One80° Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge occupies the seventh floor of Copthorne Hotel Wellington Oriental Bay, looking across the city and harbour from above the shoreline. The panorama creates a sense of occasion, yet the restaurant describes its hospitality as warm and its food as refined without formality. It remains open to local diners as well as hotel guests, with daily breakfast and dinner service and a lounge alongside the dining room for drinks before or after the meal.
Seasonal ingredients and local produce shape a menu with a broad international outlook. Head Chef Analia Iglesias brings experience from Buenos Aires and Waiheke Island to a contemporary style that values clarity as much as detail. Current examples make that range easy to see: tiradito combines fish, lime and chilli; sous-vide Lumina lamb rump is focused around rosemary and jus; and fusilli al limone turns lemon and Parmesan into a concise pasta course.
The bar menu loosens the format without abandoning the kitchen's cross-cultural character. Mumbai potato vada pav sliders arrive with chutney, Kerala fried chicken is paired with curry-leaf mayonnaise, and a Wagyu pastrami Reuben adds sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and mustard. Tandoori chicken pizza, an One80 beef-and-bacon burger and Amritsari battered fish and chips cover more familiar territory. Southland cheese rolls and hand-crafted ice cream keep the offering grounded in recognisable New Zealand comfort.
The neighbouring cocktail lounge and beverage selection make it easy to extend dinner rather than treat the restaurant as a single-course stop. Harbour views suit a romantic evening or celebration, while the less formal bar dishes allow for an impromptu meal. Breakfast gives the room another life in the morning, and late-night room-service choices show the kitchen's practical side. Across those formats, One80's distinctive feature is the meeting of a scenic Wellington setting with flavours that travel well beyond it.
Address: Level 7, Copthorne Hotel Wellington Oriental Bay, 73 Roxburgh Street, Oriental Bay, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
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