Warm yourself in the heart of winter with a vibrant Lunar New Year feast. Let the Dragons team bring colour, flavour, and good fortune to a midwinter banquet designed to brighten the season. The table seats ten, your neighbours, your friends, strangers who are about to become familiar. Everyone stands to toss the Yu Sheng prosperity salad high into the air, and the chaos and laughter start. Then ten courses unfold: eight savoury dishes, each one imbued with symbolic meaning. Golden chicken for family unity. Whole fortune duck for fidelity. Crispy fish for abundance. Long-life noodles for longevity. It's food, luck, and togetherness served at once and you'll leave feeling blessed not only for the meal, but for this convivial and communal celebration. Your ticket includes the full ten-course shared banquet, a lion dance performance, and beverages throughout: welcoming tea, and three beers per guest.

Delivereasy is bringing together a range of Wellington On a Plate burgers in one place, so you and your mates can try multiple festival burgers without the usual logistical mission. Add free delivery, Double Vision festival beer matches and bar snacks, and you've got a very strong case for cancelling your other plans. Then things get interesting. Some people trust online reviews, some people trust their mates. At Talk of the Table, you'll be trusting a stranger who sat in your seat 30 minutes earlier. The night turns word-of-mouth into part of the menu. Each diner passes down their burger recommendation for the next guest to judge, trust, or completely ignore. Trust the recommendations. Challenge them. Become part of the table talk. Featuring burgers from Lucky, The Tasting Room, Burger Liquor and more!

Unwrapped: Whittaker’s since 1896 invites Chocolate Lovers behind the scenes to discover how a local maker became a global name. Set within the wider history of cacao production, the exhibition traces Whittaker’s story—from J.H. Whittaker’s founding vision and the iconic products that followed through to the company’s ongoing commitment to quality, beans-to-bar manufacturing and ‘Good Honest Chocolate’ values. The exhibition unwraps the story of New Zealand’s Most Trusted Brand and features objects to delight all the senses. Visitors will encounter nostalgic memorabilia and classic advertising, a scent station that reveals chocolate’s layered aromas and artworks made in collaboration with contemporary creatives. 2026 marks 130 years of Whittaker’s. What began as J.H. Whittaker’s small family business in 1896 has grown into a world-class chocolate manufacturer, still proudly family-owned four generations on and based in its original Porirua factory.

You are invited into a world of secret passwords, hidden rooms and late-night indulgence, where the evening unfolds far beyond the dining table. With a nod to 1920s speakeasies and French jazz supper clubs, this one-night-only event takes over QT Wellington, revealing its hidden corners. You're are encouraged to dress for the occasion and settle into the atmosphere of the roaring twenties. A whispered password is your invitation to an evening of mystery, indulgence and unexpected encounters. The night begins in the Blind Tiger with cocktails, canapés, freshly shucked oysters and high stakes before unfolding into an immersive dining experience accompanied by live music upstairs in Maison Hippo. Gather around the table for a three-course shared feast that celebrates the best of New Zealand produce with a French twist. Designed to spark conversation, connection and a little intrigue, this is a night where every detail is part of the story. The ticket includes canapés, an oyster station, a three-course dinner, one cocktail, one glass of champagne, and all entertainment. Additional beverages are available on consumption.

Pull up a chair and learn a game that’s meant to be shared. This relaxed Sunday session at Mr Go’s pairs beginner mahjong tuition with a generous three-course Chinese lunch - perfect for friends, couples, or anyone happy to join in tables of four. Guests will be welcomed with tea and a brief introduction to the game. In the first session (10.30am–1pm), you’ll learn and play first, then settle in for lunch. In the afternoon (2–4.30pm), lunch comes first, followed by the game. Expect a warm, social room and plenty of help as you go. The three-course menu features dishes such as dumplings and spring rolls to start, General Tso’s chicken to share, Shanghai braised pork belly with rice and pickles for main, and a coconut & egg tart to finish. Ticket price includes all food, mahjong tuition and guided play, tea on arrival, and a take-home mahjong guide. Alcohol available to purchase.

At The Rumour Lounge, you'll arrive to the sound of jazz and step into an intimate speakeasy-style dinner party with performances by one of Wellington's premiere drag performers. The night unfolds in three phases: roaming canapés as guests settle into the space and mingle; a move to luxuriously styled long tables where generous shared dishes arrive, rich, warm, enhance flavours designed for conversation and passing plates; and finally, dessert canapés circulating through a lounge-style setting as the space softens into something even more relaxed. Between courses, your host returns with moments of performance, theatre, and playful storytelling, keeping the energy alive and guaranteeing your dinner companions will no longer be strangers by the end of the night. Your ticket includes a welcome signature drink (choice of edible cocktail, mini martini, or non-alcoholic option), canapés, shared mains, sides, and roaming dessert canapés. Additional cocktails available to purchase.

From the irrigation kingdoms of ancient Ceylon to the smoked-meat traditions of the Veddā people, Sri Lanka's indigenous cuisine carries centuries of survival, ritual and ingenuity. Most of it passed down by word of mouth and nearly lost to modernity. Each course of this meal tells a different chapter: royal chicken porridge, coastal family curries, festive millet sweets, and more. The menu drawson local ingredients, ancestral techniques, and the ayurvedic principles that shaped how Sri Lankans have eaten for generations. Your ticket includes five courses and tea-based beverages throughout the evening

Charcoal smoke, sizzling meat, and you're in Nong Khai, a small northeast Thai town where families gather around the grill for Crying Tiger steak. Beef steak marinated 48 hours in coriander root, garlic, black pepper, oyster sauce, palm sugar, whiskey, and mandarin juice, char-grilled until the meat weeps with its own juices. The chef grew up cooking this dish with family and friends. It arrives with sticky rice and a Northern Thai Isarn dipping sauce of tamarind, lime juice, ground chillies, and fresh coriander. Alongside: a sharp granny smith apple salad dressed with chilli and fish sauce, topped with prawns; and tom zapp, slow-cooked pork soft bones that melt into a soup fragrant with kaffir lime, lemongrass, and ground rice. This is a three course set menu for $75. Alcohol can be purchased separately. Minimum 2 orders per table.

For Chef Shuchi dessert has always been the most emotional part of a meal. It's where people slow down, and where conversation softens. For this event you're encouraged to skip right to dessert for this five course dessert tasting menu each tied to a memory. Some from Shuchi's life, some shared in our collective memories, all rooted in the small, often overlooked moments that shape how we experience sweetness. Raspberry panna cotta tastes like school lunches and summer berries. Rich brownie with hazelnut mousse is the sweet thing you crave after a long day. The lemon cake that became Le Ciel's bestseller without anyone realising. Apple crumble soufflé carries memories of Shuchi's grandmother. Passionfruit posset brings the taste of home from Tanzania. Each course is plated with technique and restraint, refined, but never losing its warmth or intent. You'll spend an evening in the warm, slow space where dessert deserves to be. Your ticket includes five plated courses plus one palate cleanser.

Be one of the first in the country to taste the 2023 vintage single vineyard wines from Martinborough's Pinot Noir superstars, Escarpment. From the gravels and windswept terraces of Martinborough, Escarpment has built a devoted following through word of mouth, shared by locals, championed by sommeliers, and remembered long after the last glass. Presented by winemaker Tim Bourne against the wild outlook of Boomrock's coastal position, you'll sample their wines paired with locally sourced wild ingredients including wild boar, Cook Strait snapper, tītī (mutton bird), venison, and Wairarapa cheese. The afternoon opens with Rosé on arrival and canapés of wild boar arancini and ceviche, then moves to a three-course long lunch. Expect leek, tītī, and Mānuka honey pasta with kawa kawa butter; tart cherry venison loin with purple kūmara gratin and Kikorangi Blue; and a Wairarapa cheese course with dark chocolate and blackberry jelly. Each course is matched with Escarpment's range, celebrating the magic of Wairarapa. Your ticket also includes return bus transport.

For this five-course degustation, Head Chef Nicolas Mentzas draws on his Greek heritage to present the flavours and textures of home through a refined, fine-dining lens. Often perceived as relaxed and informal, there is a quiet depth to Greek cuisine. It is shaped by season, coastline, mountain herbs, and generations gathered around the table. Dinner unfolds as a carefully composed menu that honours tradition while embracing precision in one of the world’s oldest wine cultures. Rather than a shared feast, expect elevated dishes rooted in Greek culinary history, reinterpreted with elegance and detail. Each course is paired with Greek wines, highlighting distinctive indigenous grape varieties and the growing confidence of the country’s modern producers. Throughout the evening, the Noble Rot sommelier team will introduce each pairing, exploring how Greece’s food and wine traditions complement one another in perfect harmony, at the highest level. Your ticket includes an amuse bouche on arrival, five courses, an arrival wine, and seven Greek wines paired throughout the evening.

Welcome to The Gossip Club, a candlelit, phone-free evening where stories are written, tested, twisted and passed on. You'll arrive to a cocktail and a sealed envelope of Gossip, Rumour and Confession cards. Throughout the night, you'll use these cards to tell stories, embellish the truth, and share previously untold tales. Running all evening is the Confessional Chapel, a velvet-draped corner for stories that feel more like sins. They are never revealed. Four themed cocktails and decadent dessert canapés are served throughout. This is a phone-free experience. No photos. No recordings. No evidence. What happens at Gossip Club stays at Gossip Club.