Guidebook for Auckland
Food Scene
Frasers Cafe
434 Mount Eden RdHas great coffee and food and is always packed. A very popular spot.
Probably the best fish and chips in the city, if you have never tried fish and chips, this is the place to go.
6 locals recommend
The Fish & Chip Shop Sandringham
160 Sandringham RdProbably the best fish and chips in the city, if you have never tried fish and chips, this is the place to go.
The Fridge
507 New N RdGreat food and great coffee, oh and a great outdoor setting.
Crave
6 Morningside DrMakes a very good eggs Benedict and the coffee aint bad!
Good Chinese food place, but be warned, once you've finished its out the door please! Next!!
16 locals recommend
Canton Cafe
477 New N RdGood Chinese food place, but be warned, once you've finished its out the door please! Next!!
Its a steak restaurant essentially, but the interior is styled after a ship of the line, worth checking out.
Tony's Lord Nelson Restaurant
37 Victoria St WIts a steak restaurant essentially, but the interior is styled after a ship of the line, worth checking out.
I think they make nice poached eggs. Its not the best ever, but they have a great location and its nice food.
9 locals recommend
Chevalier Point Cafe & Catering
506 Point Chevalier RdI think they make nice poached eggs. Its not the best ever, but they have a great location and its nice food.
Sightseeing
Great views of Devonport, the CBD, North Head and Rangitoto Island. Once there its a very short trip over to the tunnels of North Head, don't miss it.
41 locals recommend
Mount Victoria
Great views of Devonport, the CBD, North Head and Rangitoto Island. Once there its a very short trip over to the tunnels of North Head, don't miss it.
Its an old coastal defence site, with tunnels, guns and fortifications to walk around and offers very good views of Auckland harbour and CBD.
85 locals recommend
North Head
Its an old coastal defence site, with tunnels, guns and fortifications to walk around and offers very good views of Auckland harbour and CBD.
Its the Chelsea Sugar Refinery, yep, sounds boring, but has very lovely grounds and gardens.
20 locals recommend
Chelsea Sugar (NZ Sugar Company Ltd)
100 Colonial RoadIts the Chelsea Sugar Refinery, yep, sounds boring, but has very lovely grounds and gardens.
Catch a ferry over to Rangitoto Island and climb (walk) to the top. Offers very very good views of auckland and surrounding areas. Probably the highest lookout in the area.
280 locals recommend
Rangitoto Island Scenic Reserve
Catch a ferry over to Rangitoto Island and climb (walk) to the top. Offers very very good views of auckland and surrounding areas. Probably the highest lookout in the area.
The sky tower is the tallest building in Auckland city and theres a restaurant and glass floor section that you can walk across. Has great views of Auckland city.
597 locals recommend
Sky Tower
Victoria Street WestThe sky tower is the tallest building in Auckland city and theres a restaurant and glass floor section that you can walk across. Has great views of Auckland city.
Everything Else
Mission Bay is a very popular beach in Auckland that happens to have great restaurants and coffee shops right next to it. So its a sightseeing, food and drink place too!
250 locals recommend
Mission Bay
Mission Bay is a very popular beach in Auckland that happens to have great restaurants and coffee shops right next to it. So its a sightseeing, food and drink place too!
Parks & Nature
Waitakere Ranges offers walks and tramps through native bush, on the coastal side it offers famous beaches like Karekare, Piha, Bethells and Muriwai.
19 locals recommend
Waitakere
Waitakere Ranges offers walks and tramps through native bush, on the coastal side it offers famous beaches like Karekare, Piha, Bethells and Muriwai.
Arts & Culture
The Auckland War Memorial Museum, (yep, its a mouthful) offers exhibits on all the wars New Zealand has been a part of. The Museum has a very good collection of Maori artefacts and also has a WW2 Spitfire and Zero Planes, worth taking a look. But don't rush straight in, read the inscriptions on the outside of the building noting every battle New Zealand took part in, quite surprising.
787 locals recommend
Auckland War Memorial Museum
The Auckland War Memorial Museum, (yep, its a mouthful) offers exhibits on all the wars New Zealand has been a part of. The Museum has a very good collection of Maori artefacts and also has a WW2 Spitfire and Zero Planes, worth taking a look. But don't rush straight in, read the inscriptions on the outside of the building noting every battle New Zealand took part in, quite surprising.
Has a great selection of New Zealand and international art. Has had a recent renovation and is also very close to other contemporary art galleries.
51 locals recommend
Auckland Art Gallery
Wellesley Street EastHas a great selection of New Zealand and international art. Has had a recent renovation and is also very close to other contemporary art galleries.
Shopping
St Lukes Shopping Centre is a very popular Mall in Auckland and offers department stores, bookshops, a supermarket and even a cinema. Check out the Whitcoulls store for the latest and greatest in books.
185 locals recommend
Westfield St Lukes
80 St Lukes RdSt Lukes Shopping Centre is a very popular Mall in Auckland and offers department stores, bookshops, a supermarket and even a cinema. Check out the Whitcoulls store for the latest and greatest in books.
Its a bit of a drive from my place, but worth the time to get there, has a great cinema, large warehouse store (department store) and two supermarkets.
236 locals recommend
Sylvia Park Shopping Centre
286 Mount Wellington HwyIts a bit of a drive from my place, but worth the time to get there, has a great cinema, large warehouse store (department store) and two supermarkets.
Newmarket
Its the high end brand destination location, need I say more?
Essentials
This countdown store is less than five minutes away from my Flat and has a good selection of whats needed. Plus there are other stores near by too, like coffee shops and hot bread shops.
80 locals recommend
Countdown Mt Eden
Dominion RoadThis countdown store is less than five minutes away from my Flat and has a good selection of whats needed. Plus there are other stores near by too, like coffee shops and hot bread shops.