Category Archives: Under $20
Maldito Mendez – Ponsonby Central
Ponsonby Central is P Rd’s answer to the Elliot Stables of the city centre. While there are so many eateries along Ponsonby Rd all screaming for attention, the temptatious allure of a newly opened joint is just too much to … Continue reading
Barilla Dumplings: So much more than burnt saltwort
I have absolutely no idea why this dumpling joint located in Auckland’s unofficial Asia Town, Dominion Road, has been named Barilla Dumplings. A quick Google search reveals that barilla is in fact: ba·ril·la /bəˈrilə/ Noun : An impure alkali formerly … Continue reading
The Pear Tree – Kerikeri
I recently embarked on a trip to the far north to visit Peter Heath of Textwrite with fellow corporate lunch enthusiast, Will Seal. We were doing business the good old fashioned way, a morning fishing in the Bay of Islands, a … Continue reading
The Garnet Station
From the outside Garnet Station appears as any other small neighbourhood café, but once you get inside it becomes a warm, friendly, home-away-from-home delivering delicious food and amazing coffee. While there isn’t a large menu, Garnet Station has a great selection of cabinet food, gourmet pies and … Continue reading
Fusion Cafe Ponsonby
I often approach cafes named Fusion with a healthy dose of skepticism – it’s one of those nothing names that fills the creative void for many New Zealand cafe owners. Type the words fusion and cafe into your preferred search engine and you’ll see what I … Continue reading
Mexicali Fresh K’ Road
I recently joined Ben Polkinghorne of Auckland Burrito Review for lunch at Mexicali Fresh. You can read more about his month of Mexican challenge here. To set the scene…we hit the new K’Rd store, in Ironbank. That place is so cool … Continue reading
Queenie’s Lunchroom
Nestled in behind the New World Victoria Park, Queenie’s Lunchroom is in a great position to serve the corporate types on College Hill and the western slopes of the Auckland CBD. The cozy lunchroom has a retro Kiwiana feel with décor reminiscent … Continue reading
Frankies Wurstbude
By Andrew Melville I was browsing menus on my first lunchtime visit to Elliott Stables when my mate says “Wanna sausage?” Yep I thought, like the sound of that, pretty clear it would be at least one step up from … Continue reading
Mexi Kai
So this is street food, or carpark food even. Mexi Kai is a food truck that sits semi-permanently in that car park on the newly pedestrianised Elliott St, and does burritos, and a wide range of tacos. The burritos go … Continue reading
Little and Friday
My encounter with Little and Friday started unconventionally with a trip to Pit Stop to get a hole in my exhaust fixed. I knew it was going to be a long procedure so my laptop was at the ready as I wandered towards … Continue reading
