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Always a beautiful experience at Cazador!! Have come here multiple times now with my partner and have loved it more and more everytime. The menu regul…
Thebridgefoodie
Cazador
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Love love love this restaurant . Food was amazing, staff even more so. We didnt want to order mains privately so ended up ordering a whole heap of pla…
Stephen
Cazador
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Were so lucky that Cazador is our local. This has to be one of the best restaurants in Auckland. Their seasonal variety of game dishes always leave yo…
Martino Di Marco
Cazador
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Cazador is open for Casual Dining and Bistro. Cazador serves Kiwi and Modern European dishes. Incorrect or missing information? Make a report, or claim the restaurant if you own it!Details
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10 Reviews on “Cazador”
Amazing meal, lovely lovely staff – had the parpadelle with slow roasted venison shoulder, hubby had ash coated venison, kids had quail and pork – all were beautifully presented and tasted exquisite- will definitely be back. Thanks for a lovely evening
Very interesting experience, this place offer great service and good selection of drink. Most of all if you want to try quail, venison and liver parfait this is the place!
This place is Devine! The decor is awesomely unique- I came with a friend, but this would be the perfect date spot!We have amazing service, our waitress was fantastic with her recommendations of both wine and food and also provided some good banterWe had the charcuterie board and some other nibbles….. the charcuterie board was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Their pts, etc they make in-house – yum!!We loved their wine too!Cant wait to come back!
PERFECTION. Food that makes you smile ear to ear, giving you happiness in each bite, because its that delicious. So much love has gone into this food that you can taste it. Cazador know what theyre doing with their food, especially their game meat!.The road to happiness: Charcuterie board for 2 – i always love finding a place that does a good charcuterie as it says a lot about their quality, and this one tops the charts. Duck liver parfait was out of this world, so smooth and velvety and a tennis ball size serving of it to go with everything. Venison pistachio terrine and hare/rabbit terrine both melt in your mouth and pack a punch with their delicate flavours, and the venison prosciutto is one of the most tender cured meats ever. Add a bit of the wicked mustard seed sauce to hit the ball out of the park. Huge selection of equally tasty toast and crackers to go with it all. I could literally have this for dinner, stop there, and be happy. Chargrilled quail – whole quail cooked to perfection, this meat is so easy to overcook but this was tender, juicy, and packed intense flavour balanced out with the bed of corn mash underneath. Grilled venison – again with the tender flavourful meat, eat it together with the labneh and sourdough crumb and be transported to food heaven. Potatoes – pure gold, crispy on the outside fluffy on the inside. Wild boar salami – this was the amuse bouche, really delicately flavoured despite being made of boar! Fresh baked madelines – pinch me because Im still dreaming about these, beautiful warm pillowy madelines straight from the oven, eaten together with the salty buffalo curd and fresh strawberries is like a whole new world. Super light and fresh, could I have this for dessert every night? Dark chocolate & brandy mousse – the texture is ultra thick, but when you taste it, its super light?! As if you could just eat it by the bucket, the rich chocolate flavour is all there but you dont get the groggy feeling after. Theres an element of salt in there together with the nuts which makes it that much better..What an experience. I might have a new favourite!
Everything we ordered was delicious! Really good quality of meat and good selection of wine too. If only the portions were a bit bigger. Service is top notch!
The restaurant offered the perfect atmosphere for a relaxing dinner on a wintry night.I wasn’t a stranger to game but the venison heart wasn’t like any offal I had ever had. It was absolutely delicious; there was nothing to fault about it and it was my favourite of the evening. My husband and son who tried heart for the first time loved it too. Between us we also had: babaghanoosh, nan-e-bakhshi, octopus, whole quail, venison, which were all done very well.The let-down for me was the Dark & stormy dessert. The spices in the rum & ginger steamed pudding overpowered everything else on the plate, which made the subtle flavours you would expect from the bay leaf ice cream redundant.
Hate to say it team Cazador but your service really let me down when I came through. I made a booking and arrived on time. I clearly had a coat and was never asked to check it in at all. Yes I am still annoyed by the lack of service for such a renowned restaurant. I ordered the pheasant and it was well done and the flavours did not gel well, the mashed vegetable was heavy and made me feel abit too full, whilst the green verge was salty. My friends meals were average, if not below average for the type of food that was served with it. I finished my meal and my plate was not cleared and took a bloody long time to get cleared. I felt like I wasn’t worthy enough of being given amazing service, no one came to ask if the food was ok, no one came to top up our water, our dessert and tea took forever to arrive at one point thinking they forgot.. the waitresses just looked like they weren’t into it and was far too occupied gasbagging behind the bar. I watched the waitress open doors for other guests and I had to do this myself… being petty here but isn’t this restaurant known for serving amazing food and the experience of service should come with its territory. I definitely will not be coming back here again, which is really disappointing as this place was recommended by all my work mates.