Eat & drink · Vegetarian/vegan
Forest
Opening hours
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: Closed
- Thursday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
- Friday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
- Saturday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
- Sunday: Closed
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An experimental, zero-waste restaurant that elevates local plants, weeds, and ferments into fine art.
- Signature
- Fermented pumpkin with native herbs
Reviews from Google
Delicious new vegetarian restaurant! Tried everything bar one of the desserts because we were so full! Highly recommend, the food is amazing even if you don't normally do vegetarian food. The eggplant straciatella was my personal favourite. Would avoid the honeysuckle custard ice cream with vinegar granita if you're not a fan of sour. 😅 Smashed everything else though and it was all incredible. Service is really friendly and the decor, vibe is earthy, fresh and beautiful. Loved the feature wall. Definitely coming here again!
Visiting from San Diego, Forest was on our list as a destination while on holiday. I can honestly say that this is the best meal I’ve ever had. (Astera in Portland in a close second!) Anyway back to Forest! We pretty much ended up ordering 75% of the food available. It’s a smaller menu that I was told rotates constantly. Every single thing we ordered was mind blowing. The attention to detail in the ingredients and the plating was incredible. Same with the beverages. The staff were wonderful as well!! And the atmosphere…so chill!! I could rave on about Forest, but you should definitely check them out. If you’re a vegan or vegetarian foodie or just enjoy a very thoughtful and delicious meal this is your place!!!
Perfect experience. Every single element on every dish was so well thought out. So much thought and hard work has gone into everything and it shows. I know the kumara dish is highly rated but it really is crazy good and I don’t even like kumara. The sweet and salty pops of pea to capers on top. It’s so perfect. The service was so friendly and they made us feel super comfortable. Keen to go back for the mandarin martini and a dessert in the bar next time as I was too full!
My partner and I had been looking forward to trying this restaurant for a long time. The atmosphere was warm and inviting, the lighting was lovely, and the service was great! We began with the starters: The tomato soup was fantastic, with a delicious tanginess that really stood out. The bread and butter were also very enjoyable, and the fries were crispy and satisfying. The halloumi dish, in particular, was overwhelmingly sour, it felt like it hadn’t been tasted before leaving the kitchen. It was sour on sour with only a touch of honey, which wasn’t enough to balance it out. The Brussels sprouts were also underwhelming, bland, and paired with an imbalanced amount of stracciatella, leaving them dry and uninteresting. Dessert was okay but not memorable. The feijoa element was very sour, though the Earl Grey flavour and custard was a nice touch. The dishes leaned far too heavily into sour flavours, and there wasn’t enough contrast or balance to make them work. While the flavour combinations sounded creative and exciting, the execution fell short and balance of flavours was off. Edit: I understand it’s a small business and care is taken to provide a good experience. I see there are plenty of other great reviews, this was just our experience and honest reviews are what helps me and others find the restaurants they love.
Booked to come here for a birthday dinner with friends and we were absolutely blown away. Been wanting to come here for a long time and glad we were finally able to. The team went above and beyond for us when they had to cancel our original booking giving us a discount when we rebooked. Even put a candle in our dessert! Felt like family. Highly recommend. The food was to die for. All vegetarian, perfection.