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 StGreat 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 WBest 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 RdMekong 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 RdHere 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!
SPQR
150 Ponsonby RdIt 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 RoadColourful Cafes Bars and Restaurants any day or night of the week!
St Kevins Arcade
183 Karangahape RdSelection 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 DriveGreat 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
Waterfront cafes Bars & Restaurants with outlooks over the Waterfront/Viaduct. Great people watching.
Waiheke Island
25 Karaka RdGreat 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 HillGood 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 StGood 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 RdThe 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.
Viaduct Harbour
21 Viaduct Harbour AvenueGreat 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 WAcross 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
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
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 EastGreat contemporary new building- that in itself is a feature!
Shopping
Ponsonby Road
Ponsonby RoadGreat 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
You can catch a bus to Newmarket for your shopping malls experience- all major brands represented.
Queen St
Queen StreetMain 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 HillGreat 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 RdCity 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.