Guidebook for Auckland
Food Scene
Queenies Lunch Room
24 Spring StGreat for breakfast, lunch or just a coffee
MooChowChow
23 Ponsonby RdBest Thai restaurant - if someone else is paying.
Great for breakfast or lunch if you are not quite sure what you fancy having. There's plenty of places to choose from in Ponsonby Central.
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Ponsonby Central
146 Ponsonby RdGreat for breakfast or lunch if you are not quite sure what you fancy having. There's plenty of places to choose from in Ponsonby Central.
Brand new place so great to try out the latest trendiest place in the neighbourhood
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Augustus Bistro
1-3 St Marys RdBrand new place so great to try out the latest trendiest place in the neighbourhood
Best fish and chips nearby - very small seating area so it's my go to take out place
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FishSmith
200 Jervois RdBest fish and chips nearby - very small seating area so it's my go to take out place
Best for breakfast or lunch - always busy and always fresh! Great coffee too
Dida's Food Store - Jervois
54 Jervois RoadBest for breakfast or lunch - always busy and always fresh! Great coffee too
Marys
13 St Marys RdAmazing cafe for breakfast or lunch easy walk away from home
Brotzeit German Bakery
346 Ponsonby RdLatest bakery addition to Ponsonby - this time German! Great bread selection.
Tank is a chain of smoothie/ juice/ salad / wrap shops - this one is the nearest. Very yummy stuff and open till 7pm.
TANK Three Lamps - Smoothies, Raw Juices, Salads & Wraps
301 Ponsonby RdTank is a chain of smoothie/ juice/ salad / wrap shops - this one is the nearest. Very yummy stuff and open till 7pm.
Best views to have coffee / food - beautiful wooden boardwalk amongst the sail boats. Gets very busy on the weekend so try be there early..
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Buoy
141-151 Westhaven DrBest views to have coffee / food - beautiful wooden boardwalk amongst the sail boats. Gets very busy on the weekend so try be there early..
Metre long pizzas! Best value for money and so good. Available in the restaurant or for delivery / pick up.
Toto Pizza
5 Hardinge StreetMetre long pizzas! Best value for money and so good. Available in the restaurant or for delivery / pick up.
Dear Jervois
234 Jervois RdLovely breakfast spot in Herne Bay
Essentials
Lovely place to shop for your groceries & almost always open ( 7am - 11pm).
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New World Victoria Park
2 College HillLovely place to shop for your groceries & almost always open ( 7am - 11pm).
This laundrette is the closest and best to the house. Open every day till 6.30pm. You can get a load washed and dried ( self - service for about $8.
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Easy Wash Laundromat
1-3 Cowan StThis laundrette is the closest and best to the house. Open every day till 6.30pm. You can get a load washed and dried ( self - service for about $8.
If you need a GP as a tourist in an emergency / after hours WhiteCross Healthcare on Ponsonby road is open till late and their pharmacy is also open every day till pretty late.
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White Cross Ponsonby
202 Ponsonby RdIf you need a GP as a tourist in an emergency / after hours WhiteCross Healthcare on Ponsonby road is open till late and their pharmacy is also open every day till pretty late.
Drinks & Nightlife
Mea Culpa
175 Ponsonby RdCocktails cocktails cocktails - made with love and care!
Sale Street
Sale StreetA popular watering hole & restaurant.
Gypsy Caravan
Great drinks and decor!
Great watering whole with eclectic crowd. Busy most evenings.
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The Golden Dawn - Tavern of Power (R.I.P)
134 Ponsonby RoadGreat watering whole with eclectic crowd. Busy most evenings.
Sightseeing
Nice area to walk through - always something happening at weekends.
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Wynyard Quarter
Nice area to walk through - always something happening at weekends.
Parks & Nature
Small park but lovely to visit if you fancy walking around Westhaven harbour
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Point Erin Pools
94 Shelly Beach RdSmall park but lovely to visit if you fancy walking around Westhaven harbour
Very small beach but it's walking distance to the house. Pretty much always packed.
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Sentinel Rd Beach
Sentinel RoadVery small beach but it's walking distance to the house. Pretty much always packed.
Victoria Park
203-271 Victoria St WFun for the whole family. Great park to swan around.
Entertainment & Activities
Victoria park is wonderful for a walk, jog, big children's playground and skatepark for bigger kids on the other end of the park.
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Victoria Park
203-271 Victoria St WVictoria park is wonderful for a walk, jog, big children's playground and skatepark for bigger kids on the other end of the park.
The local library is just around the corner - makes a few hours pass by if you're entertaining children when it's not so great weather. There is a little park just opposite with swings and also Mary's cafe is opposite too ( great coffee/ food).
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Leys Institute Library Ponsonby
20 St Marys RdThe local library is just around the corner - makes a few hours pass by if you're entertaining children when it's not so great weather. There is a little park just opposite with swings and also Mary's cafe is opposite too ( great coffee/ food).
Shopping
This is a great shop to buy souvenirs from! All your kiwiana type of giftware etc. Not to be missed!
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The Garden Party
130 Ponsonby RdThis is a great shop to buy souvenirs from! All your kiwiana type of giftware etc. Not to be missed!
If you need to impress someone with extraordinary flowers / bouquet - head to Here Among the Wild. Great little flower jungle!
Here Among the Wild
28 Jervois RoadIf you need to impress someone with extraordinary flowers / bouquet - head to Here Among the Wild. Great little flower jungle!
If you need to get a travel SIM your best bet is at the nearest Vodafone store.
Vodafone Ponsonby Three Lamps
302 Ponsonby RdIf you need to get a travel SIM your best bet is at the nearest Vodafone store.