Forest Restaurant

Forest Restaurant We are a small vegetarian restaurant located at 177 Symonds Street, Eden Terrace.

We serve a 3 course set menu which changes weekly, based on seasonality and what we have preserved. We’re open from 6pm, Wednesday to Saturday, and prefer bookings because they help us prepare just the right amount of food. We believe that we have a responsibility to run our restaurant in a way that is respectful of our environment. As a means to lessen the impact we have on our climate, we source

the majority of our ingredients as locally as possible, and aim to create as little waste as we can.

Meet our spicy apricot sundae... 🤝🍨 Vanilla ice cream covered in a jammy sauce made from apricots we saved at the end of...
22/07/2026

Meet our spicy apricot sundae... 🤝🍨 Vanilla ice cream covered in a jammy sauce made from apricots we saved at the end of summer, chewy apricot chunks, salty jalapeño oil and candied jalapeño. 👅🌶

We're now taking bookings a month in advance! Head over to our website if you're planning a visit. The link is in our bi...
21/07/2026

We're now taking bookings a month in advance! Head over to our website if you're planning a visit. The link is in our bio of course. 🍄😘

Photo by Alex McVinnie. ⭐️

Green pear rum old-fashioned. 🍐🥃 Made with dark rum infused with pear skins and green pear molasses, topped off with a g...
21/07/2026

Green pear rum old-fashioned. 🍐🥃 Made with dark rum infused with pear skins and green pear molasses, topped off with a gingery candied pear ball and a touch of vanilla. 🟠

Old wine butter! 🍷🧈 Any open wine that's too old to drink gets boiled down into a thick funky syrup. We then whip it thr...
20/07/2026

Old wine butter! 🍷🧈 Any open wine that's too old to drink gets boiled down into a thick funky syrup. We then whip it through salted butter (or Vutter - the evolution of butter 💚 for our vegan friends). Served alongside fresh Florets sourdough focaccia made from NZ grown wheat. It's a mixture of sweet, funky, fermenty and every batch is a little bit different depending on which wines end up in it. 🍞

Sour cherry gimlet! 🍒 We've been steeping a jar of cherry pits in vinegar since the end of summer and it's gone super al...
16/07/2026

Sour cherry gimlet! 🍒 We've been steeping a jar of cherry pits in vinegar since the end of summer and it's gone super almond essence-y. We've turned that into a sour syrup to replace the lime juice you'd normally use in a gimlet, alongside gin and a splash of maraschino cherry. 🥂

We love to change our menu and time is almost up for our cinnamon banana fritter with brown sugar ice cream and tamarind...
14/07/2026

We love to change our menu and time is almost up for our cinnamon banana fritter with brown sugar ice cream and tamarind caramel. Come try it soon if you haven't yet! 🍌🍌🍌

Braised black eyed beans layered with charred broccoli, smoked tomato sauce, goat feta, lime pickled onions, roast onion...
10/07/2026

Braised black eyed beans layered with charred broccoli, smoked tomato sauce, goat feta, lime pickled onions, roast onion oil and coriander sherbet. 🫘🍋‍🟩

Spiced pumpkin white negroni with maple roast pumpkin foam and salted nutmeg sugar. 🎃 Like a boozy pumpkin pie. 🥧🍂
07/07/2026

Spiced pumpkin white negroni with maple roast pumpkin foam and salted nutmeg sugar. 🎃 Like a boozy pumpkin pie. 🥧🍂

Salted honey chocolate, jasmine jelly, honeycomb, yuzu oil. 🧊🧊🍫🧊Kind of a cross between a mousse and a ganache, made wit...
03/07/2026

Salted honey chocolate, jasmine jelly, honeycomb, yuzu oil. 🧊🧊🍫🧊

Kind of a cross between a mousse and a ganache, made with Weave Cacao dark chocolate, blended with honey to pull out the fruitiness of the chocolate. 🐝

See you later on for a meal or a sundae? We always save room in our purple bar for walk-ins. 🔮🍟🍸🍧
02/07/2026

See you later on for a meal or a sundae? We always save room in our purple bar for walk-ins. 🔮🍟🍸🍧

Halloumi, kyoho grape & red onion agrodolce, purple brussels and rosemary. 🧀🍇🦪🧜‍♂️
30/06/2026

Halloumi, kyoho grape & red onion agrodolce, purple brussels and rosemary. 🧀🍇🦪🧜‍♂️

Sticky persimmon pudding, roasted hazelnut custard, vanilla creme fraiche and a dousing of persimmon toffee sauce. 🍮⭐️🤗
29/06/2026

Sticky persimmon pudding, roasted hazelnut custard, vanilla creme fraiche and a dousing of persimmon toffee sauce. 🍮⭐️🤗

Baby cos, curry leaf ranch, horseradish, crunchy nut chilli oil and spiced rice bubble clusters. 👄🥬
23/06/2026

Baby cos, curry leaf ranch, horseradish, crunchy nut chilli oil and spiced rice bubble clusters. 👄🥬

Feijoa skin gin & ginger oil gimlet. 🥂 Made with skins saved from our fried feijoa, with a dab of spicy ginger oil to mi...
22/06/2026

Feijoa skin gin & ginger oil gimlet. 🥂 Made with skins saved from our fried feijoa, with a dab of spicy ginger oil to mimic the ginger cake that sits beneath the feijoa!

We don't have a bar person at Forest. Because our drinks list is designed to be an extension of the menu, all of our drinks are created by our chefs. 🥄

Crispy farinata, passionfruit hot sauce, confit shiitake jam, and a mushroomy aioli we made with the confit shiitake oil...
22/06/2026

Crispy farinata, passionfruit hot sauce, confit shiitake jam, and a mushroomy aioli we made with the confit shiitake oil. 🎯

Black truffle & brown butter whiskey old fashioned. 🥃🍄 A new addition to our drinks list this week! We're shaving fresh ...
16/06/2026

Black truffle & brown butter whiskey old fashioned. 🥃🍄 A new addition to our drinks list this week! We're shaving fresh truffles over our seaweed fries as well, while the season lasts. 🍟

Cinnamon dusted banana fritter with brown sugar ice cream and tamarind caramel! 🍌🥄
14/06/2026

Cinnamon dusted banana fritter with brown sugar ice cream and tamarind caramel! 🍌🥄

Passionfruit skin & olive oil martini. ⭕️🍸 We start with vodka we've infused with passionfruit skins, fat wash it with e...
09/06/2026

Passionfruit skin & olive oil martini. ⭕️🍸 We start with vodka we've infused with passionfruit skins, fat wash it with extra virgin olive oil, add a splash of lightly salted passionfruit syrup and a splash of white vermouth. 😛

Address

243 Dominion Road
Auckland
1024

Opening Hours

Wednesday 5:30pm - 10pm
Thursday 5:30pm - 10pm
Friday 5:30pm - 10pm
Saturday 5:30pm - 10pm

Telephone

+64 210 901 3352

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