McCashin’s Kitchen & Bar – MKB – Nelson Mail 29.11.16
November 29, 2016
River Kitchen – Nelson Mail 18.10.16
October 18, 2016
One of the delights of summer in Nelson is dining outside and one fantastic place to enjoy some sunshine in a wonderful inner city environment is the River Kitchen. Located at the Visitor Centre in Miller’s Acre this café…
Broccoli Row – Nelson Mail 05.06.16
July 5, 2016
When Broccoli Row opened it was tucked away in a small space with a courtyard in the Buxton carpark and its focus on vegetarian and seafood dishes was my first introduction to how good vegetarian food could be, it was…
Harry’s Bar & Dining – Nelson Mail 10.05.16
May 10, 2016
Howard Morris and Rob Fanselow have been leading lights in the Nelson hospitality scene since they bought their first business together in March 2000 Not long after they bought Ciao in Collingwood St and rebranded it as The Cut there…
The Rata Room – Nelson Mail 05.04.16
April 5, 2016
The Rata Room has to be Nelson’s best kept dining secret, located in Nile Street opposite Central School it is the training restaurant for the chef and hospitality course at NMIT. Last week the head of the Hospitality School, Phillip…
Rimu Wine Bar and Pat Stowe – Published Nelson Mail 02.02.16
February 2, 2016
I think it goes without saying that I am a big fan of Nelson wines and the people who make them; every winery in the Nelson region is family owned and it is the heart and soul that these people…
La Capilla – Published Nelson Mail 26.01.16
January 22, 2016
Over the years The Abbey complex on the Appleby Straight has been the home to a number of business and very good chefs but the current businesses operating there are, in my opinion, the best for some time. The Office…
Moutere Inn – Published Nelson Mail 05.01.16
January 5, 2016
Located in the village of Upper Moutere the Moutere Inn is recognised as New Zealand’s oldest pub in its original building and it still provides both the local community and visitors with huge helpings of hospitality based on smiling faces,…
Steve Coyne, Harbour Lights Bistro – edited version published in Nelson Mail 01.12.15
December 1, 2015
Harbour Light Bistro on Wakefield Quay may not be hanging over the water but the views are spectacular from the elevated dining room where diners at every table can be entranced by the environment as well as the wonderful food.…