Tag Archives: Auckland
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
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
Mexican Comida
Auckland city has experienced a recent revolution in Mexican food. For many years, the Mexican Café had a strangle hold on the local Mexican dining scene, but these days Aucklanders are spoilt for choice when it comes this delicious style of … Continue reading
Cool Food Cafe
Please don’t be put off by the ever so slightly cheesy tagline “Never fear, Cool Food is here!” This place is a gastronomic gem that businesses in the Mt Eden/Symonds St. area have been slathering for. Located in the ever … Continue reading
The Dominion: Diabolical
Please note: The Dominion have improved their service significantly since this blog was posted. The updated review can be read here. I recently found out that I have type-1 diabetes, which has somewhat limited my career as a corporate food … Continue reading
Verona, Vero-oh-oh–oh-na
Sitting in Verona Café, it would seem the majority of people frequenting K Road these days are hookers, hipsters and those who are lost. It certainly hasn’t lost its appeal for people watching that’s for sure – and the little cafes … Continue reading
Burger Wisconsin
Burger Wisconsin has been around for yonks! As a discerning young 13-year-old I remember being disappointed after a family trip to the Burger Wisconsin Gisborne store – maybe Gizzy was a bad franchise or maybe it was just the bad ass mood swings of puberty, … Continue reading
Shaky Isles: A gangster’s gluten-free paradise
Nestled in the heart of Kingsland, near the pie-filled Fridge and the greasy Kiwiana, is the Shaky Isles. An oasis for the wheatless luncher. One of the less Auckland-y cafes in town, Shaky Isles is a bustling yet strangely casual … Continue reading
Archie’s Pizzeria
Archie’s is one of those places I’ve driven/walked past on multiple occasions and never considered entering. The exterior of the restaurant is fairly bland and it sits at the end of a row of restaurants that look equally uninteresting. But … Continue reading
Burger Queen
Being a New Zealand Warriors and Manu Vatuvei fan, there was only one option when I walked into this fast food joint. “The Beast” is Burger Queen’s marquee burger and much like the hulking winger, the burger is full of … Continue reading
