Viaduct Harbour & Wynyard Quarter
A makeover in early 2019 incorporated a seafood-focused upscale food court and a relaxed courtyard bar with a good beer and wine selection. Dining options…
Must-see restaurants in Auckland
Parnell & Newmarket
Renowned for some of Auckland's best homestyle baking, the sleek and modern Little & Friday is worth the 500m stroll from Newmarket's main shopping street…
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
Waiting for a table is sometimes part of the experience at this popular and bustling cantina, but propping up the bar is hardly a hardship – the ambience…
Parnell & Newmarket
One of the three international ramen franchises to open in Newmarket in late 2019, this is our hands-down favourite. Service is always speedy and friendly…
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
This stylish shoebox crams in a disparate crowd of corporate and fashion types, Ponsonby denizens and travellers. There's a Jewish influence to the food,…
Parnell & Newmarket
Catering to Francophile foodies, this warehouse stocks French imports and has a patisserie-laden cafe. During the weekend farmers markets, this cigale …
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
The service is first-rate at this modern, upmarket restaurant, which introduces Asian flavours to predominantly French- and Italian-style bistro dishes…
Auckland
Run by a charming pair of sisters, Siostra is the perfect little neighbourhood bistro, serving up hearty Italian fare with a modern sensibility…
Auckland
Sophisticated cafe fare combined with excellent views of Takapuna Beach ensure that this cafe constantly buzzes. If you can’t snaffle a table, grab an…
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
Baked on-site, Auckland's best sourdough bread is used for Fort Greene's tasty gourmet sandwiches. Pick some up for a picnic or tuck into the Reuben…
Auckland
Catch a train from Auckland's downtown Britomart transport hub to Orakei station to explore the city's new Orakei Bay Village development. Filling a high…
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
Part of the Ponsonby Central complex, a stylish food precinct offering flavours from around the world, Miss Istanbul channels a backstreets-of-Beyoğlu…
Auckland
Formerly starring at markets and food-truck pop-ups around town, Tiger Burger has graduated to a hip permanent space in the city-fringe suburb of Grey…
Auckland
Texas-style barbecue comes to Auckland at this smoke-infused shrine to superb brisket, pulled pork and ribs. Rubs and sauces are prepared in-house, and…
Auckland
From downtown Auckland, make the short ferry journey to Devonport to visit this laid-back cafe packed with Turkish influences. Combine harbour views with…
Parnell & Newmarket
Modern updates on Chinese classics and some of the city's best dumplings combine at Tao, in the inner suburb of Newmarket. Amid chic Shanghai-inspired…
Auckland
Bringing hip decor and tasty Taiwanese street food to a nondescript strip of suburban shops, Chinoiserie specialises in gua bao – oversized steamed buns…
Viaduct Harbour & Wynyard Quarter
Eating seafood by the water is a must in Auckland,and this modern gastrodome boasts an unbeatable see-and-be-seen location. The raw bar features tuna…
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
Hand-rolled, boiled and wood-fired, Best Ugly's bagels are a thing of beauty. Call into its super-hip bakery in a converted heavy-vehicle workshop and…
Auckland
It's an effort to get to, but this suburban cafe serves some of the prettiest and best breakfasts in Auckland, with dishes such as 'the Nest' (a filo nest…
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
Tucked away in an odd block of shops down the hill from Ponsonby Rd, Nishiki serves up a tasty array of dishes to a largely Japanese clientele. A picture…
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
Specialising in delicious tandoori dishes and lamb curries, this top-flight Indian eatery has a wide-ranging menu with plenty of vegetarian selections and…
Parnell & Newmarket
Polished concrete floors, beer-crate tables and colourful oversized lampshades set the scene. There are plenty of enticing cooked items on the menu, but…
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
Kiwiana reigns supreme at this eccentric corner cafe with one wall devoted to a 1950s paint-by-numbers Māori maiden mural. The food is a step up from…
Auckland
Shared tables and colourful wall art give this informal eatery a bohemian edge. Isaan classics including chicken laab, som tam salad and fiery northern…
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
This friendly and stylish Italian restaurant covers all the bases, with a fireplace in winter and a courtyard in summer. Speaking of bases, there's a…
Parnell & Newmarket
Rosie is a swish spot for a cooked breakfast, an inventive bistro-style meal, or coffee and cake after a stroll around the rose gardens. Service is…
Ponsonby Village International Food Court
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
Japanese, Malaysian, Chinese, Turkish, Thai, Lao and Indian flavours are all on offer here, and excellent Vietnamese and Indonesian. Beer and wine are…
Auckland
This Devonport cafe is set a little back from the main tourist strip, and serves a tasty mix of cafe classics and Southeast Asian dishes to locals in the…
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
This stylish and buzzing restaurant and bar offers excellent Southeast Asian flavours, mainly from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Try the Madurese goat curry.
Auckland
Part of a culinary makeover of a former department store, the Commons is a spacious and sophisticated combination of elegant restaurant and buzzy bar.
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
Hugely popular, this humble-looking and humbly priced eatery has the best dahi puri (chickpea, potato and yoghurt on a pappadam) in town.
Auckland
The highlight is the 'lump rice', a prosaically named but very tasty array of curries cooked with spicy rice in a banana leaf.
Parnell & Newmarket
A branch of a small local chain serving good-value, authentic Vietnamese food.
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
An excellent homegrown gourmet burger chain, with branches all over the city.
Auckland
Roughly cut hand-pulled noodles are the speciality here, with a menu that leans towards the flavours of China's Henan province. Also a few Chinese Muslim…
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