Jesse Mulligan: Bria In Grey Lynn Takes Over Where Honeybones Left Off

You can’t book at Bria but Reginald Richard’s food is worth the wait. Bria is small and doesn’t take reservations. This combination works well for places like Den Ramen, where you can show up and join the queue knowing that you’ll get a spot as soon as the guy in Bria has taken over the site of Honeybones in Grey Lynn. Photo / Babiche MartensThey had room for us, just, when my wife and I rocked up one chilly Wednesday night, but they were short of one chair and, I suspect, one chef. The server warned me they were busier than expected and that our food might take a while, and he was right; I was well into my second glass of (the breathtakingly good) Collaboration chardonnay when my first dish arrived, and this slow pace continued until the end, even after the dining crowd had thinned. I don