Cassia Auckland

Cassia sits on the third floor of 90 Federal Street. The dining room is a five-minute walk from the Sky Tower, placing it at the centre of the city’s dense vertical grid. It holds two hats from the 2024 NZ Cuisine Good Food Awards.

This is contemporary South East Asian fusion that avoids the frantic pacing of the nearby waterfront. While the room runs smart, the kitchen treats the fusion label with more discipline than the casual eateries scattered around the Viaduct Harbour. You come here because the menu follows a rigorous, measured pace, ignoring the trend for small-plate chaos that dominates much of the surrounding city centre. It feels more deliberate than its neighbours, making it the choice when you want the intensity of the cooking to stay on the plate rather than define the mood of the entire room.