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Forest

Restaurant

👍👍 Phenomenal veg/vegan dining experience. Ever evolving menu. Set menu plus some extras is they way. People often mention menu, nice, restaurant, dining, experience, good, dishes, vegetarian, delicious, great,


Address

243 Dominion Road, Mount Eden, Auckland 1024, New Zealand

Website

whatisforest.com

Contact

+64 210 901 3352

Rating on Google Maps

4.70 (94 reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Saturday: 5 to 10 pm
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: 5 to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 5 to 10 pm
  • Friday: 5 to 10 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: menu (14) nice (10) restaurant (9) dining (8) experience (8) good (8) dishes (8) vegetarian (7) delicious (7) great (7)
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  • 5/5 Keegan F. 1 year ago on Google
    Phenomenal veg/vegan dining experience. Ever evolving menu. Set menu plus some extras is they way.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 B. L. 1 year ago on Google
    Overall it was a good dining experience. The restaurant is very cozy, very good concept and friendly staff. I am not a vegetarian just to try , I know it is very challenging to make vegetarian food tasty and beautiful. Good to try and experience,once is enough
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tyler F. 5 months ago on Google
    Wow! The ice cream looks like an elephants knee. It's delicious too. The rose jelly tastes like a bath bomb, and I love Lush!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Amanda Y. 1 year ago on Google
    Great customer service The dessert is really good ! Quite like the sourdough with red wine butter I find the food a little bit salty for me but apart from that great experience
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kelda B. 3 years ago on Google
    Wow! What an amazing boutique-style restaurant (6 tables). Loved the vegetarian and vegan dishes, so much flavour and so many different textures. Ingredient combinations that I'd never seen before - that's what I like to eat out for. And I'd highly recommend the chili/smoked salt/lime/vodka cocktail! Glad to support businesses like this who also have a low waste focus. I'll be back for sure.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tim B. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was absolutely fantastic, interesting flavours put together in wonderful dishes. Cocktails were excellent and a nice selection of wine. Probably my new favourite Auckland restaurant, cannot recommend highly enough!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Annie D. 11 months ago on Google
    Phenomenal! The restaurant itself is very small which serves to create an intimate dining experience where you feel like you’re eating in a cozy apothecary. The set menu allowed us to try flavour combinations we would never have chosen otherwise, a lot of sweet, tangy and vinegary flavours with it all still feeling light and bright. The cocktails were also delicious and incredibly refreshing. As a vegan of 8 years this is one of few times in recent memory I’ve felt genuinely excited for each course and it’s reminded me of the versatility and beauty of plant based food. We will definitely be eating here again and look forward to seeing the frequent menu changes!

  • 5/5 Bacayan S . B. 4 months ago on Google
    Best vegan restaurant in Auckland. Have been there many times and has never disappointed. New venue on Dominon Rd is exquisite and glad they can take more patrons now. Take the journey, you won't be disappointed. 😀

  • 5/5 Melanie 3 months ago on Google New
    Really unique vibe. Reasonably small menu but certainly interesting, and everything we tried was simply delicious. Intimate space. Great service too. Looking forward to a special occasion to eat here again soon!

  • 5/5 Vickyrooo 1 year ago on Google
    Overall, awesome experience. Love that as a vegetarian I could eat everything on the menu. We were genuinely surprised by all the different flavour combinations like marmite/capers/kumara, that worked so well together. Awesome concept of a set 3 course menu that changes frequent to suit ingredients that are in season.

  • 5/5 Benedict U. 5 months ago on Google
    Edit: We came by to their newish Dominion Road restaurant for a celebratory dinner. The menu is quite interesting and since we had quite a few people we were able to get most of the items on the menu. Most of their dishes were very nice to look at and very tasty to eat. Both the potatoes and kumara dishes were really nice. It had interesting flavours and textures. The cucumber was also quite interesting and tasty. The asparagus with mushrooms were also nice. I wasn't a big fan of the artichoke dip though. All the desserts that we had were really nice. The burnt vanilla ice cream with mandarin and riesling curd was the best of the lot, closely followed by the coffee sponge with strawberries. Definitely a great place to come for vegetarians. You don't really notice the lack of meat with the tasty dishes they prepare. It is a really intimate restaurant that is very casual and relaxing. The service and food are both impeccable so it is worth a try. The fact that they only do vegetarian food might be scary, but this is one of the places that makes really good vegetarian food without having to pretend it's not.

  • 5/5 Lili B. 6 months ago on Google
    The most insane meal, really nice atmosphere and lovely staff :)) We got our dishes made vegan and it was honestly one of the best meals I’ve had in a long time (especially the kumara!!) Would highly recommend!

  • 4/5 Graeme B. 6 months ago on Google
    The food and presentation was beautiful. The dining was intimate and well served by the waitress. Only feedback would be the portion sizes were small for the price. We ordered everything on the menu and enjoyed it. It just wasn’t enough.

  • 5/5 Georgia T. 7 months ago on Google
    Fab experience - all of it delicious but I have to say the dessert of the pumpkin cake and ice cream was the best.. come here just for that! Lovely staff ! Wine is great too decorous organic sauv- would be great to see a few more on the menu but not a biggie . Can’t wait to come back x

  • 3/5 Gabrielle O. 6 months ago on Google
    Tried this place after it moved to Dominion Road and opened for regular walk-in brunch service. The vibe is great and the staff and their service were absolutely lovely. I'd pass on the ready made food items next time but I'd bring a friend for coffee again, as the atmosphere is nicely curated.

  • 5/5 Richard T. 11 months ago on Google
    Superb food, some unexpected and delicious flavour combinations. Best restaurant I’ve been to in years. Can’t say enough good things about Forest!

  • 4/5 Crista S. 11 months ago on Google
    Such interesting combinations of flavours and textures and good sized portions. Delicious. Really good drinks too. It was a bit noisey but they're moving into better premises soon

  • 1/5 Jordan B. 2 years ago on Google
    We went there with very high hopes but unfortunately the three courses we were given on the night were not enjoyable. There was too many strong competing flavours in every element and left us feeling sick and struggling to finish each course. The layout and concept of this restaurant is great but just not for us food wise.

  • 5/5 Hamish P. 1 year ago on Google
    Every dish was incredibly thought out and yum, nice atmosphere, nice people yum drinks, Auckland is very lucky

  • 5/5 sawmillguy 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely superb! Amazing food, presentation, service, and atmosphere. It is a set menu which will take some adjustment for some people, but it allows them to focus on making the most amazing, fresh, seasonal food possible. Always artful combinations of flavor. Highly recommended!

  • 5/5 Rowan M. 1 year ago on Google
    We loved dining at Forest. I’m a strict vegetarian but not fussy at all, so it was so nice to be able to let go of control and enjoy a set menu. Usually before dining out I will have checked what vege options are available and usually chosen what I want. Every dish was delicious and beautifully presented. Looking forward to going again

  • 5/5 James F. 1 year ago on Google
    One of the best meals I’ve ever had. Amazingly creative and good portion sizes. Great cocktails. 10/10

  • 5/5 Oscar D. 1 year ago on Google
    One of my favorite restaurants in Auckland. Excellent food in a nice setting.

  • 5/5 Emma B. 4 years ago on Google
    Out the actual gate, what a rad concept. The food was amazing with such a complimentary drinks list. It's hard to believe that everything on the menu is plant based, as well as foraged. Beautiful presentation and the space is a perfect fit for casual dining. We were so well looked after with all of the dishes being explained to us which shows the dedication and effort it really takes to craft each plate. Well done you epic humans.

  • 5/5 Matt G. 1 year ago on Google
    Outstanding and most creatively delicious combinations of food I've ever had with a friendly attentive waiter in a cosy relaxed setting.

  • 5/5 Louie C. 1 year ago on Google
    Lovely intimate dining experience, beautiful food and great staff

  • 5/5 Elisa C. 3 years ago on Google
    Finally some food made with authentic flavours! Portions seem small but actually they are just enough. We took an extra side order and I felt we didn’t need it at the end. The lovely French waitress was a plus! She took the time to explained the dishes and was really kind!


Call +64 210 901 3352 Open on Google Maps

Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
    • ✓️ Free of charge street parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery

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