🍽️Best Restaurants in Mount Victoria 2026

3 of Wellington's best restaurants, all in Mount Victoria — hand-picked and ranked by locals, led by Capitol Restaurant. Part of our independent Wellington restaurants guide.

1. #1
   

   Capitol Restaurant

   $$$

   Kent Terrace bistro with handmade pasta and one of the best wine programmes in the city — two hats at the 2025 Cuisine Good Food Awards.

   Local tip: Weekday lunch is the quiet time; dinner books out well ahead.

   10 Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria· Mon–Fri from 12pm

   ItalianPastaAward-winning
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2. #2
   

   Ortega Fish Shack

   $$$

   Mount Victoria seafood favourite — market fish, a wine list deep enough to spend an evening on, and walls covered in fish prints and portraits.

   Local tip: Order the grouper, or the snapper ceviche if it is on.

   16 Majoribanks Street, Mount Victoria· Dinner Tue–Sat from 5pm

   SeafoodWineRomantic
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3. #3
   

   Koji

   $$$$

   Mount Victoria tasting-menu restaurant — a small, chef-led room doing one set progression a night.

   Local tip: Closed Sunday and Monday — and it is a tasting menu only, so go hungry and leave the evening free.

   12 Majoribanks Street, Mount Victoria· Tue–Thu from 5pm; closed Sun–Mon

   Tasting menuChef-ledIntimate
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