Q - Auckland

I love Q Theatre!! And was stoked when I was invited to Citizen Q for a Zomato foodie meet up! All profits from the restaurant and bar are used to support the budding community of musicians, start up filmmakers and performing artists.On our visit we were treated to a tasting platter of chicken wings, lamb cutlets, salad, mushroom arancini, prawn twisters and a pesto cob loaf. My favourite part of the platter would have been the succulent rare lamb cutlets and arancini risotto. The cob loaf maybe was a bit dry for my liking I would have loved more pesto spread all over the insides rather than just a dollop in the centre as the loaf was very large. Maybe the salad could have used more dressing or balsamic vinegar over the tomatoes and leaves but I'm also not much of a salad person.Our chef kindly treated us to three desserts: warm sticky date pudding with icecream, chocolate mousse, and cheesecake cups. The cheesecake and mousse were very rich (probably best to share these between 2) but the sticky date totally hit the spot. I would totally recommend this, even if you don't like dates.Overall great experience and I look forward to stopping for dinner before the next concert at Q.

$10 lunch special on a Friday. Delicious steak, polenta and broccoli. The polenta was absolutely delicious, could have had a tub of this to take home with me. Steak was cooked well and cut nicely. Just can't beat this for the special of the week. Meals were served quickly, and all staff are very friendly.

Love to come to shows here and little did I know that there was also great food. The sharing platter is a good option but there are limited vegetarian options, if you're vege would be best to order off the main menu. The chocolate mousse kills, don't know if it's on the menu but might pop up as a special. I could eat litres of it. Krishna the head chef is doing a fine job!

Dined here the other night as part of a Zomato event, enjoyed some great food and some great theatre!<br/ <br/ We enjoyed Q Nibble Board, the calamari was made to perfection accompanied with some great lemon sauce and another sauce, hands down best portion on the Q Nibble Board. The mushroom arancini was interesting, laid well with the curry paste underneath. Chicken wings were good, and the lamb cutlets were nicely seasoned.<br/ <br/ The sticky date pudding was good, went well with everything on the dish, wasn't the biggest fan of the cheesecake as I'm not a cheesecake person, but the chocolate mousse was delicious!<br/ <br/ Overall, I did enjoy my experience here at the Citizen Q, friendly and attentive staff despite such a busy night. Great theatre show and it's fabulous to know the proceeds go toward the perform.<br/

It's great to have a theatre-run restaurant knowing that all proceeds go towards the Arts. <br/ The ambience is great, although some of the spotlights were too bright for me in some areas. But the food made up for it. <br/ <br/ We got a sharing platter that had some amazing flavours (Indian inspired roast lamb racks and chicken), prawn twisters and unique bread with pesto and to balance it a healthy side salad. <br/ <br/ Dessert however was on a whole different level. Chocolate mousse with choc biscotti was delicious! Also tried a passionfruit cheesecake which I thought was average but my my... you must try the sticky date pudding. The show can wait, while I finish up this plate of deliciousness!!!