A live, ranked shortlist of Napier and Hawke's Bay's highest-rated restaurants for group dining, event dinners and winery meals.
Hawke's Bay pairs an art-deco city with one of New Zealand's great wine and food regions, and that shows on the plate. From Napier's Ahuriri and the CBD out to the winery restaurants around Taradale and Havelock North, the region is built for the kind of long, memorable group dinner that anchors an incentive trip or a conference programme.
The list below ranks Napier and Hawke's Bay restaurants carrying a Google rating of 4.6 or higher, drawn live from our restaurants directory. Read it as a shortlist rather than a guarantee: ratings reflect the food and service, not whether a room fits your group or offers a set menu. Confirm capacity, private-dining options and per-head pricing directly with each restaurant, and ask winery venues about matched-wine group menus.
For the wider event, pair this list with our venues directory. The region's conference venues, wineries and hotels combine naturally into a food-and-wine itinerary, and MICE keeps the national record together so you can plan it in one place.
Live from the MICE directory, ranked by our data. Figures are indicative — confirm with each provider.
It is a leading wine and food region as well as a compact art-deco city, so group dinners can be staged at winery restaurants or in Napier itself, often with matched-wine menus.
No. Ratings reflect the overall guest experience. Confirm group numbers, private areas and set menus directly with the restaurant.
Many can, through private rooms, function spaces or exclusive use. Ask about minimum spend, group menus and transport, as some sit outside the city.
Two to four weeks for larger groups, extending over summer, the harvest season and the end-of-year function period.
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