Cazador - Auckland

This place is Devine! The decor is awesomely unique I came with a friend, but this would be the perfect date spot!We have amazing service, our waitress was fantastic with her recommendations of both wine and food and also provided some good banterWe had the charcuterie board and some other nibbles..... the charcuterie board was A M A Z I N G! Their pâtés, etc they make in house yum!!We loved their wine too!Can’t wait to come back!

PERFECTION. Food that makes you smile ear to ear, giving you happiness in each bite, because it’s that delicious. So much love has gone into this food that you can taste it. Cazador know what they’re doing with their food, especially their game meat!<br/ .<br/ The road to happiness:<br/ • Charcuterie board for 2 i always love finding a place that does a good charcuterie as it says a lot about their quality, and this one tops the charts. Duck liver parfait was out of this world, so smooth and velvety and a tennis ball size serving of it to go with everything. Venison pistachio terrine and hare/rabbit terrine both melt in your mouth and pack a punch with their delicate flavours, and the venison prosciutto is one of the most tender cured meats ever. Add a bit of the wicked mustard seed sauce to hit the ball out of the park. Huge selection of equally tasty toast and crackers to go with it all. I could literally have this for dinner, stop there, and be happy.<br/ • Chargrilled quail whole quail cooked to perfection, this meat is so easy to overcook but this was tender, juicy, and packed intense flavour balanced out with the bed of corn mash underneath.<br/ • Grilled venison again with the tender flavourful meat, eat it together with the labneh and sourdough crumb and be transported to food heaven.<br/ • Potatoes pure gold, crispy on the outside fluffy on the inside.<br/ • Wild boar salami this was the amuse bouche, really delicately flavoured despite being made of boar!<br/ • Fresh baked madelines pinch me because I’m still dreaming about these, beautiful warm pillowy madelines straight from the oven, eaten together with the salty buffalo curd and fresh strawberries is like a whole new world. Super light and fresh, could I have this for dessert every night?<br/ • Dark chocolate brandy mousse the texture is ultra thick, but when you taste it, it’s super light?! As if you could just eat it by the bucket, the rich chocolate flavour is all there but you don’t get the groggy feeling after. There’s an element of salt in there together with the nuts which makes it that much better.<br/ .<br/ What an experience. I might have a new favourite!

Everything we ordered was delicious! Really good quality of meat and good selection of wine too. If only the portions were a bit bigger. Service is top notch!

Always a beautiful experience at Cazador!! Have come here multiple times now with my partner and have loved it more and more everytime. The menu regularly changes but the pasta is always there and its fresh and beautiful! The charcuterie platter is absolutely amazing with delicious breads and lovely meats and different things to try. The potatoes are to die for!!!!!!!!! Theyre crispy, fluffy, perfectly seasoned and the best potatoes I've ever tried. Its a lovely atmosphere, setting, amazing service, overall my favourite restaurant in Auckland!

Love love love this restaurant . Food was amazing, staff even more so. We didn’t want to order mains privately so ended up ordering a whole heap of plates and sharing them. Was best experience ever. No wonder it’s been going for 30years. This place rocks!!!