Guidebook for Ponsonby

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Guidebook for Ponsonby

Food Scene

Best bakery nearby with good ambience and fantastic customer service.
12 locals recommend
Little Bread & Butter
12 locals recommend
Best bakery nearby with good ambience and fantastic customer service.
For the carnivore at heart, you can't beat this Asado!
8 locals recommend
El Sizzling Chorizo
138 Ponsonby Rd
8 locals recommend
For the carnivore at heart, you can't beat this Asado!
Relaxed atmosphere with great latin-fusion food.
21 locals recommend
Conch Kitchen & Bar
115A Ponsonby Rd
21 locals recommend
Relaxed atmosphere with great latin-fusion food.
The Big Kiwi Breakfast is awesome. And a Jumbo Coffee you can practically swim on.
Cafe Cezanne
16 Ponsonby Rd
The Big Kiwi Breakfast is awesome. And a Jumbo Coffee you can practically swim on.
A fantastic French market on weekends and a smaller cafe/ wine selection during the week. Best to go on weekends, crowded but worth the extra delicacies!
67 locals recommend
La Cigale French Market
67 locals recommend
A fantastic French market on weekends and a smaller cafe/ wine selection during the week. Best to go on weekends, crowded but worth the extra delicacies!
Their $6 organic salad is the best kept secret of the whole area. Yummy.
11 locals recommend
Bird on a Wire - Ponsonby Central
146 Ponsonby Rd
11 locals recommend
Their $6 organic salad is the best kept secret of the whole area. Yummy.
Excellent dining options for a date or dinner after the Civic Theater function or Cinema. Think of it like a high end food court.
41 locals recommend
Elliott Stables
39-41 Elliott St
41 locals recommend
Excellent dining options for a date or dinner after the Civic Theater function or Cinema. Think of it like a high end food court.
You can't beat $15 for a beautiful portion of tender lamb and potato salad. The place sells out often!
Pedro's House Of Lamb
4 Williamson Ave
You can't beat $15 for a beautiful portion of tender lamb and potato salad. The place sells out often!

Drinks & Nightlife

You can't get lost walking across one stop light from home.
63 locals recommend
The Golden Dawn - Tavern of Power (R.I.P)
134 Ponsonby Road
63 locals recommend
You can't get lost walking across one stop light from home.
Offers $5 pizza happy hour from 12-2PM and from 5-7PM.
16 locals recommend
Freeman & Grey
43 Ponsonby Rd
16 locals recommend
Offers $5 pizza happy hour from 12-2PM and from 5-7PM.

Parks & Nature

A great stroll in the waterfront near the Theater, eateries and a great skyline view.
81 locals recommend
Silo Park
Jellicoe Street
81 locals recommend
A great stroll in the waterfront near the Theater, eateries and a great skyline view.
Nice profile for a park with good trails and close to home. Fully recommend detour through Curran St and under the Bay Bridge for stunning views!
19 locals recommend
Point Erin Pools
94 Shelly Beach Rd
19 locals recommend
Nice profile for a park with good trails and close to home. Fully recommend detour through Curran St and under the Bay Bridge for stunning views!

Essentials

79 locals recommend
Countdown Ponsonby
4 Williamson Ave
79 locals recommend
High quality and highly affordable breakfast options. Italian bakery that also sells ingredients.
8 locals recommend
Il Forno
55 Mackelvie St
8 locals recommend
High quality and highly affordable breakfast options. Italian bakery that also sells ingredients.

Entertainment & Activities

Nice IMAX Screen
122 locals recommend
Event Cinemas Queen Street
297 Queen St
122 locals recommend
Nice IMAX Screen
International Films
46 locals recommend
Rialto Cinema
169 Broadway
46 locals recommend
International Films

Getting Around

11 locals recommend
Apex Car Rentals Auckland City
206 Victoria St W
11 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

Excellent curation of exhibits in walking distance!
606 locals recommend
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Wellesley Street East
606 locals recommend
Excellent curation of exhibits in walking distance!
Excellent resource for local culture, history and a stunning view of the Bay.
250 locals recommend
Auckland Domain
Park Road
250 locals recommend
Excellent resource for local culture, history and a stunning view of the Bay.