Fife Lane Kitchen & Bar is an award-winning restaurant in the coastal hotspot of Mount Maunganui, offering contemporary dining in an intimate, industrial chic setting. Open since 2019, it's home to the Mount's only custom-designed meat locker and temperature-controlled wine room, giving it a genuinely unique dining experience.
Central to the menu is Fife Lane's rare Mibrasa charcoal grill, imported from Spain, which imparts a distinctive charcoal aroma and flavour across the dishes. The kitchen focuses on wholesome fresh meats, seafood and seasonal produce, built into a menu of New Zealand favourites with the team's own unique touch, alongside a dedicated vegan menu, small plates, an extensive wine list and a cocktail programme.
Fife Lane is owned by Kat and Ryan Dippie, with a team led by Head Chef Dylan Burrows, Sous Chef Lucas Dias Matos, Venue Manager Scott Hinton, Restaurant Manager Paige Shaw, and Functions Manager Suzelle Lockhart, who also oversees the venue's events and private dining spaces.
Fife Lane Kitchen & Bar is an award-winning restaurant in the heart of Mount Maunganui, offering contemporary dining in an intimate, industrial chic setting. Since opening in 2019, it has built a reputation around genuinely unique features — the Mount's only custom-designed meat locker and temperature-controlled wine room.
Central to the Fife Lane experience is its rare Mibrasa charcoal grill, imported from Spain, which imparts a distinctive charcoal aroma and flavour across the menu. Dishes like the Southern Stations Tātaki Wagyu Eye Fillet, paired with black garlic, ponzu, wasabi mayo and yuzu, showcase the depth the grill brings to the kitchen's work, while the Beef Wellington has become a genuine guest favourite — described by diners as phenomenal and always exceptional.
While steak sits at the heart of the menu, Fife Lane's kitchen ranges further, from a Beetroot Tartare with goat's cheese, capers, golden beets and hazelnut in the Begin Bites section, to a Mibrasa smoked oyster finished with prosciutto crumb, crème fraîche and yuzu caviar, served in a handcrafted edible oyster shell. A dedicated vegan menu and small plates selection round out the offering, alongside separate lunch and dinner menus.
Fife Lane's wine list is curated to showcase some of New Zealand's finest producers alongside benchmark international wines, all housed in the venue's temperature-controlled wine room. At the bar, the cocktail programme leans into craftsmanship — guests can simply tell the team what they're in the mood for and have a custom martini built to their exact preference, dirty or dry, shaken or stirred.
Fife Lane is owned by Kat and Ryan Dippie, the result of years of planning and a shared vision to build a landmark hospitality business for their local community. Head Chef Dylan Burrows brings over a decade of culinary experience to the kitchen, supported by Sous Chef Lucas Dias Matos, who found his way to Mount Maunganui via a surf trip after working in Brazil and Australia. Venue Manager Scott Hinton has been part of Fife Lane since it opened in 2019, curating the wine list and cocktail programme, while Restaurant Manager Paige Shaw and Functions, Communications & Admin Manager Suzelle Lockhart keep the front of house and events running smoothly.
Fife Lane hosts private dining and celebration functions throughout the year, including popular Christmas bookings that fill quickly each December. The venue has also run special events like a Sher Wagyu Night, showcasing beautifully marbled Australian Wagyu alongside considered cooking for guests who share a love of outstanding beef.
Fife Lane is open Tuesday to Saturday from 3pm until late, with an additional lunch service on Fridays from midday. As the restaurant is frequently fully booked, guests are encouraged to book a table in advance, sign up to the newsletter for event updates, or purchase a gift voucher to share the experience with others. Fife Lane is located at 512 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui.