Guidebook for Auckland

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Guidebook for Auckland

Food Scene

Beautiful coffee and food, really good value and friendly neighborhood. Their breakfast bakery range is also lovely.
10 locals recommend
Cafe Plus
74 Rawhiti Rd
10 locals recommend
Beautiful coffee and food, really good value and friendly neighborhood. Their breakfast bakery range is also lovely.
Vietnamese cafe, good food, nice outside siting area.
14 locals recommend
Viki Cafe
1 Rawhiti Rd
14 locals recommend
Vietnamese cafe, good food, nice outside siting area.
Chinese takeaway shop. HUGE portion. very cheap. They do burgers and fish&chips too.
13 locals recommend
One Tree Hill Takeaways
70a Tawa Rd
13 locals recommend
Chinese takeaway shop. HUGE portion. very cheap. They do burgers and fish&chips too.
Award winning metro top50 cafe. Amazing food. Nice relax sunny cafe. Mind the waiting time is about 30-40mins.
36 locals recommend
Cornwall Park Cafe
Pohutakawa Drive
36 locals recommend
Award winning metro top50 cafe. Amazing food. Nice relax sunny cafe. Mind the waiting time is about 30-40mins.
8 locals recommend
KFC Greenlane
245 Great South Rd
8 locals recommend
16 locals recommend
McDonald's Greenlane
356 Great South Rd
16 locals recommend
Iconic NZ burger, HUGE, must try.
BurgerFuel Ellerslie
2 Robert St
Iconic NZ burger, HUGE, must try.
Good Thai food, mini restaurant or takeaway. Offer $10 special lunch deal.
Thai Tree Takeaway
1b Rawhiti Rd
Good Thai food, mini restaurant or takeaway. Offer $10 special lunch deal.

Parks & Nature

central park with livestock unique in nz. beautiful walk and easy hiking to top of mountain. BBQ also available.
155 locals recommend
Cornwall Park
Green Lane West
155 locals recommend
central park with livestock unique in nz. beautiful walk and easy hiking to top of mountain. BBQ also available.
Conservation park, really lovely walk along Kiwi Esplanade, a whole day 6 hours hiking/walking activity of farm and wild birds experience.
45 locals recommend
Ambury Regional Park
43 Ambury Rd
45 locals recommend
Conservation park, really lovely walk along Kiwi Esplanade, a whole day 6 hours hiking/walking activity of farm and wild birds experience.

Essentials

Huge supermarket open till 9pm. You can get almost anything, plug, charger, sim cards, food, bread etc. Remember to bring your own bag or ask host for environmental friendly bags.
57 locals recommend
PAK'nSAVE Royal Oak
691 Manukau Rd
57 locals recommend
Huge supermarket open till 9pm. You can get almost anything, plug, charger, sim cards, food, bread etc. Remember to bring your own bag or ask host for environmental friendly bags.
Very cheap and clean laundry place. Bring your own basket (you can borrow from host). Takes 1hr to clean and dry so plan to explore neighborhood while waiting.
Mt Smart Laundromat
246 Mount Smart Rd
Very cheap and clean laundry place. Bring your own basket (you can borrow from host). Takes 1hr to clean and dry so plan to explore neighborhood while waiting.
Closeby convenient shop. Note they do not take credit cards.
12 locals recommend
Logan Park Foodmarket
69 Tawa Rd
12 locals recommend
Closeby convenient shop. Note they do not take credit cards.
Supermarket open 24 hours.
48 locals recommend
Countdown Greenlane
326 Great South Rd
48 locals recommend
Supermarket open 24 hours.

Shopping

Outlet shopping centre open 10am-4pm. Very cheap discounted products. Make sure you visit local outdoor brand Kathmandu, it is like Northface but a lot more cheaper.
66 locals recommend
Dress Smart Outlet Shopping
151 Arthur St
66 locals recommend
Outlet shopping centre open 10am-4pm. Very cheap discounted products. Make sure you visit local outdoor brand Kathmandu, it is like Northface but a lot more cheaper.
Local shopping mall with major bank and essentials
30 locals recommend
Royal Oak Shopping Mall
691 Manukau Rd
30 locals recommend
Local shopping mall with major bank and essentials
Huge mall. The only mall with H&M and Zara in NZ. Good shops, food, supermarket, cinema.
236 locals recommend
Sylvia Park Shopping Centre
286 Mount Wellington Hwy
236 locals recommend
Huge mall. The only mall with H&M and Zara in NZ. Good shops, food, supermarket, cinema.

Getting Around

Take 390 bus to city. Ask bus timetable from the host. Or there is a timetable at the bus stop.
68 Rawhiti Rd
68 Rawhiti Road
Take 390 bus to city. Ask bus timetable from the host. Or there is a timetable at the bus stop.
closest train station.
25 locals recommend
Ellerslie Train Station
25 locals recommend
closest train station.

Sightseeing

Awesome walkway day & night to experience the view of "city of sails", great lookout for the habour bridge
Westhaven Drive
Westhaven Drive
Awesome walkway day & night to experience the view of "city of sails", great lookout for the habour bridge
Famous city center beach - can go sun bathing, swimming and nice cafes over there.
113 locals recommend
Mission Bay Beach
113 locals recommend
Famous city center beach - can go sun bathing, swimming and nice cafes over there.

Entertainment & Activities

Jam packed little vibrant spot. Equipped with good restaurants, cafe, shops, beach, play ground, library.
101 locals recommend
Takapuna
101 locals recommend
Jam packed little vibrant spot. Equipped with good restaurants, cafe, shops, beach, play ground, library.