Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants


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Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

Auckland enjoys a beautiful harbour setting and what better way to enjoy a meal on the waterfront during a night out.  We've put a list together of our favourite restaurants that offer fantastic water views.

The Riverhead

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

The Riverhead is believed to be New Zealand's oldest riverside tavern and, while the venue has been modernised it retains much of the charm it has held for the past 150 years... Read More

Soul Bar & Bistro

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

Award-winning bar/ bistro in the heart of Viaduct Harbour, overlooking the water. Variety of menus to cater for all tastes, including vegetarian. Cuisine is modern Austra...... Read More

Saint Alice

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

Overlooking Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour, this spacious bar and sun-soaked eatery is the perfect blend of sea views, beer, wine and of course, cocktails. The bar also offer live entertainmen... Read More

Harbourside

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

Located in Quay Street in central Auckland, Harbourside Ocean bar and grill boasts an outside dining deck with retractable roof allowing diners to eat alfresco whatever t...... Read More

Bivacco

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

Bivacco, Bar & Griglia.  This bold restaurant serves simple, unfussy, Italian food created from locally sourced ingredients.  It's a place for slow lunches, memorable dinners, after work... Read More

Headquarters

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

Located in the Viaduct in central Auckland the bar offers great food from local sources including Bluff oysters backed by a wine list that includes local and international varieties and beers that inc... Read More

The Good Luck Coconut

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

Come down to the Wynyard Quarter and relax at The Good Luck Coconut, where the tiki bar will make you some of the best cocktails this side of the Blue Lagoon. ... Read More

White and Wongs

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

Whites and Wongs offers a modern take on Asian dining with a mix of traditional dishes and new twists on old favourites in the bustling surroundings of Auckland's harbouf...... Read More

Botswana Butchery

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

With a number of locations right across the Central Otago region of South Island, the Botswana Butchery has become a well-respected name on the country's gastronomic line...... Read More

Wildfire Restaurant

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

Wildfire Restaurant offers an all you can eat Brazilian Churrasco menu, serving quality cuts of meat from attentive staff in the heart of downtown Auckland................... Read More

Dr Rudi's Rooftop Brewing Co

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

Dr Rudi's Rooftop Brewing Co enjoys one of the best locations in the city. Situated on the third floor, the rooftop restaurant and bar offers glorious views of Viaduct Ha...... Read More

Fish

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

Fish as the name suggests, delivers creative fish dishes served to a backdrop of eye catching harbour views................... Read More

Giraffe

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

Giraffe by Simon Gault celebrates everything that makes New Zealand great. The food is homegrown and front and centre, showcasing the finest growers and local producers N...... Read More

The Lula Inn

Best Auckland Waterfront Restaurants

The Lula Inn is located in the restored Launchmans' Building in the Viaduct Harbour. By day the venue is popular with families and lunchers and in the evening it features live music. ... Read More

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