Guidebook for Auckland
Food Scene
Beautiful Greek/Italian restaurant just down the road. Our favourite! Delicious pizza and pasta and friendly staff. Great atmosphere. (1 min drive or 8 min walk)
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El Greco - Greek Italian Eatery
1 1The EsplanadeBeautiful Greek/Italian restaurant just down the road. Our favourite! Delicious pizza and pasta and friendly staff. Great atmosphere. (1 min drive or 8 min walk)
Popular restaurant and bar in the heart of Mairangi Bay. Great for a drink or a casual meal. Also has a little café on the side that’s open all day for coffee and delicious muffins and scones. (2 min drive or 12 min walk)
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Paper Moon
437 Beach RdPopular restaurant and bar in the heart of Mairangi Bay. Great for a drink or a casual meal. Also has a little café on the side that’s open all day for coffee and delicious muffins and scones. (2 min drive or 12 min walk)
Burger and fries joint. Highly recommend the Davey Jones fish burger! (2 min drive or 12 min walk)
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Burger Wisconsin
437 Beach RdBurger and fries joint. Highly recommend the Davey Jones fish burger! (2 min drive or 12 min walk)
Our favourite burger restaurant. Yum burgers and sides! (10 min drive)
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Burger Burger Takapuna
40 Hurstmere RdOur favourite burger restaurant. Yum burgers and sides! (10 min drive)
Awesome Mexican restaurant serving margaritas, tacos and much more! (10 min drive)
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Mexico Takapuna
4 The StrandAwesome Mexican restaurant serving margaritas, tacos and much more! (10 min drive)
Delicious Japanese ramen restaurant and bar right next to Browns Bay beach. Very popular, so worth booking a table! (8 min drive)
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Ramen Takara Browns Bay
4 Anzac RdDelicious Japanese ramen restaurant and bar right next to Browns Bay beach. Very popular, so worth booking a table! (8 min drive)
Best fish and chips in the area. Perfect for eating on the beach. Can get busy if it is a holiday and/or a fine day so order early or ring ahead.
Mairangi Bay Fisheries
360 Beach RdBest fish and chips in the area. Perfect for eating on the beach. Can get busy if it is a holiday and/or a fine day so order early or ring ahead.
Drinks & Nightlife
Brewery and restaurant, serving their own beer and cider along with delicious bistro meals. (8 min drive)
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Deep Creek Brews & Eats
111 Clyde RdBrewery and restaurant, serving their own beer and cider along with delicious bistro meals. (8 min drive)
Parks & Nature
A large reserve that contains a regenerating native forest. There are 8 named tracks including a nature trail with numbered plants and trees. Signs with maps at each entrance.
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Centennial Park
184 Beach RdA large reserve that contains a regenerating native forest. There are 8 named tracks including a nature trail with numbered plants and trees. Signs with maps at each entrance.
Best swimming beach on the North Shore - safe, clean, quiet. Excellent coastal walkway heading north. Great kids playground at the southern end.
Campbells Bay Beach
24 Huntly RdBest swimming beach on the North Shore - safe, clean, quiet. Excellent coastal walkway heading north. Great kids playground at the southern end.
Excellent swimming. Grab a coffee in Mairangi Bay and wonder along the beach. Wonderful coastal walkway heading north and south. Kids playground.
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Mairangi Bay Beach
Montrose TerraceExcellent swimming. Grab a coffee in Mairangi Bay and wonder along the beach. Wonderful coastal walkway heading north and south. Kids playground.
Beautiful views of the Hauraki Gulf, a good playground and a loop walk heading south that rejoins Beach Road.
J.F Kennedy Memorial Park
139 Beach RdBeautiful views of the Hauraki Gulf, a good playground and a loop walk heading south that rejoins Beach Road.
Essentials
Countdown Mairangi Bay
3 Ramsgate TerraceAll your grocery needs! (2 min drive or 12 min walk)
Fresh fruit and vegetables and basic grocery supplies. (2 min drive or 12 min walk)
VEGELAND - Fruit & Vege Market
360 Beach RdFresh fruit and vegetables and basic grocery supplies. (2 min drive or 12 min walk)
Campbells Bay Dairy
1 The EsplanadeBasic grocery items, cold drinks, ice creams. (1 min drive or 8 min walk)
Getting Around
Major bus station with feeder buses going from Beach Road and East Coast Road.
Park and Ride - Constellation bus station - free
Major bus station with feeder buses going from Beach Road and East Coast Road.
Major bus station with feeder buses going from Beach Road and East Coast Road.
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Smales Farm Bus Station
Major bus station with feeder buses going from Beach Road and East Coast Road.
Entertainment & Activities
A lovely local cinema located in Northcote Point, a 15-minute drive away.
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Bridgeway Cinema
122 Queen StA lovely local cinema located in Northcote Point, a 15-minute drive away.
Shopping
One of Auckland’s biggest malls is a 10-minute drive north, with over 150 stores, including Farmers, Kmart, Event Cinemas, Whitcoulls and New World supermarket.
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Westfield Albany
219 Don McKinnon DrOne of Auckland’s biggest malls is a 10-minute drive north, with over 150 stores, including Farmers, Kmart, Event Cinemas, Whitcoulls and New World supermarket.