Papaiti Gin - Award-winning gin, artisan distilled in Whanganui.

Join us for a lazy Sunday lunch celebrating some of the best gin in Aotearoa right now, we absolutly love the Gins that Papaiti are producing and think thier attitude and approch is awesome.

Food by us, Gin by them for a lazy long lunch, what better way is there to spend a Sunday.

$125pp includes food, gins and some stories by the makers themselves.

Phil Barber of Petane wines is one of our favourite winemakers, and we cannot wait to have him join us for lunch on Sunday 27th October!

Food by us, wine by him and a lazy long lunch, what better way is there to spend your labour weekend Sunday.

$125pp includes food, wine and some stories by the man himself.

Join us for a one off collaboration dinner with Hayden McMillan joining Asher in the kitchen.

New Zealand-born Hayden McMillan began his culinary journey at 16, honing his skills under renowned chefs Geoff Scott, Michael Meredith, and Simon Wright. By 25, he had become head chef at Auckland’s TriBeCa. Hayden was soon headhunted to lead the kitchen at The Waiheke Island Yacht Club in San Francisco during the America’s Cup. Following this, he moved to Melbourne, earning a chef’s hat at The Astor Hotel before launching his acclaimed restaurant, Etta, in Victoria.

In 2018, Hayden collaborated with Julie Clark of Floriditas for the Visa Welly On A Plate festival. This partnership brought him back to New Zealand, where he and his wife became part-owners of Floriditas, now an award-winning icon in Wellington’s dining scene. In 2022, they further expanded their influence by taking over Loretta Restaurant on Cuba Street.

Join us for a spring time forage and foraged ingrediant inspired dinner.

We will go for a wander on Te Ahumairangi at 5pm for a snapshot of what edible foragable goodies are avalible at the moment, with plenty of time to discuss how to forage safely and potential uses for those ingrediants.

Then we will be off to Hillside for a meal using the same foraged ingrediants as well as a selection we have preserved from throught the rest of the year.

$125 per person. Price includes an hour of hands on foraging and disccusion a multicourse meal, drinks will be avalible to purchase on the night.

If anyone has dietary restrictions we need to know in advance or we may not be able to cater for them.

Due to the outdoor nature of the event if the weather packs a sad we will still hold the dinner on this date and postpone the foraging part.

Come and be part of our special New Years Eve celebrations.
We will be serving up a multi-course menu of the very best local produce we can find and matching it with some super exciting natural wines.
After dinner its just a short stroll down hill to watch the fireworks on the waterfront.

$170 per person includes drinks.
7pm sitting only.
Please advise of any dietary requirements when booking.
Bookings available here
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-years-eve-tickets-29709753673

Monday night offaling, last one for 2016.

We’ve put our nose to the grindstone, really put our hearts into offal club.

This is no tripe, it will be a multi course delight.

$55 per person and a drinks match to fill your skin for $38
6.30pm sitting only.

It may seem a bit tongue and cheek to be running this as an alternative to our meatless Mondays but we see it as the same philosophy, celebrating ingredients that are often forgotten or misunderstood.

Offal club is back!!

4 Course plus some additional extra treats for just $55.
There will be some delicious drinks matches available on the night also. 

6.30pm sitting, bookings required.

Meatless Monday is back. 4 courses of meatless deliciousness and a few extra treats for just $55! some pretty cool drinks matches will also be available on the night.
6.30pm sitting. Bookings required. 

Another chance to check out the wonderful world of offal.
$55 for four courses, Drinks match will be available on the night.

It's time again for you're monthly meat free indulgence
$55 for four courses, A drinks match will be available on the night.

On Monday 13th of June the wonderful Maria and Fritz of www.spiritus.co.nz will be joining us to showcase some of their imported craft whiskies.

We are putting together a menu featuring a bunch of porky goodness from Longbush pork.

Bookings are required

$70 per person (includes dinner and a tasting of 5 whiskies)

5 Natural wines and 5 courses of food to celebrate them for $100 

Jules will be selecting his 5 favourite natural wines of the moment and Asher will be putting together dishes that will help your enjoyment of them.

Bookings required. 

Offal Club #2 

Four Courses of offaly good food for $55 and $38 for drinks matches.

Bookings Required.

Judge Bao will be joining us for this one night only collaboration.

$60 for 5 courses, Drinks options will be available on the night.

Bookings only.

About Judge Bao:

Hello! Judge Bao is a modern Chinese pop up eatery run by “Sauce Boss” Jamie and “Bun Hun” Debbie. We create dishes with a modern spin whilst staying true to their traditional Chinese flavours. Our ethos is to create Chinese foods that are authentic, hearty and wholesome. We want to break the taboo of Chinese food being cheap, unhealthy and unethical through our dishes and our choices as a business. Our artisan baos are hand rolled from scratch, and we only use free range meats and eggs, GMO-free soy beans, seasonal local produce as well as compostable packaging.

We began our journey at the beginning of 2015, starting out as a humble food stall at the summer markets. Our brand and experiences have since grown: we participated at The Food Show 2015 and Heart Of The City Street Eats 2015, moved into Coco’s Cantina and ran their restaurant with our pop up Chinese menu for two weeks, as well as operating a pop up restaurant at 12 O’Connell Street with Tiger Burger. We are honoured to be listed as one of Metro's Top 100 Cheap Eats of 2015, and being awarded Metro's People Choice Award for Best Pop Up 2015. We also had the pleasure to open ArtDego 2015 with our two centrepiece canapés.

So far in 2016, we kicked off the Anno Domini series held at Auckland Art Gallery for being the first eatery to serve food at their roof top concert. We had the pleasure to travel out of Auckland to Tauranga and join the On The Lawn festival, followed by Laneway 2016. And for Chinese New Year, we teamed up with Noel Leeming and held a series of live cooking demonstrations at four of their stores.

Meatless Monday is back.

A four course journey in a meatless world for $55 with Drinks matches available for $38.

You can listen to Asher talking about Hillside and the last meatless Monday on Radio NZ here

Bookings required.

Thanks to Luke from The Chocolate Bar and the wonderful people at Spiritus we are hosting an evening dedicated to craft chocolate and new american whiskey.

We'll be pairing eight of our favourite craft chocolates with four U.S whiskeys - two from FEW Spirits and two from KOVAL Distillery. 

We'll also be having a general chat about the emerging bean-to-bar chocolate industry. Should be a fun night!

Bookings available here  

The third edition of our meatless Monday, we will be offering a multi course (at least 5) vegetarian menu for $65 and drinks matches for $35.

The meal kicks off at 6.30pm, allow for about 2 hours dining time. 

Book via the bookings tab or phone us (04) 473 7140.

At the end of February we will be de-liver-ing our latest Monday offaling.

we’ve put our nose to the grindstone, really put our hearts into it and come up with a monthly offal club.

This is no tripe, it will be a multi course delight.

$65 per person and a drinks match to fill your skin for $35

It may seem a bit tongue and cheek to be running this as an alternative to our meatless Mondays but we see it as the same philosophy, celebrating ingredients that are often forgotten or misunderstood.

On the 14th of February (yes, Saint Valentines Day) we are going to be open and offering a five course meal at both lunch and dinner for $85 with optional drinks matches at $65. We are taking bookings between midday and two pm for our lunch sitting and from 5:30pm for dinner. Get in quick because bookings are already filling up. The menu we are offering will be unique to that night and is designed so that you can sit down, relax and spend some quality time together sharing good food and drink. 

Book online or ring us 4737140. 

In collaboration with Elissa Jordan aka The Winey Little Bitch we are hosting a wine and food matching tasting featuring seasonal bites from the kitchen with vibrant summery wines. The tasting is $50 p/p and can be booked through The Wellington Winey Little Tasting Group Meetup Page. 

Andrew Childs is Behemoth Brewing. On Tuesday the 11th of August as part of the annual Road to Beervana he will be hosting a dinner at Hillside Kitchen and Cellar featuring five of his beers matched to our cuisine. This will feature the return of Brave Bikkie Brown Ale, the Trophy Winner for Festival Beers at last years Brewers Guild Awards. 

As mentioned we are serving 5 Behemoth Brewing beers with four courses designed to complement them for $100 per person and are taking bookings from 5:30.

Please advise of any dietary requirements on booking. 

To book please email info@hillsidekitchen.co.nz and mention the Behemoth Brewing Dinner or call us on (04) 4737140

Conor Mertens, our Head Chef also has a popup restaurant concept called SOY. SOY is a collaboration between Conor and Lesley Chandra, head chef at Auckland's Cassia. On Sunday 2 August Conor and Lesley will be taking over Hillside with their creative take on modern asian cuisine. Below is their menu for the Wellington events, it is $75 per person with optional drinks matches at $40. To book contact Conor at soy.popup.nz@gmail.com

Vive la France!

Victor, our Chef de Partie is a bonafide Frenchman so to help him combat homesickness we are inviting you to celebrate this important date with us.

Come and join us for a 4 course menu showcasing French cuisine.

$65 per person with optional French wine matches at $35 per person. 

Tables available every half hour from 5.30 pm.

To book ring us on (04) 4737140. 

Tuesday 9 June, 5.45pm

'Natural' has become a popular buzzword in the wine world, but what does it mean and, more importantly, what does it taste like? Six wines introduce you to the spectrum of natural wine: sulfur-free, orange wine, biodynamics, organic, natural wine and vegan wine. As a part of this tasting have we’ll have a look at the the flavours, traditions and personality quirks of New Zealand’s naturally-cultivated wines.

The price of this tasting is $25pp to cover the cost of the wine. Please RSVP by midday on the 9th of June. Also, please pay for your place when you RSVP for this class. If we don't receive your payment within 48 hours of your RSVP we will assume your no longer wish to attend and your place will be given to the next person on the waiting list. 

This tasting is hosted by Elissa Jordan aka The Winey Little Bitch. Book here.