🍽️Best Restaurants in Mount Victoria 2026

Last updated: August 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.

This Mount Victoria shortlist includes Capitol Restaurant, Ortega Fish Shack, Koji. It is drawn from the full city guide using each venue's published address, practical details and category fit, so you can compare genuinely local options without losing the wider Wellington context.

Rankings are editorial; see how lists are compiled and corrected.

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
   Maps ReviewsWebsite
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
   Maps ReviewsWebsite
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
   Maps ReviewsWebsite