealand restaurant · Auckland Central

Commercial Bay Level 2/7 Queen Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

Highlights

At Ahi in Commercial Bay, Chef Ben Bayly crafts stunning, sustainably-sourced dishes that celebrate New Zealand's vibrant produce and flavors, creating an unforgettable dining experience.

Commercial Bay Level 2/7 Queen Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand Get directions

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"Kiwi chef Ben Bayly developed the menu at Ahi after traveling across New Zealand to meet fisherpeople, hunters, growers, makers, and purveyors. The restaurant opened in 2020 and offers a New Zealand tasting menu that includes dishes like saddle and shoulder of lamb, paired with 2020 Rippon Mature Vine Pinot Noir." - Ashley Day

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@travelleisure

"Thanks to its geography, Auckland has an incredible variety of seafood, best represented at Ahi in Commercial Bay." - Travel + Leisure Editors

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@cntraveler

"Ahi, located in the Commercial Bay shopping center, is led by Chef Ben Bayly who sources ingredients from around New Zealand and the restaurant’s own organic kitchen garden. Menu highlights include wild-shot red deer and wallaby tartare."

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@eater

"Housed in Commercial Bay, Ahi (te reo Māori for “fire”) celebrates the produce and flavors of Aotearoa as imagined by revered chef Ben Bayly. The kitchen utilizes a sprawling off-site garden to produce dishes such as miso-barbecued octopus with papaya gazpacho or hot-smoked Japanese quail with garden seeds and mousetrap cauliflower (a take on the homey dish of toast topped with cheese and Marmite). Outside the garden, local foraged and fished ingredients take shape as the seasons change, like the kina (urchin) kilpatrick with pikopiko (mother spleenwort) ferns. The snacks are some of the most delicious items on the menu, so be sure to stock up; no order is complete without the scampi (langoustine) corn dogs or wallaby tartare. — HE" - Hillary Eaton, Leisha Jones

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Yvert De Souza

Google

Would most definitely recommend this high end yet non-pretentious restaurant. Service is great but it’s the food that will blow your mind. We had the kingfisher starter and the octopus starters, which just blew our minds away. The combination of ingredients worked so well - they didn’t sound so great on the menu but they really complemented each other very well. For mains we had the deer which was amazingly tender and the duck which was the most flavourful duck I have ever had. Again, both dishes accompanied with some great ingredients which perfectly accentuated the flavours of the deer and duck. Would also recommend the vodka martini and the rice beer. Sadly, I don’t think there were any desserts, but we still had a fabulous meal.

Tep Khemarin Chan

Google

Absolutely divine place for special occasions! I came here to celebrate my 22nd birthday a while ago cuz of the 3 hats rating and I can confidently I was absolutely satisfied. The food was a work of art and tasted as fantastic as they look. Highly recommend the octopus, that’s my favorite one. Service was good but not spectacular. We didn’t have a dedicated waiter and they didn’t seem confident with the wine pairing or recommendation. Other than that, I had a great time. They even surprised me with a birthday plate. The view of the ferry terminal and the atmosphere is worth every penny. This is one of those places you go to celebrate special occasion once a year.

Scott Shiigi

Google

We had the coursed menu, "New Zealand Food Story". The food was creative and tasty. The staff were friendly. The reason that this is not a 5 star review is because the courses were not paced properly. There were long pauses between dishes that did not work well with having cocktails or wine. One would be on the floor from intoxication before the meal is over. We were there for more than 3 hours and our legs were numb from sitting so long. We also were anxious to get on with our evening at this point and had to request the check twice before it finally arrived.

Blake Ogden

Google

Fantastic dinner with exceptional service and hospitality that really stood out. Highlighting local kiwi ingredients can’t really be done much better. Not only that, but the dishes were inventive and creative. A wonderful view on the Harbourfront of Auckland. We ordered the duck breast, fish. (can’t remember the exact name of the dish), and triple fried potatoes. Maybe (actually, definitely) the greatest potatoes in New Zealand. Thanks again, and we can’t wait to return!

James Bromley

Google

Food was excellent and real modern taste of New Zealand. service was a bit slow at the start but once we managed to get the very busy Waiters attention once it was smooth sailing. The Eel snack was a particular favourite (the plating was wonderful)

mukesh sen

Google

Food : Delicious. Had tasting menu. A good mix of sea food and red meat. Service: Excellent. A good combination of experimental and known flavours. A note of caution. The tasting/set menu courses along for about 2 and a 1/2 hours. If you want it faster, please inform your order taker accordingly. Atmosphere: The harbour view is very scenic, but after 30 minutes you become oblivious to it. But, the glare becomes painful as it is very bright till almost 830 pm. You cannot see the food as your eyes take time to adjust everytime you look out and at your plate.

Rubyn Park

Google

My partner and I dined at Ahi for our anniversary and it was probably the best restaurant we have been to in a while, despite not all the food having been the best we’ve had. Firstly, every staff we interacted with were friendly and helpful. We were quite a bit early for our reservation so we had a drink on the bar table and as soon as the table was ready we were set up to dine. They gave us great recommendations and every time the food was served, they would give us an explanation of the dish. The timing of the dishes being delivered was also perfect, not too long waits in between courses and we didn’t feel rushed. The starters, 100/10. The main highlights were the kingfish, corn and paua toast. Honestly some of the best dishes I’ve had. We had the duck and fish for our mains and they were okay. To be fair, we don’t actually eat duck but got it because lots of people seem to recommend it. You could tell the fish was super good quality, but the dish itself wasn’t anything spectacular. We have plans to come back with our friends to have the same starters and try different mains. Overall, it was a great experience with beautiful food and great dining views. Thank you to all the staff for making our anniversary dinner so special.

Inna M

Google

We had a dinner at Ahi on Sunday night, really enjoyed the atmosphere, drinks and entrees. We had a duck and tuna which were delicious. Our waiter was attentive and knowledgeable, gave us a good introduction to the menu, as some ingredients are very fancy and unusual. For main we had a steak which was good, but steamed fish was not a success. They cook it poached in a plastic and it comes slightly raw and gluey, also over salted. I asked to cook it a bit more, which they did, but it was still just warm undercooked fish medallion staffed with over salted staffing. It was not to my liking, so I could not eat my main. Waiter went cold once I told him I don’t like the main and said he will see what he can do for me, but obviously couldn’t do anything :) Can’t see myself returning there, unless for a drink and a light snack.