Osteria del Toro

We went out on Thursday night as a celebration. This restaurant is on Tory street in Wellington City.

The service, ambience and food were incredible. I’d go back for that alone.

BUT – the interior – oh what fun! As usual my restaurant photos are completely poor quality – I won’t use a flash in a restaurant.

Osetria del Toro is housed in this crazy zebra painted building. Makes it really easy to locate.	Very elegant entrance that gives little away in terms of what comes next.	This is in the entrance way – shelves of wine bottles behind ornate gates. The gate motif runs through the entire restaurant.
	We started in the bar for a drink. I didn’t get a shot of the bar chairs unfortunately, but a great example of modern in amongst the med themed setting. The bar chairs were white leather seats and backs with a cube look (there is a peek of one in the bottom right of the photo). Incredibly sleek and stylish though and they blended perfectly.
The lighting! amazing embellished  pendant lights in the bar (and same style in the toilets which was nifty).	These looked like umbrellas to me and even a bit Oriental? The ceiling was covered in a textured paper I would guess. But had the look of millions of tiny mosaic tiles creating the pattern. Oversized sculpted cornices continued the perfectly OTT decor.	Tiebacks and tassels focusing your attention on the wall lights.
Even the table legs were detailed! The floor was tiled with some tiles incorporating a white pattern.	This is a view from the restaurant into the bar. A bulkhead of wood and light panels brings the veiling down in the bar making in more intimate and brining in some modern.	A water feature in a restaurant! the tap above the sculpture is where jugs of water for the patrons were filled up.
Details details details. In little corners were little treasures.	This is the glass door separating the entrance walkway and the restaurant. Notice the shape of the gate motif that has been sandblasted on the glass? Nice touch also used in the windows in the restaurant. The door handle was a great big solid chunk of metal with detailed engravings.	Some more of the details completing the look.