Eating Auckland

An insider’s guide to the best bites, brews and vibes

Pre-Order: Volume 1

The guide every Auckland food lover needs.

Eating Auckland is a beautifully curated guide to the places we think are genuinely worth your time.

We’ve eaten our way around the city to find the restaurants, cafés, bakeries, bars, markets, breweries, sandwich shops, pies and ice cream worth knowing about. Not every venue – just the ones we’d recommend to our own friends and family.

And we didn’t do it alone. The Lazy Sunday Club community – more than 42,000 engaged Auckland food lovers – is our eyes and ears on the ground, sharing discoveries, recommendations and local knowledge that help shape what we explore.

Organised by neighbourhood, Eating Auckland makes it easy to discover somewhere great, whether you’re exploring a new part of the city or looking for a favourite closer to home.

We’ve also asked some of Auckland’s best-known chefs, food writers and hospitality personalities to share their own favourite places.

And because Auckland’s food scene never stands still, Eating Auckland will be updated every year.

A proper printed guide to keep in the car, throw in your bag, dog-ear and come back to again and again.

Paperback: 256 pages, 148mm x 210mm | Publisher: Lazy Sunday Club | Published: November 2026 | Over 475 recommendations | details tbc

Eating Auckland

$35.00

An insider’s guide to the best bites, brews and vibes.

Pre-Order: Volume 1

The guide every Auckland food lover needs.

Eating Auckland is a beautifully curated guide to the places we think are genuinely worth your time.

We’ve eaten our way around the city to find the restaurants, cafés, bakeries, bars, markets, breweries, sandwich shops, pies and ice cream worth knowing about. Not every venue – just the ones we’d recommend to our own friends and family.

And we didn’t do it alone. The Lazy Sunday Club community – more than 42,000 engaged Auckland food lovers – is our eyes and ears on the ground, sharing discoveries, recommendations and local knowledge that help shape what we explore.

Organised by neighbourhood, Eating Auckland makes it easy to discover somewhere great, whether you’re exploring a new part of the city or looking for a favourite closer to home.

We’ve also asked some of Auckland’s best-known chefs, food writers and hospitality personalities to share their own favourite places.

And because Auckland’s food scene never stands still, Eating Auckland will be updated every year.

A proper printed guide to keep in the car, throw in your bag, dog-ear and come back to again and again.

Paperback: 256 pages, 148mm x 210mm | Publisher: Lazy Sunday Club | Published: Nov 2026 | 475+ recommendations | details tbc

FEATURED STORIES

TRAVEL

Sichuan’s Singular Teahouse Culture

There are plenty of reasons to love Sichuan – pandas, food, the local opera, extraordinary natural beauty, and glimpses into Tibetan culture. But honestly, you could ditch the sightseeing, decamp to a teahouse, sit with locals, break out the melon seeds and be perfectly happy. You’ll be embracing the local modus operandi if you do: namely, to slow down, chill out and enjoy life.

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RECIPES

Rhubarb tartlet with jasmine & coconut

“Rhubarb is a harbinger of spring in Scandinavia, the first and most-loved sweet ingredient of the season. You can almost feel the anticipation in the air, the countdown until the first hot-pink stalks are available at the markets. There is something so fittingly northern about the hardy and super tart stalks that need quite a bit of sugar to bring out the beautiful flavour…”

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RESTAURANT RECIPE SERIES

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Sautéed clams (Vongole) - SPQR

The ingredients of success are to treat your business like it has a soul, be loyal to your staff, be efficient, be passionate and don’t change your menu too much. This is a simple dish with few ingredients, but timing is crucial – serve the clams immediately.

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Sugar pie - Depot Eatery

On the menu since Al Brown opened doors at Depot in 2011, Sugar Pie epitomises the knack Al has for creating signature dishes with just a handful of great ingredients. Here a perfect crust is filled with eggs, brown sugar and cream. Al was introduced to this dessert in…”

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Charred broccoli - Burger Burger

“Our charred broccoli has been a fan fave on the menu from day one, and rightfully so! The smoky char, the crunch of the green broccoli and the almonds, and flavour of the garlic all come together to make a nutritious and delicious dish…”

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Twice-baked goat's cheese soufflé - The Engine Room

"This soufflé debuted in our first winter in 2006. It was immediately obvious that this dish could never leave the menu, our guests never tire of it! The two baking stages each fill the dining room with an intoxicating aroma. This impressive-looking…”

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DEPARTURE LOUNGE

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A first-timer's Prague. Part 1

Prague is a place I’d wanted to visit for the longest time, but knowing it’s so touristy always put me off. Ever the chirpy optimist (not really!), I took a punt that there would still be real magic in the quieter streets, lesser-known sights, and local’s favourite spots, despite the 7.5 million (or so) annual visitors. I’ve written a day-by-day…

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Lord of the (bread) rings - Turkish simit

Is it our imagination, or are All The Lucky Bastards travelling at the moment? No matter where we look on social media, our feeds are flooded with Tuscany this, the Greek Islands that and Maldives, regional France and Prague the other. Not that we’re jellie or anything. Nah, not us. Never…

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How to survive Venice: Strategies for an over-touristed city - Part 1

Venice. You know you want to. Or do you really? The over-tourism. The queues. The heat. The mozzies. The expense. It’s all a bit off-putting. I found myself in Venice in June for the very first time and as a fan of shoulder and off seasons, it wouldn’t have been my pick of months to go…

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Our favourite Bangkok restaurants – A baker’s dozen

We love pounding BKKs hot pavements for street food bargains and the city is heckin’ jammed with them. Sitting in grungier corners and inhaling pad thai with a side-serve of tuk tuk fumes is one of our City of Angels highlights. And we love the thrill of a chugging ferry ride to an obscure, river-side alley for some rumoured, X-factor hawker stall, then feeling incredibly proud when…

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COOKBOOK SERIES

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Cardenales with apricto compôte & marsala whipped cream

“Cardenales are an interesting bit of European pastry history. These delicious pastries originated in Vienna as “cardinal slices” but then somehow made their way to a town at the foot of the Tramuntana mountains in Mallorca, where they are known and loved as cardenales de Lloseta, the “cardinals of...”

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Slow-cooked brisket with prunes - Myaso s chernoslivom

I love to slow-cook this on a Sunday, ready for the week ahead. My babushka Liana often pairs meat with prunes, a common combination influenced by the Yiddish community that lived in Ukraine. Use any sort of beef or bone stock; I have made this plenty of times with just water…

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Cabbage rolls - Holubtsi

Spend an afternoon with a friend making a large batch of these holubtsi. For the filling, a mix of beef and pork mince works well, but I sometimes make these with just beef – I use a really hearty beef mince mixture from one of my butchers that includes liver, heart and other parts. I love to add cayenne pepper, fresh herbs and lots of smetana…

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Potato pancakes with pork filling – Kolduny

For these stuffed pancakes, try to buy pork mince with a really high fat content or make your own using high-quality pork belly which has a good meat-to-fat ratio. There are a lot of potatoes to grate here, but if you have a food processor with a grater attachment, it does the job in minutes. Enjoy with soured cream or the Aubergine Ikra (page 160).

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