First place I hit up after landing in Auckland! Comforting Thai dishes with a super helpful staff…read more I got the Buddha bowl with some fried tofu! Those fresh veggies hit the spot after eating airplane food all day. Highly recommended! I'm def going to come back to try their sweets and mock duck!

Lovely food and staff. Amazing for vegans. My favourite is the peanut sauce and crispy vegan…read morechicken on rice. Of course the classic Thai curries are amazing also.

Oh the good old green croc aye. I have lived in Auckland all my life and only found out about this…read moreplace last year. If you don't know about it, I suggest a visit. It doesn;t look like anything special from the outset but boy is it special. The Green Crocodile is basically a sandwich bar, but they also do salads and wraps. Pop in there and the lovely old lady will ask you what you'd like. You pick you bread and then fill the sammy with a mountainload of ingredients. Then you can either get it toasted or leave fresh. Yes, it seems like 'just a sandwich bar' but it;s so much more than that. Ther service is so great, and after one visit you'll be treated like a regular, and the amount you get for what you pay is like something from a bygone era. There are no processed ingredients in site and you can really taste the home made freshness. I think that's why it's so good - every sandwich is like the best ever sandwich you could make at home, but canlt be bothered doing. The place is popular, but if there is a wee queue outside, stick it out, it's worth it.

Green Crocodile seems to be one of those "secret" places that not many people know about. It's just…read morea sandwich bar; but nothing's pre-made, and everything made just for you how you like it. It's a little bespoke lunch without the usual bespoke price tag. A cheese toasted sandwich is sometimes all that you need, and these are pretty good: the cheese oozes out, and it's all delivered to you hot and tasty. They don't take eft-pos here, so come with cash, although you won't need much; most sandwiches are less than $5. There's also only two tables, so be prepared to takeaway; you can always sit outside on the recently flashed-up Derby Street.

They range on the pricier side (curries are $16-$19ish), and their menu is pretty standard , we…read moredidn't find anything that stood out (as we ate a lot of Indian food while in NZ). I wanted the Tikka Banaras they offered in the chicken dish section and asked if they could make it with lamb. They said this was easy to do, but when eating my dish I'm pretty sure they just gave me a standard lamb Butter Curry because the sauce tasted nothing like the ingredients listed. The dish did have a lot of meat pieces within it though, both large chunky pieces and mini pulled pieces floating around. My husband got a dish listed as a "special Rogan Josh" that we didn't recognize from the other Indian places, but same thing it tasted just like the general Tikki Marsala Curry we've had before. So I feel like they really tried to specialize themselves but they were pretty standard. In addition, they don't throw in naan or cucumber sauce. So I wish we could have gone back to a previous Indian place (check out my other reviews)

Great place and great service. The kahbab chicken was a little dry but over a great spot. Good…read morefood. Portions are a little small. The butter chicken was so good I'd recommend it. Also the garlic flat bread!! Winnah!!

amazing food first time in my life we been there and so amazing it feels like totally home food…read moresure we will recommend to every one ek number wow

This is another one of those restaurants where the regular Indian customers get a warm welcome and…read moreI get a cold one for some reason. Which is odd, and kind of annoying. Their menu is basically all cafeteria-style platters. The beans I got, which I guessed were chickpeas, was told were kidney beans, and now believe to have been pinto beans, were nonetheless delicious. The rest of the platter wasn't warm and wasn't impressive. The fries I got on the side to have something fresh and hot were as basic as the come. This place seemed to cater to working-class Indians from downtown on their way back from work. It gets the job done on that level, but I think I could do better.

Everything is an upgrade to our included breakfast. Want hot chocolate even though there is a hot…read morechocolate packet in your room? No, that's an upgrade. Want a flat white? Same thing. Real orange, another upgrade. And pancakes which cost less than the scrambled eggs, you guessed it. Another upgrade. Otherwise, everybody seems to love the breakfast here....

Based on the earlier reviews, I selected this restaurant for their veggie and salad options…read more However, the menu must have changed since the reviews of more than a year ago, as the non-meat options were limited. The setting is open and pleasant. The kitchen is in easy view and there are palm trees scattered thoughout the large room. Service was inconsistent. It started off great, perhaps because we were early, and later by 7 pm we were searching for our waiter to bring us the check. This is a slightly overpriced restaurant, perhaps because it is in a hotel. Yet, this is not my definition of "fine dining"...it is strictly a casual affair, both in service and quality/presentation of food. We had a grilled chicken breast , w/ salad, $38. My King Salmon w/ pesto slaw (see photos), was $32. A side of steamed veggies was $8. A reasonable option to dining in downtown.

Govinda's is a K Road hot-spot for students, backpackers and, I presume, collection-can-rattling…read morehomeless people. This "restaurant" has the typical miasma and funk anyone from outside of Auckland would expect from the dirty and infamous road. Wobbly, unclean tables and prison food served in divided tin plates. I have nothing against vegetarians or vegans and have a lot of respect with some of the delicious dishes they can conjure up, but the food here tastes of coloured water with rice and chick peas for substance. Curry with no garlic or onions? Untitled lumpy custard dish made me feel like I was in a very old, very poor school cafeteria, gagging on the religious peace and love and feel-good that should kill any appetite I have left. Maybe if they put some of the natural herbs they're smoking into the dishes we could laugh this off and paint each other's toenails in a log cabin in the woods and name all the stars this place will never get.

Honestly, Govinda's is the best shit ever. I love this place. It's absolutely cheap as chips and…read morevery healthy and very very delicious and come doused in this very chill and happy Hare Krishna vibe (a lot of the time I've been there there is a full on Hare Krishna musical jam going on). You can get like a full on meal for $6 or something. It's almost too much food. Man, Hare Krishnas are the best shit ever. I'm really into Govinda's. I'd give it five stars but it's kind of dirty in there some of the time.

This place is amazing! If you are a true foodie or spent time in Thailand this place will be a…read morewelcome find. It one of the two best Thai restaurants in Auckland. I eat out a lot and know most of them, this is the best.

We had grilled chicken and grilled pork noodle salads, both ample and delicious. Staff very…read morefriendly. Decor is basic and clean.

A good thai restaurant in the Auckland CBD. They have an extensive menu, the quality of the food is…read morehigh and the service is friendly and attentive. I was here with a party of 11 and they did a wonderful job hosting our group.

The menu in the glass case out front did not list Pad Thai - which I was craving - but I was sold…read moreonce we peeked inside and asked if they had it and we're told yes. It didn't hurt that he place was packed. That was a good sign and we were off to a good start. The inside was very lovely and we were fine with eating at the bar, but they were able to squeeze us into a 2-top in the dining room. We shared the pad thai and got some sides to split. Man! When they say "sticky rice", they mean it! Not that that's a bad thing. I smothered it in peanut sauce and wa a happy camper. The cocktails are a little on the spendy side, but then, they are spendy anywhere compared to back in the USA. We got very good service and would return over and over again - if we lived there. Alas, the locals get to enjoy this gem and we just get to have found memories from 6,889 miles away.

I had a delicious meal at the Clevedon Blue Elephant. Friendly staff and definitely the best Thai…read morefood in Auckland

Had unique appetizers of spinach wraps with duck and peanuts and a Thai sausage with pickled…read morevegetables. Never had either at a Thai restaurant before and enjoyed both very much. For dinner I tried the Lamb Massaman and the meat was cooked perfectly and melted in my mouth and the flavors of the massaman were perfect. Lovely meal and very attentive service.

This restaurant has a wonderful menu that includes many deli favorites. I was torn between the…read morejackfruit barbecue ribs and the croque monsieur. The barbecue jackfruit plate one, and it $22 was basically enough food for two people. The jackfruit barbecue ribs were incredible: I've never ordered a jackfruit dish before and this was delicious with fantastic barbecue sauce that was tangy but not too sweet and had lots of smoky depth. The corn fritters for like dumplings and very tasty. The garlic bread was just like I would make it home and the rest of vegetable salad was very delicious. They do not have decaf coffee since they only have one coffee grinder - But I tried a couple of chicory as a flat white with coconut milk and was very pleased with the flavor and the drink it's self. The owner of the restaurant was raised on a dairy farm! She and I talked about all the problems that dairy farms and people are causing to the environment generally and especially in New Zealand with use of chemicals and the runoff from agriculture. Peace begins on the plate - and a full belly begins at Kaiaroha!

Definitely a high class vegan joint. The emphasis here is more on savory (sorry, savoury) items…read morerather than more sweet bakery items like we have in the United States. Still, comparisons with Timeless Coffee (Oakland, CA) and The Butcher's Son (Berkeley CA, not the one in Auckland) are apt. On my first visit I had a classic kiwi item, which is hard to find in the US, a sausage roll and second visit cheesecake. My only complaint is that it probably could have been half the size! The owner was super friendly and we exchanged notes on vegan biz here and in the States. Finally, the coffee was excellent and more like my American coffee expectations with a bolder flavor. Must stop for any vegan in Auckland.