If you’re in Takapuna and need a quick, easy, and healthy bite to eat – the best place to go is Poké Poké. Tucked away in Takapuna, is a semi-new laneway called Fortieth & Hurstmere which I call the ‘Takapuna alleyway’, with a number of delicious restaurants. Poké Poké has...
Waiheke Island is a relaxed place to live and visit, but there are surprisingly few places to eat (especially at night) within our Cheapeats budget. Enter Too Fat Buns, an environment-friendly gourmet burger bar tucked away in the back of Pendragon Mall in Oneroa. It was too hot to cook,...
It’s not often I get too excited about going to an eatery attached to a shopping mall, but in the case of Hawker and Roll, just looking at the menu online had me salivating. And we weren’t disappointed. It tasted every bit as good as the descriptions, and left us...
I am always curious to try Filipino food, and my search recently took me to Ensalada Cafe on K’Rd. Until the excellent Nanam opened in Royal Oak a few years ago, Filipino cuisine had kept a low profile in Auckland. Then a few more places followed suit, from humble stalls...
The famous Eden Noodles Cafe has recently opened a second location in Albany. They have a slightly smaller menu but if you love the food at Eden Noodles Cafe on Dominion Road as much as us, than you don’t need to read anymore. They are just as amazing on the...
Summertime and the living is easy…here are some of our favourite Cheapeats restaurants to enjoy over the Auckland summer: Dragonfired, Waiheke Island (nominated by Lynn) Nothing beats eating one of Bevan’s wood fired pizzas or calzones at the beach on Waiheke, except maybe eating his wood fired polenta bake meal....
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