Guidebook for Auckland

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Guidebook for Auckland

Food Scene

This place is for chocolate lovers, with plenty of chocolate drinks and desserts! Try the Chilli Denso for a thick chocolate drink with a bit of a hot spice kick (it's so thick you can practically stand your spoon in it). Tables can be hard to find in the evenings. Last orders are taken at 9:50 pm and it closes at 10pm.
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Chocolate Boutique Cafe
323 Parnell Rd
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This place is for chocolate lovers, with plenty of chocolate drinks and desserts! Try the Chilli Denso for a thick chocolate drink with a bit of a hot spice kick (it's so thick you can practically stand your spoon in it). Tables can be hard to find in the evenings. Last orders are taken at 9:50 pm and it closes at 10pm.
Italian upmarket restaurant. Great food and decor.
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Non Solo Pizza
259 Parnell Rd
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Italian upmarket restaurant. Great food and decor.
This cafe is extremely popular with the locals, open early morning until late evening for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything in between. It can get noisy. Seems to be the meeting point for the local Police for their coffee break, so possibly the safest place in Auckland! Semi-infamous for the Prime Minister's "ponytail-pulling incident"...
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Rosie
82 Gladstone Rd
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This cafe is extremely popular with the locals, open early morning until late evening for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything in between. It can get noisy. Seems to be the meeting point for the local Police for their coffee break, so possibly the safest place in Auckland! Semi-infamous for the Prime Minister's "ponytail-pulling incident"...
It's practically outside the gate! Go up the steps/Whaiti Lane and you're there. Good food and coffee.
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Brighton Road Cafe
58 Brighton Rd
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It's practically outside the gate! Go up the steps/Whaiti Lane and you're there. Good food and coffee.
Authentic Japanese food, at very reasonable prices. It's down a steep flight of stairs.
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Renkon
211 Parnell Rd
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Authentic Japanese food, at very reasonable prices. It's down a steep flight of stairs.
Big burgers. I recommend the veggie burgers and the kumara fries.
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BurgerFuel Parnell
187 Parnell Rd
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Big burgers. I recommend the veggie burgers and the kumara fries.
Nice spot for coffee or lunch - decent salads. Has an outdoor courtyard too.
Foundation On George
8 George St
Nice spot for coffee or lunch - decent salads. Has an outdoor courtyard too.
Hip cafe in the midst of the boutique shops of Teed St and Osborne St.
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Teed Street Larder
7 Teed St
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Hip cafe in the midst of the boutique shops of Teed St and Osborne St.
Ponsonby Central has cafes and restaurants, all under cover if it's raining.
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Ponsonby Central
146 Ponsonby Rd
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Ponsonby Central has cafes and restaurants, all under cover if it's raining.

Parks & Nature

Known locally as the Parnell Rose Gardens. Beautiful flowers, amazing pohutukawa trees and near a great outlook over the harbour. Stroll down the hill to the Parnell Baths (outdoor salt walter swimming pool).
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Parco Dove Myer Robinson (Giardino delle Rose di Parnell)
85-87 Gladstone Rd
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Known locally as the Parnell Rose Gardens. Beautiful flowers, amazing pohutukawa trees and near a great outlook over the harbour. Stroll down the hill to the Parnell Baths (outdoor salt walter swimming pool).
A tidal walkway. It can be muddy - at high tide parts are underwater - so be prepared. You can reach it from the bottom end of Tohunga Crescent. Turn right/eastwards to walk along the wooden walkways towards Shore Rd Reserve, or turn left/eastwards to get towards Awatea Reserve and the steep (!) walk uphill to Awatea Rd.
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Hobson Bay Walkway
Hobson Bay Walkway
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A tidal walkway. It can be muddy - at high tide parts are underwater - so be prepared. You can reach it from the bottom end of Tohunga Crescent. Turn right/eastwards to walk along the wooden walkways towards Shore Rd Reserve, or turn left/eastwards to get towards Awatea Reserve and the steep (!) walk uphill to Awatea Rd.
Tropical plants in greenhouses, surrounded by the Auckland Domain (Auckland's largest park). Free to enter, very pleasant space.
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Domain Wintergardens
Wintergarden Road
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Tropical plants in greenhouses, surrounded by the Auckland Domain (Auckland's largest park). Free to enter, very pleasant space.

Arts & Culture

Great intro to NZ and Maori history. Fantastic view over the city too, and surrounded by the green Auckland Domain. Stroll over to the Wintergarden to see the tropical plants too.
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Museo del Memoriale di Guerra di Auckland
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Great intro to NZ and Maori history. Fantastic view over the city too, and surrounded by the green Auckland Domain. Stroll over to the Wintergarden to see the tropical plants too.
Free entry. Rotating exhibitions.
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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Wellesley Street East
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Free entry. Rotating exhibitions.

Essentials

Large supermarket, open 24hours.
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Countdown Auckland City
76 Quay St
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Large supermarket, open 24hours.
Large supermarket. Hidden inside the 277 shopping mall. Free parking in the building if you spend $10 or more.
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Countdown Newmarket
277 Broadway
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Large supermarket. Hidden inside the 277 shopping mall. Free parking in the building if you spend $10 or more.
Good selection of wine, beer and spirits.
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Glengarry Wines
118 Wellesley St W
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Good selection of wine, beer and spirits.
Petrol station / gas station
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Mobil
506 Parnell Rd
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Petrol station / gas station
Apple/electronics store. Handy if you need a charger or a phone repair.
Ubertec
3 St Georges Bay Rd
Apple/electronics store. Handy if you need a charger or a phone repair.
Another Apple/electronics store. Handy if you need a charger or a phone repair.
Oobe
142 Broadway
Another Apple/electronics store. Handy if you need a charger or a phone repair.

Drinks & Nightlife

Restaurant and bar. Great for a glass of wine or beer, or to have a dinner meal. Nice decor.
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Woodpecker Hill
196 Parnell Rd
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Restaurant and bar. Great for a glass of wine or beer, or to have a dinner meal. Nice decor.
LGBT-friendly bar and nightclub. Open late. Part of the relaxed, vibrant, old-school city nightlife scene. A place you're more likely to see drag queens than suits or dinner jackets!
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Family Bar and Club
270 Karangahape Rd
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LGBT-friendly bar and nightclub. Open late. Part of the relaxed, vibrant, old-school city nightlife scene. A place you're more likely to see drag queens than suits or dinner jackets!
One of a selection of bars in the area. Hip part of town is around Fort Lane, Britomart, Takutai Square. Pricier and dressier, gets the after-work crowd and groups of mates out for a big night.
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Everybody's
7 Fort Ln
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One of a selection of bars in the area. Hip part of town is around Fort Lane, Britomart, Takutai Square. Pricier and dressier, gets the after-work crowd and groups of mates out for a big night.
Hipster bar and live music venue. Non-descript entry - you can usually tell it's open if there's a queue to get in about midnight.
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The Golden Dawn - Tavern of Power (R.I.P)
134 Ponsonby Road
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Hipster bar and live music venue. Non-descript entry - you can usually tell it's open if there's a queue to get in about midnight.
Good sports bar. Serves big meals and great selection of beers on tap.
The Paddington Bar and Restaurant
117 St Georges Bay Rd
Good sports bar. Serves big meals and great selection of beers on tap.

Shopping

There are bustling French markets carpark on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The place to go if you want a decent French croissant or Nutella crepe, but go early before they sell out! Can also get fresh vegetables, kitchen gifts, wine, coffee, clothes... Goes until 1pm.
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La Cigale French Market
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There are bustling French markets carpark on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The place to go if you want a decent French croissant or Nutella crepe, but go early before they sell out! Can also get fresh vegetables, kitchen gifts, wine, coffee, clothes... Goes until 1pm.
Parnell Village has boutiques along the main Parnell road. Known for art, antiques, gifts, with cafes and restaurants between. Generally more expensive than Newmarket.
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Parnell Road
Parnell Road
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Parnell Village has boutiques along the main Parnell road. Known for art, antiques, gifts, with cafes and restaurants between. Generally more expensive than Newmarket.
Newmarket has shops on Broadway, and in the small streets behind (on the west side, Teed St and Osborne St, and on the east side, Nuffield St). Mostly clothing and fashion stores. Eating places are also on Nuffield St. There is also a mall at 277 Broadway.
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Broadway
Broadway
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Newmarket has shops on Broadway, and in the small streets behind (on the west side, Teed St and Osborne St, and on the east side, Nuffield St). Mostly clothing and fashion stores. Eating places are also on Nuffield St. There is also a mall at 277 Broadway.
Iconic building on an iconic, colourful, urban street - known as K Road locally. St Kevins Arcade has a cafe, burger place, second-hand/pre-loved clothing stores, and is considered the heart of K Rd. Cheap food, shopping, drinks.
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St Kevins Arcade
183 Karangahape Rd
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Iconic building on an iconic, colourful, urban street - known as K Road locally. St Kevins Arcade has a cafe, burger place, second-hand/pre-loved clothing stores, and is considered the heart of K Rd. Cheap food, shopping, drinks.
Large discount retailer. Great for if you need to pick up something you forgot, whether that's clothes, household goods, toys, pretty much anything...
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The Warehouse Newmarket
64-74 Broadway
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Large discount retailer. Great for if you need to pick up something you forgot, whether that's clothes, household goods, toys, pretty much anything...

Sightseeing

Best view of the city, plus a pleasant walk up the hill. Awesome steep volcanic crater to look into from the top too.
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Vetta del Monte Eden
250 Mount Eden Rd
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Best view of the city, plus a pleasant walk up the hill. Awesome steep volcanic crater to look into from the top too.