The Best Steakhouses in New Zealand
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The best steakhouses in New Zealand, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide has weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Bessie comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Auckland and Christchurch.
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Charley Noble and Jervois Steak House hold the next two places.
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Rank 1. Bessie
Steakhouse
The ageing room sits right next to the kitchen, visible and unapologetic, a glass cabinet full of Canterbury grass-fed beef doing its slow, dark work. This is a steakhouse, all long tables and booths in a moody industrial room, where the meat goes into a Spanish charcoal oven and comes out with serious intent. Sides run more creative than the usual, and the Akaroa King salmon is there for anyone who wandered in with a steak-lover.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Bessie (this place) 68.544
- #1 Charley Noble 68.544
- #1 Jervois Steak House 68.544
- #1 Jervois Steak House 68.544
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Rank 1. Charley Noble
Steakhouse
The rib-eye here gets 55 days of in-house dry-aging before it goes over mānuka and apple wood, which tells you most of what you need to know about the priorities. This is a steakhouse in Wellington's CBD, tucked into a historic building whose tall windows and high ceilings give it none of the dark, leathery gloom the genre usually insists on. Lumina lamb and market fish round out the menu for anyone who wandered in under peer pressure.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Bessie 68.544
- #1 Charley Noble (this place) 68.544
- #1 Jervois Steak House 68.544
- #1 Jervois Steak House 68.544
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Rank 1. Jervois Steak House
Steakhouse
An open fireplace anchors the main dining room at this two-floor steakhouse inside the Sofitel Complex, where charcoal-cooked Angus from New Zealand shares the menu with Wagyu from Australia and Japan. The wine list runs to over 40 by the glass, which is either very generous or a trap, depending on how the evening goes. The kind of place you go when the occasion demands red meat and no apologies.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Bessie 68.544
- #1 Charley Noble 68.544
- #1 Jervois Steak House (this place) 68.544
- #1 Jervois Steak House 68.544
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Rank 1. Jervois Steak House
Steakhouse
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Bessie 68.544
- #1 Charley Noble 68.544
- #1 Jervois Steak House 68.544
- #1 Jervois Steak House (this place) 68.544