Awards & Reviews

Hanz finalists just announced!
Soul Bar and Bistro in the running in the following awards for Excellence 2010 categories:
Best Restaurant
Excellence in Customer Service
Training and Staff Development 
Excellence in Marketing
 

More coverage for our Catwalk Cuisine event

Catwalk Cuisine - who was spotted at our glamorous event! 

Judith Tabron talks about her favourite things.

Viva - June 2nd 2010

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Garden of Soul

A unique event held over 6 days including Havana Heaven, Afternoon Delight, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Fire and Brimstone. Great coverage was recieved as Auckland got excited about this spectacular event.

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People watching - slynkey

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The Alist - Havana Heaven

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"THE ART OF SOUL"

A hot spot in the viaduct basin lives up to expectations in both cuisine and atmosphere......

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Hospitality Association of New Zealand Awards 2009

Winner Best Restaurant,
Winner Excellence in Customer Service,
Winner Excellence in Marketing,
Winner Training & Staff Development,
Finalist Best Bar

Soul Bar & Bistro

Winner, Cuisine Magazine NZ Restaurant of the Year Awards 2009 

Soul Bar & Bistro

Best Casual Dining,
Metropolitan

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HSI Excellence in Training Awards 2009
(Hospitality Standards Institute)

Soul Bar & Bistro - Winner for 2009

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Photos of the evening - Click here

Metro Best of Auckland 2008

Winner -

Best Time & Place for Celebrity Spotting:Friday Afternoon on the Terrace at Soul Bar & Bistro

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Taste Magazine - Mainland Special Reserve Lunch October 2008

"On a perfect day, Taste readers were treated to an inspiring lunch with Mainland Special Reserve and Judith Tabron"

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"It was a chance meeting at a school careers evening that put Judith Tabron on the path to becoming one of New Zealand's leading restaurateurs" - Glenn Baker has her story

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The Viaduct is like a no man’s land, a territory not belonging to any one army. In Auckland people tend to stick to their stamping grounds and not cross the borders of, say, Ponsonby or Parnell, but the Viaduct is a common ground where all intermingle. The basin is a melting pot.

And so it is with Soul. On any night or day the tables on its all-weather deck overlooking the moored boats are packed with a veritable cross-section of society.

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Local winners of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival

Soul Bar & Bistro - Won Bronze for "The Bet" and another award for the promo award section.

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"Rob Green had a blister after an hour, but no one seemed to care too much.
The self-professed "seafood expert" flew up from Bluff, along with 350 dozen oysters, to act as Soul Bar's shucker for Auckland's first new-season taste of the southern delicacy."

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"In balmy weather there's no other place in Auckland like Soul. With indoor/outdoor eating, views across the Viaduct Harbour and big crowds, this is the place to go for a good time, fine food and wine, right in the heart of the waterfront action."

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"Soul has topped the restaurant sector's most exciting company nationwide survey conducted by business researcher New River with a rating of almost 76% to add to its growing list of industry accolades."

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"Soul feeds more than 300 people on a good day, and obliges a whole lot more who come just to drink.Through all this, it manages to be many things to many sorts of people.You can eat quickly and elegantly. But it is also a restaurant of choice for those still able to enjoy a long lunch – business people striking a deal or celebrating one, tourists soaking it all up, and, of course, "the ladies who lunch", for whom Soul lays on special deals."

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NZ Herald - The Dish

Who's that girl? - Soul Bar & Bistro Mothers Day Promotion 2009

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