This was my favorite hole-in-the-wall restaurant while living in Auckland for 9 months. I'm…read morevegetarian and they have quite a few options on the menu! I love that the dishes aren't made generic due to lack of meat. Try the nasi lemak or "beef" rendang! I've also brought friends here who have gone again & again after. Huge portions, great prices. Probably also family owned as I overheard the cashier and chef playfully teasing each other while taking my order :)

The menu is very diverse with the typical Malaysian fare. It's just been open now for about two…read moremonths. We tried the Hainan Chicken Rice and it was really good. The chilli sauce was home made and pretty authentic. Got to come back and try out the other dishes. The service was very friendly and fast!

We were looking for a place to eat on the way out of Auckland. It's been awhile since I've had…read moreMalaysian and I'm always a sucker for a good laksa. A quick search brought up Gu Xiang Malaysian Restaurant. It's in a random small strip mall that also has a few restaurants and a Eastern Fresh grocery store. We dropped in on a Wednesday (around noon) for lunch. The place has plenty of tables and it was about half full. Completely full of Asian clientele. The servers speak Cantonese and English. Service is good here; just catch the waitress attention and you can get refills on your tea and water. The menu is massive; appetizers, noodles, noodle soup, fried rice, nasi lemak, dishes on rice, pork/beef, chicken, tofu, fish (market price), prawns, squid, vegetables (seasonal price) and others. All the meat and vegetable dishes are very pricey. - 2x Roti canai (#116) ($3.00 NZD each) - thought these come with a curry sauce dip but nope. You just get the roti canai. These were greasy but had some sweet tones to it that I wasn't expecting. Order this with the chicken curry ($12.90 NZD) instead. - Loo mai gai (#9) ($5.00 NZD) - this was pretty glutinous and had a thick, sweet oyster like sauce. We were intrigued by the photo of it on the wall. Just average. - Curry laksa with chicken curry (#21A) ($13.90 NZD) - the broth was creamy but not very spicy. I'm pretty picky with my laksa; this was better than I expected it to be. They throw in two types of noodles (thin vermicelli and yellow lo mein), tofu puffs and bean sprouts. Get it! - Seafood noodle (#20C) ($11.80 NZD) - the broth is sweet and tasted like wonton soup broth. You get yellow noodles, mix of seafood, bok choy and bean sprouts. Definitely a Chinese influenced dish. Pretty mediocre, nothing special in my books. - Hainese chicken on rice (#31) ($11.80 NZD) - the chicken was hot and tender. Came with delicious side of rice, a vegetable soup and chili garlic sauce. Simple but satisfying. Stick with the Malaysian dishes. Good portion sizes. 3.5 stars.

Great chicken laksa, very authentic Malaysian food for the soul together with the rest of the menu.read more

Check the website for locations. As of this writing, there is one every night at different…read morelocations. I went to the one at Silo Park on Sunday and it was fun! All the fried food imaginable and they are all delicious. Come hungry (or not, and you'll be when you start smelling all this deliciousness) and in your best gluttony outfit and you'd be handsomely rewarded. There are plenty of tables, chairs and sitting area around the market itself and also, you could sit by the benches facing the water, enjoying the sunset while your mouth is having its own divine experience.

I'm very impressed with night markets in New Zealand. They have 5 different locations around…read moreAuckland. WEDNESDAY - Botany Town Centre under Hoyts THURSDAY - Henderson under KMart FRIDAY - Papatoetoe under KMart SATURDAY - Pakuranga under The Warehouse SUNDAY - Glenfield Mall level 1 car park They have so many food vendors! Full of meat sticks, potato twists, dumplings, anything your little foodie heart desires. Aside from food vendors, they also have stalls with clothing, phone accessories and bling bling. My favorite purchase was of course the cell phone cases.

Great food and friendly and welcoming staff. Plenty of parking available on site and off street…read more Highly recommend.

Went to this small, unassuming restaurant with my parents on their recommendation. This local…read moreeatery has been open for 10 years and my parents have been patrons for at least 7. According to them the quality and taste of the dishes has been consistent over the years, which is sure sign of quality to me. Service was friendly, and they all wore face masks which made us feel more comfortable too. The salted fish fried rice is the best I've tasted in a long time. Unlike other restaurants, they use crispy pieces of salted fish that give a burst of salty, umami flavor when you take a spoonful of fried rice. I was a huge fan. Another highlight was the noodles in fish broth. The soup was rich and creamy, and made from scratch in house according to the waitress.

4 or 5 stars ? I'm not sure but this place is definitely up there !…read more There are 2 chefs , one Malay and one Vietnamese with the menu being split with some Malay dishes and some Vietnamese food . Geographically speaking Vietnam is more closer to Thailand ,but when the heart wants what the heart wants it makes more sense to put those two cuisines next to each other . Don't you think ? There is a mish mash of dećor but it's more than ok . A large selection of beers and a Vietnamese beer I don't think I've ever seen before . It's pretty clean and tidy . I had a old faithful of prawn toast which was so nicely cooked and a pancake of prawn and pork , the pancake was bigger than my eyes but it was very light and came with lettuce leaves to rip up , fold and dip into that yummy sauce . I imagine I'll be dragging people to this place now that I've fallen hard/crazy in love with Vietnamese cuisine .

Indeed one of the most authentic Char Kuay Teow in Auckland.. we tried the hot wok stir fry, Lobak…read more(a deep fried pork filled sausage wrapped with a crispy bean curd skin), and the Hainanese Chicken Rice. All dishes were well made and tasty. The service was fast and friendly, as we could hear the sizzling of the wok and the sounds of mandarin instructions coming from the kitchen. I am surprised by the earlier poor ratings for this place. It certainly deserves a better ranking. I am sure we will be back for more Char Kuay Teow!

I ordered the Hainanese Chicken with Rice. However, they cut corners on cooking methods…read more As my study the correct cooking process from YouTube, the rice should be cooked with chicken broth, while they served the normal rice. The chicken was overcooked, tastes like cooking for a few days. Payment method unfriendly, doesn't accept credit card.

I knew I had to update my review for the experience of this place …read more I also had to laugh at the wife boss lady who went take a order from a customer and asked " What you want ?" Instead of saying "What would like to order ?" . I felt like I was in a Malaysian version of Faulty Towers . The food is pretty good though and comes out pretty fast . You might question the cleanliness of here , but if you were going to that of every place you ate you'd probably never eat out again . I went for my fave Malaysian dish of char tieou kewey , lots of flavour and while not a patch on Selera still very good . This place gets very busy with families and I think it's a great place to bring kids for a intro to Malay cuisine .

Got food poison along with my wife who went to hospital after eating from this place. Will never go…read morehere again!

Part of a chain. Food is typical Malaysian style and consistent in taste and quality. Portions are…read morereasonable sized. Nice clean, comfortable environment located above the Sylvia Park shopping centre. So parking is never an issue.

A throughly bad experience, the cleanliness of this cafe is horrendous, windows, filthy, dust and…read moregrime visible on walls and ceiling. My coffee wasn't great either, burnt I will not be returning, absolutely terrible.

This place is a complete GEM in a bit of a food desert. It happens to be located right by my…read moreoffice, and is worth forgetting my lunch for the chance to see what's on offer and bask in the loveliness of the place. It is like having lunch at your cool aunt's place. Homestyle fabulous! Compared to the other options nearby, this sunny little glass front cafe is a little piece of heaven. The ladies who own it are super friendly, and say hello by name whenever I stop by. They do fabulous catering, and their morning tea is to die for (warm just baked cheese scones.... savory tarts with cumin and kumera... excuse me, I'm drooling...) At lunch time they always have an assortment of interesting and healthy salads -- tons of vegetarian options, and you can mix and match as many as you want in a container. One of my favorite options of late is the spicy eggplant. It's half an eggplant that's been roasted, scooped out, mixed up with spices and whatnot, and put back in the skin. I LOVE eggplant, and this is as good as it gets!!! I always find it hard to resist their beautiful cakes. I tend to buy a slice with the idea of bringing it home to share with my husband for dinner, but sometime around my afternoon tea I end up starting to sample it. I've had the carrot cake, which was delicious, and another lemon cake thingy which was also to die for. Check out their Facebook page where they advertise their salads and other goodies for the day! Worth a trip out if you're trekking around Mangere domain, or on your way back from an airport pickup!