Guidebook for Auckland

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Guidebook for Auckland

Food Scene

Great live oysters and clams, excellent food and service, Al Brown and his team do a wonderful job to look after you. Always busy so can be a bit of a wait at times but well worth it!
101 locals recommend
Depot
86 Federal St
101 locals recommend
Great live oysters and clams, excellent food and service, Al Brown and his team do a wonderful job to look after you. Always busy so can be a bit of a wait at times but well worth it!
Best Bagels and the coffee and staff are excellent. Great spot for a quick and easy breakfast or lunch. Best breakfast in town!
47 locals recommend
Best Ugly Bagels
90 Wellesley St W
47 locals recommend
Best Bagels and the coffee and staff are excellent. Great spot for a quick and easy breakfast or lunch. Best breakfast in town!
Excellent breakfast menu and good coffee. It's also close to home and the easy stroll thru the park is a bonus. And a short walk across the park.
GreenKeeper Cafe
Excellent breakfast menu and good coffee. It's also close to home and the easy stroll thru the park is a bonus. And a short walk across the park.
Mekong Baby has always been busy whenever I have gone and for good reason - their food is so tasty! If you love Asian fusion then this is the best in Auckland! Book a table if you want to go, otherwise be prepared to wait.
50 locals recommend
Mekong Baby
262 Ponsonby Rd
50 locals recommend
Mekong Baby has always been busy whenever I have gone and for good reason - their food is so tasty! If you love Asian fusion then this is the best in Auckland! Book a table if you want to go, otherwise be prepared to wait.
Here you are spoilt for choice for great restaurants, bars and cafe's. Pretty much everything you need is here. Favourites include : El Sizzling Chorizo, The Blue Breeze Inn, Bedford Soda & Liquor, Burger Burger, Tokyo Club...it's all good!
298 locals recommend
Ponsonby Central
146 Ponsonby Rd
298 locals recommend
Here you are spoilt for choice for great restaurants, bars and cafe's. Pretty much everything you need is here. Favourites include : El Sizzling Chorizo, The Blue Breeze Inn, Bedford Soda & Liquor, Burger Burger, Tokyo Club...it's all good!
It is always great service and food- never disappointing.
71 locals recommend
SPQR
150 Ponsonby Rd
71 locals recommend
It is always great service and food- never disappointing.
Colourful Cafes Bars and Restaurants any day or night of the week!
76 locals recommend
Karangahape Road
Karangahape Road
76 locals recommend
Colourful Cafes Bars and Restaurants any day or night of the week!
Selection of cafes, shops and restaurants along the strip
19 locals recommend
St Kevins Arcade
183 Karangahape Rd
19 locals recommend
Selection of cafes, shops and restaurants along the strip

Sightseeing

Great boardwalk around to the boats and marina. The best views of the harbor bridge at sunrise or sunset.
Westhaven Drive
Westhaven Drive
Great boardwalk around to the boats and marina. The best views of the harbor bridge at sunrise or sunset.
Waterfront cafes Bars & Restaurants with outlooks over the Waterfront/Viaduct. Great people watching.
223 locals recommend
Viaduct Basin
223 locals recommend
Waterfront cafes Bars & Restaurants with outlooks over the Waterfront/Viaduct. Great people watching.
Great wineries for lunch - take the ferry and make a day of it.
407 locals recommend
Waiheke Island
25 Karaka Rd
407 locals recommend
Great wineries for lunch - take the ferry and make a day of it.

Drinks & Nightlife

Good pub and eatery. Great for a relaxing afternoon with friends on the deck with a few pints and pub fare. Plenty to choose from on the menu and all the big live sport matches on the big screen for the boys!
18 locals recommend
Cavalier Tavern
68 College Hill
18 locals recommend
Good pub and eatery. Great for a relaxing afternoon with friends on the deck with a few pints and pub fare. Plenty to choose from on the menu and all the big live sport matches on the big screen for the boys!
Good open air bar and deck to hang with a few friends in the afternoon / evening. Tapas are pretty good too. Walking distance.
11 locals recommend
La Zeppa Kitchen And Bar
33 Drake St
11 locals recommend
Good open air bar and deck to hang with a few friends in the afternoon / evening. Tapas are pretty good too. Walking distance.
The closest bar to home and the food is pretty good too. Great spot under an umbrella on a hot sunny day with a cold beer 2 mins walking distance from the front.
The Birdcage Tavern
133 Franklin Rd
The closest bar to home and the food is pretty good too. Great spot under an umbrella on a hot sunny day with a cold beer 2 mins walking distance from the front.
Great late night venues on the Waterfront.
28 locals recommend
Viaduct Harbour
21 Viaduct Harbour Avenue
28 locals recommend
Great late night venues on the Waterfront.

Parks & Nature

Across the road from the apartment with lots of green space and huge trees to make you feel relaxed.
60 locals recommend
Victoria Park
203-271 Victoria St W
60 locals recommend
Across the road from the apartment with lots of green space and huge trees to make you feel relaxed.
If you have a car and would like a 45 minute drive to an iconic west coast Beach- take a drive through the Waitakere Regional park and take a nature walk or enjoy the West coast black sands.
229 locals recommend
Piha
229 locals recommend
If you have a car and would like a 45 minute drive to an iconic west coast Beach- take a drive through the Waitakere Regional park and take a nature walk or enjoy the West coast black sands.

Arts & Culture

Great setting amongst the Domain and elevated outlooks over the harbour. Variety of exhibitions.
787 locals recommend
Auckland War Memorial Museum
787 locals recommend
Great setting amongst the Domain and elevated outlooks over the harbour. Variety of exhibitions.
Great contemporary new building- that in itself is a feature!
606 locals recommend
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Wellesley Street East
606 locals recommend
Great contemporary new building- that in itself is a feature!

Shopping

Great variety of Designer labels and Homeware's shopping.
227 locals recommend
Ponsonby Road
Ponsonby Road
227 locals recommend
Great variety of Designer labels and Homeware's shopping.
You can catch a bus to Newmarket for your shopping malls experience- all major brands represented.
167 locals recommend
Newmarket
167 locals recommend
You can catch a bus to Newmarket for your shopping malls experience- all major brands represented.
Main strip of Aucklands CBD- all the main shops.
137 locals recommend
Queen St
Queen Street
137 locals recommend
Main strip of Aucklands CBD- all the main shops.

Essentials

Great Deli, Wine selection and basics. Only a few minutes walk across the road. Open 7 days until late.
157 locals recommend
New World Victoria Park
2 College Hill
157 locals recommend
Great Deli, Wine selection and basics. Only a few minutes walk across the road. Open 7 days until late.
City Link Bus leaves from Victoria Street West (under the motorway fly over at Victoria Park) approx every 10 minutes during peak times and 20 minutes other times. Taxis are affordable to CBD/Viaduct and Ponsonby at around $7-$10 one way.
Bus Stop 2001
85 Great South Rd
City Link Bus leaves from Victoria Street West (under the motorway fly over at Victoria Park) approx every 10 minutes during peak times and 20 minutes other times. Taxis are affordable to CBD/Viaduct and Ponsonby at around $7-$10 one way.