The Restaurant at Hilton Auckland

"The five Bow Suites, with floor-to-ceiling windows, spacious balconies, and massive marble bathrooms, have hosted major VIPs (Bill Clinton, Al Gore); minor VIPs—well, PR types and their clients—fill the stark, aptly named White restaurant and the plush, low-lit Bellini Bar"

"New Zealand master chef Simon Gault had a hand in creating the menu for the hotel’s hip FISH restaurant, which includes dishes like tiny calamari steaks with spicy pineapple salsa and black garlic peas, and tempura prawns with chipotle mayo and citrus pepper"

"The hotel's restaurant, Fish ($$$$), is good, the cocktail bar Bellini has been given a make over and the Viaduct Basin with its raft of restaurants is within a five-minute walk"

"The rooms are simple but more than sufficient—gray carpets, minimal furnishing, and large, comfy beds—but the lively Fish restaurant and Bellini Bar downstairs more than make up for it"

"The restaurant, called Fish, specializes in the New Zealand catch, and the central swimming pool even has an underwater view of the harbor"