Auckland - shopping
Cookware shops
Bookshops for cooks
Specialty foodshops
Wine shops
Takeaway food
Fresh food markets
Organic produce stores
Cookware shops
Epicurean Workshop
6 Morrow St, Newmarket
Ph: 09-524 0906
The best quality cookware, informed and helpful staff, a top-notch espresso bar and, of course, the cook school with very professionally run classes. The store provides a wedding gift register and an award-winning website to buy online.
the House of Knives
24 Mt Eden Rd, Mt Eden
Ph: 09-302 2980
Here’s where you’ll find the experts on knives, specialist equipment, clothing and books for the hospitality industry.
Milly’s
273 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby
Ph: 09-376 1550
A wide variety of cookware and houseware. A busy store, full of treasures.
Bookshops for cooks
Borders Books & Music
291-297 Queen St,
Auckland City
Ph: 09-309 3377
Has the advantage of its parent company’s buying power, so US authors are particularly well featured. Great selection of magazines too.
Dymocks
Atrium on Elliott, 21 Elliott St,
Auckland City (also at 241 Broadway, Newmarket and Westfield Shopping Centre, Glenfield)
Ph: 09-379 9919
A good selection of cookbooks.
Unity Books
19 High St, Auckland City
Ph: 09-307 0731
Staff here are always helpful in sourcing hard-to-find cookbooks. An excellent selection of cooking and wine books.
Specialty foodshops
IE Produce
1 Barry’s Point Rd, Takapuna
Ph: 09-488 0211
Stacked with organic produce and high quality fresh fruit and vegetables, this is the North Shore’s greatest food asset. Always helpful and the first stop for hard-to-find and seasonal ingredients.
Jack Lum & Co
3 Clonbern Rd, Remuera
Ph: 09-520 1563
The source for top quality, perfectly presented fruit and vegetables fresh from the markets and direct from growers. The high turnover and wide range of produce make this the top shop for absolutely fresh veges.
Japan Mart
75 Anzac Ave, Auckland City
Ph: 09-377 2226
This store is filled with every imaginable Japanese ingredient that this cuisine requires – everything from wasabi to chopsticks. The Japanese community shops here so it is well recommended.
Kapiti Cheeses
136-142 Fanshawe St,
Auckland City
Ph: 09-377 2473
This is the place to go if you want cheese that is cut to your requirements. Kapiti imports cheese from around the world, so there’s lots of variety, and the full range of Kapiti cheeses.
KC Loo
436 Mt Eden Rd, Mt Eden
Ph: 09-630 7117
An old family vegetable store in Mt Eden that continues to offer a great selection of fresh fruit and veges.
Khyber Food and Spices
528-530 Sandringham Rd, Sandringham
Ph: 09-815 2307
Shivani and Kuldip Arora have assembled a superb array of specialist foods from the Middle East, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. A stunning array of fresh flatbreads, homemade sweets, pickles, preserves, spices and dry goods, including a wide choice of sacks of basmati and jasmine rice, are crammed into the store.
Le Broc
64 Gladstone Rd, Parnell
Ph: 09-379 3118
This is a veritable treasure trove of fine food. The primary line is fresh fruit and vegetables, but owner John Taylor is a real food lover and has gone to infinite lengths to cram his shelves and walk-in fridge with hundreds of gourmet items, including fresh pasta, cheeses, smoked and fresh fish, ice-cream, cakes, deli items, and much, much more.
the Meatkeeper
392 Remuera Rd, Remuera
Ph: 09-520 2639
One of the finer butchers in Auckland, The Meatkeeper stocks fresh white veal, duck, game and other specialty lines often not found in supermarkets.
Mt Eden Village Fish Shop
438 Mt Eden Rd, Mt Eden
Ph: 09-630 9003
www.mtedenvillagefishshop.co.nz/
The smoked fish is highly recommended by many a connoisseur of this method of preparing fish. There’s a good selection of fresh as well.
Rembrandt’s Pâtisserie/Chocolaterie
371 Remuera Rd, Remuera
Ph: 09-520 2900
Peter Rood comes from a family of more than 30 bakers and has specialised in fine chocolate work. His truffles and chocolates are divine, and he also bakes some stunning pâtisseries. Easter and Christmas baking is always worth checking out here.
Sabato
57 Normanby Rd, Mt Eden
Ph: 09-630 8751
Gourmet products from Spain, France and Italy are sourced on Jacqui and Phil Dixon’s forays to Europe. Their Mt Eden showroom offers tastings of many of the products on sale, along with some of New Zealand’s finer artisan foods. Christmas sweets and baking from Europe are exciting and they make up superb gift baskets.
Silver Bell Market
83 Dominion Rd, Mt Eden
Ph: 09-630 2900
This large, comprehensive Asian store offers grocery items, fresh fruit and veges, fresh meats and poultry as well as Asian barbecued poultry and meats.
Seamart
Cnr Fanshawe St & Market Place, Auckland City
Ph: 09-302 8989
There’s a constant stream of customers thronging in and out of here for fresh fish and shellfish. Whole fish can be selected from a large table and cleaned and cut to order, or there’s a large counter with fish already skinned and filleted. Also, several sushi chefs work flat-tack. Adjoining the market are two fresh fish restaurants which are open daily.
Tai Ping Trading
Company
105 Beach Rd, Auckland City
Ph: 09-377 4903
Specialty Asian grocery items, fresh fruit and vegetables and a wide variety of household tableware and equipment in this huge store on the downtown city fringe. In this constantly bustling and busy store, you will almost think you are in Asia.
Vinotica
Unit D, 3 Henry Rose Place, Albany
Ph: 09-415 5942 or 0800 8 INDULGE (463 854)
This award-winning store, tucked into an industrial area, has a fantastic wine selection with some cellar treasures. There’s a superbly stocked cheese room, market-fresh goods from Hawke’s Bay and masses of imported gourmet items. Upstairs is a cooking school offering a variety of classes.
Zarbo Delicatessen & Café
24 Morrow St, Newmarket
Ph: 09-520 2721
A large delicatessen and foodstore, with an enormous selection of gourmet products and takeaway food. Zarbo’s own dressings, marinades, rubs and chutneys are excellent, and they also bake bread daily. Their bagels are authentic. The busy café offers a wide selection of freshly prepared food, coffee, tea and a wine list.
Wine shops
Caro Wines
124 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby
Ph: 09-360 0357 or 0800 CAROS (422 767)
The Caro brothers have an extensive selection of imported and local wines. This is a fun place to browse and discover hard-to-find labels, with their extremely knowledgeable and helpful service.
Fine Wine Delivery
Company
201 Hobson St, Auckland City
Ph: 09-377 2300
A large warehouse not far from the city’s southern motorway entrance, this store turns over an astonishing volume of wine. There’s always wine to taste, a useful website and the specialty here is case prices. A cellaring service is offered at a small cost.
First Glass
5 Huron St, Takapuna
Ph: 09-486 6415
One of the true characters on the New Zealand wine scene, owner Kingsley Wood oversees a very successful wine store, which is hidden at the back of the Takapuna shops. Every Wednesday evening there’s a wine tasting for $10 and about 60 people attend on a regular basis. Excellent selection of imported and local wine and great service and help.
La Barrique
154 Remuera Rd, Remuera
Ph: 09-524 6666
A very attractive wine store with a good selection of fine imported and local wines. Tastings on Fridays and Saturdays, with helpful service and advice.
Peter Maude Fine Wine Merchant
33 Coates Ave, Orakei
Ph: 09-520 3023
Excellent connections overseas make this the first stop for high quality imported wines. Top wines from around New Zealand can also be sourced and there are some excellent occasional tastings of real treasures.
Weta
453 Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn
Ph: 09-376 3520
434 New North Rd, Kingsland
Ph: 09-846 3520
Specialists in smaller vineyard wines and wines that do not find their way into supermarkets.
Takeaway food
Delicious Restaurant
472 Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn
Ph: 09-360 7590
A tiny restaurant with a mere 10 seats. The main thrust of business here is the takeaway menu of prepared delicious foods and pasta. But be in early as there are likely to be queues.
Feast
55-57 Durham St East,
Auckland City
Ph: 09-307 0017
This is a modern urban business, with a café serving tasty food, a deli section, a great selection of specialty grocery items and food to take home for those with no time to cook. A small selection of wine too.
Foodoo
62 High St, Auckland City
Ph: 09-373 2340
The cabinets here are stacked with yummy food to take home, or eat at the tables on High Street. Foodoo also caters for offices and clients in the city.
Pasta Italia
56 Brighton Rd, Parnell
Ph: 09-373 3735
Pasta Italia’s house sausages are superb, and there’s a good selection of salads, vegetables dishes, lasagnes and much more to take away. There’s also a quiet courtyard and a small popular café with a tiny blackboard menu that changes daily.
Rockfords
85-89 Customs St West,
Auckland City
Ph: 09-357 0909
Tucked in behind the Viaduct in the building that houses the Sebel Hotel, Rockfords produces refreshingly interesting food to go (or eat in at the café tables). Its sandwiches, salads, and hot dishes are all tasty and appealing. There are also many deli items and good coffee.
Fresh food markets
Aotea Square Markets
Aotea Square, Auckland City
Ph: 09-309 2677 extn 8054
(Gene Jouval)
Open: Fridays and Saturdays
Particularly worth noting at this market is the organic fruit and vegetable stall, a mussel stall, some Indian foods, baked potato and coffee and cakes and home-made pickles and jams. Also a wide variety of other eclectic market stalls.
 Avondale Sunday Market
Avondale Racecourse, Ash St, Avondale
Ph: 09-818 4931
Open Sunday mornings
This is a large market that caters to many of the ethnic communities that live in West Auckland. Early birds can catch a choice of fresh produce from the Islands, Asian herbs and vegetables.
Cuisine Market
(unrelated to Cuisine Publications)
106 Customs St West,
Auckland City
Ph: 09-358 3444
Open daily until 6pm
Rapidly growing in popularity, this market is housed in the old city market buildings, is well set up, capably run, and with emphasis on the best of Auckland’s food. Stalls here include Asian goods, a butchery, good bread, wine, delicatessen, organic fruit and vegetables, game, meat, coffee, spices and a café, with more planned to open.
Otara Market
Carpark behind Otara Shopping Centre, South Auckland
Open Saturdays from 6am
A colourful market that serves South Auckland’s Polynesian population well. Plenty of fresh vegetables, fruit, seafood and much more, as well as all the usual flea market stalls.
Takapuna Market
Carpark on corner of Lake Rd and Anzac St, Takapuna
Open Sundays from 6am
to 12 noon
An enormous, sprawling market that attracts up to 30,000 visitors on busy days. Early birds get the best bargains but there’s plenty of fun and action all morning.
Organic produce stores
Ceres Enlivening Products
181 Ladies Mile, Ellerslie
Ph: 09-579 7126
A friendly organics store with a good range of everything organic that’s not only edible, but also healthy, such as skincare products and wine. An excellent selection of breads and alternative wheat- and yeast-free loaves.
Bassett Rd Butchery
Cnr Remuera & Bassett Rds, Remuera
Ph: 09-520 1402
Organic lamb, beef and chicken are available at this tiny store. Also a selection of gourmet organic spices, sauces and other provisions.
Clark’s Organic
Butchery
161 Manukau Rd, Epsom
Ph: 09-630 5147
Specialising in organic meat and poultry, Clark’s offers a comprehensive selection of cuts, and many other frozen specialty butchery items.
Harvest Wholefoods
405 Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn
Ph: 09-376 3107
This is Auckland’s original health food store with specialty organic lines that cover everything you need to eat, drink and look after your health. Bulk and packaged lines are offered and spices, herbs and fresh produce are in stock.
Huckleberry Farms
240 Greenlane Rd West, Epsom
Ph: 09-630 8857
A true supermarket of everything organic. Plenty of grocery and dry goods lines, fresh fruit, vegetables, breads, cakes, meat and poultry stock the extensive shelves. Imported organic gourmet items too.
Ross’s Super Meat
420 Mt Eden Rd, Mt Eden
Ph: 09-630 3875
A family butchery that has truly moved with the times to offer organic meat and poultry. Helpful staff and a wide variety of meat cuts.
More Auckland:
Restaurants & cafes
Bars
Eat Streets, Food friendly to kids
Where to stay, catering, venues
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
