Reviews Have you been to finale?? Click here to write a review for us!! Dine Out Reviews Oh my god - what a blast... Fantastic night out with Felisha and all those diva queens. Incredible birthday party had by all the girls - and even our homophobic boys had a good time... Marco really sexy in Love Shack - pity he likes the boys - Brandi What a great night. Went for hens and we had a blast. We did not go there for the food, but went for the entertainment and drinks. Best show in Auckland, with the best queens as well. - AJB Great show. Food was really good and plenty of it. Staff helpful and friendly. Would certainly return. - colin1 loved my night there and staff are great the show is great and the queens are amazing will be going back every year. - sheraton A fantastic night out. The special personal touches from Macau and the floor staff made the evening. Felisha and the drag queens were just amazing and so outrageous. All in all a fabulous night out. - Just another Hen Wow!!! What a blast.The queens are just sooo fantastic and sooo beautiful. Definately the best birthday ever. - Susan2
Virtual Tourist Reviews If you are looking for a great night out with a group of friends, its hard to go past "Finale Restaurant and Cabaret". It is dinner theatre with a twist - a drag queen show which is absolutely excellent. Shows are on Wednesday through to Saturday nights for dinner. Dinner is a 3 course buffet - soup, followed by a selection of hot meats and chicken, vegetables and salads. Desert and coffee were also included. - Dodo22 Amazing restaurant amazing food and amazing shows one night one package one venue the best yet. Well its a buffet so theres something for everyone.
New Zealand Herald Reviews "We begin with Finale. The ex-Jones Bar, drag queen cabaret is hosting two birthday parties tonight. Performers are doling out fluffy halos to delighted young women. Their accompanying boyfriends sit still, hoping they're invisible, scared they'll be the next victim of MC Felisha's innuendo, tortured to a stated of blush. Tina Turner appears behind a galaxy of disco balls, her frame draped in white netting. She opens her mouth wide and we hear: 'we don't need another Hero...'..." - Page 6. E. New Zealand Herald, September 27-28, 2003
 "There are the nights of the long fingernails. Karangahape Rd's rival drag queen restaurants Caluzzi and newcomer Finale, all of 100m apart, are scrapping for supremacy. It started in May when long-time Caluzzi drag queen Felisha (his mum christened him Hemi Kini, 33 years ago) and four other defected from Caluzzi, a well-known Auckland dinner-and-drag venue, to newcome Finale. Starting as a chef eight years ago when Caluzzi was solely a restaurant, Felisha's part-time lip-synching drag act among the diners' tables grew into a money-spinning troupe over the past six. In recent years, the food has run a distinct second to the entertainment. But Felisha dreamed of bigger, brighter things and a professionally lit stage - 'evolution in our profession', she giggles, talking at the upstairs club in boy mode without makeup. And defection was cerain the night her friend and former flatmate Arlana Delamere took her parents to Caluzzi to see Felisha in full flounce. 'They saw I could do something better', says the 28-year-old mum of two, whose background is hospitality and event organising... On Friday and Saturday nights since, appropriately, Queen's Birthday weekend, show director Felisha and her girls, all gay men, have lip-synched in fishnets, frocks and feathers in the style of Debbie Dorday, whose former Parnell cabaret Burgundy's hauled in punters for years. Dorday is their inspiration and Delamere reckons cabaret is undergoing a revival..." - Section A7. New Zealand Herald, August 11, 2003 | 
