Auckland Restaurants Where You Can Dine at the Bar

Take a seat up front, whether you're dining solo or finally having that long-delayed catch-up.
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Published on November 28, 2019
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    Cassia

    90 Federal Street, Auckland

    After sustaining significant flood damage earlier this year, Cassia reopened with a brand new menu but the same unbelievably high standard of contemporary Indian cuisine.

  • Bar

    Liquid Butter - CLOSED

    166 Jervois Road, Auckland

    This boundary-pushing cocktail bar is an extension of Herne Bay's popular fine dining restaurant.

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    Hello Beasty

    95-97 Customs Street West

    This Asian-inspired newcomer is the debut solo effort from award-winning chef Stuart Rogan.

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    Dr Rudi's Rooftop Brewing Co.

    Hobson Street, Auckland

    If a sun-drenched rooftop bar and two lane bowling alley is what the doctor ordered.

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    The Culpeper - CLOSED

    22 Princes Wharf

    Globe-trotting comfort food in a holiday environment.

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    Woodpecker Hill - CLOSED

    196 Parnell Rd, Parnell

    An oriental smokehouse from the city's bastions of east-meets-west.

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    Odette's Eatery

    Shed 5, City Works Depot, 90 Wellesley Street

    Between the lively chat, the excellent dishes and plotting how to run away with all the tableware, we had a wonderful time.

  • Bar

    Farina

    244 Ponsonby Road, Auckland

    Pared-back Italian dining at its best.

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    Gusto at the Grand - CLOSED

    90 Federal Street, Auckland

    Gusto is a place to enjoy the finer things in life – good food, wine and company – with vigour.

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    Galbraith’s Alehouse

    2 Mt Eden Road, Auckland

    A pub’s pub with forward facing pub food and proper pints of frosty bliss.

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    The Blue Breeze Inn

    Corner Of Ponsonby And Richmond Roads, Ponsonby

    This is one restaurant that could really change your perception of Chinese cuisine.

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    Masu

    90 Federal Street, Auckland

    Contemporary Japanese restaurant Masu proves a culinary force to be reckoned with.

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    Federal Delicatessen

    84 Federal Street, Auckland

    The Fed is something of an experience.

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    Mekong Baby

    262 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

    Just as the Mekong River traverses the borders of Southeast Asia, so does the menu of Ponsonby’s newest restaurant, Mekong Baby.

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    Fukuko - CLOSED

    48 Tyler Street, Auckland

    Britomart's horizon of cocktail drinking.

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    Bellota - CLOSED

    91 Federal Street, Auckland

    It seems to me Bellota is best enjoyed slowly, with good company and plenty of time to digest to make room for the churros.