Review: Lola Rouge in Wellington's Naumi Hotel beats expectations

Review: Lola Rouge in Wellington's Naumi Hotel beats expectations
Lola Rouge is the restaurant in Wellington's bourgeois Naumi Hotel. (Image: Supplied)
Gregor Thompson
It is probably prejudicial, but I’ve never been drawn to hotel restaurants.  This attitude was based on a few assumptions: they must be one-size-fits-all for their hotel guests; they lack identity as a result; they’re overpriced; they over-prioritise convenience. That’s probably why my expectations were low when I was offered an evening at  Lola Rouge, the restaurant in Wellington’s Naumi Hotel, To my immense satisfaction, I was wrong. When we entered, passing through the Naumi Grand Bar, we were...

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