The Sugar Club offers fine dining at the "highest level". Situated on level 53 of Auckland's Sky Tower, here you can enjoy a bird's eye view of the city below, only to be occasionally intruded by "SkyWalkers". We went as part of a large group and so had the benefit of ordering everything on the menu.
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| Seared yellowfin tuna (complementary) |
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| Hiramasa Kingfish - nori, cucumber, orange, peanuts, wasabi cream |
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| Mackerel and Langoustine - smoked beetroot, miso egg yolk, apple, dill, deep-fried egg |
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| Creamed paua, kiwi dip, frybread - chef Neil's tasty take on three kiwi classics |
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| Spiny crayfish and marlborough saffron linguine - pinenuts, aged parmigiano reggiano |
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| Mushrooms - parfait, wood ear, shitake, black garlic, cacao porcini crumbs, ketchup |
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| Baked Ricotta - figs, baby carrots, rocket, smoked paprika almond praline |
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Hawkes bay lamb rump - smoked pumpkin kumara mash, tomato, bone marrow sauce
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| Seared venison - onion bhaji, mango chutney, avocado, passionfruit |
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| Goat tagine - goats cheese spinach dumplings, grilled apricot, pistachio crumble, filo |
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| Tempura blue pea inari - panch phoron spiced tomato pickles, rhubarb, guava |
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| Five spiced quail - green tomato, duck liver parfait, aubergine, goji, sumac lavosh |
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| Laksa with cloudy bay clams - spiced shellfish coconut broth, green tea noodles, crispy shallots, herbs |
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| Line caught fish - tempura oyster, mussels, cucumber, dashi |
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| A pre-dessert entremet (complementary) |
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| Peanut butter parfait - moromi miso caramel, sesame, paprika, orange |
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| Strawberry yuzu meringue - blackcurrant tapioca, candied olives, strawberry basil sorbet |
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| Original beans chocolate Cru Virunga 70% - sticky plums, pickled medjool dates, whipped ganache |
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| Stonefruit brioche - caramel goats' milk ganache, thyme cream, white peach riesling sorbet |
Food: 6/10
Service: 7/10
Atmosphere: 9/10
Highlight:
- Creamed Paua, Mushrooms, and Peanut butter parfait
- The view is well worth the money
Lowlight:
- Most of the dishes were not memorable
- Some dishes were over-spiced
Website: https://www.skycityauckland.co.nz/restaurants/the-sugar-club/
Address: Skytower 72 Victoria St W, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
Hours: Mon-Tue 5:30pm-9:30pm
Wed-Sun 12am-9:30pm
Phone: +64 9-363 6365
