Cheap Eats in Auckland

Allpress Espresso Roastery Cafe

• ★ 4.7
• Café
• $
• Freemans Bay

Drink Allpress flat white

Allpress Espresso's roastery cafe at 8 Drake Street in Freemans Bay is the brand's Auckland flagship. Coffee from the on-site roaster, a small counter.

Allpress Espresso

• ★ 4.7
• Coffee roaster
• $
• Freemans Bay

Allpress Espresso is Auckland's largest specialty roaster, founded 1989 with the flagship at 8 Drake Street, Freemans Bay. Now also Sydney, London and Tokyo.

Atomic Coffee Kingsland

• ★ 4.6
• Café
• $
• Kingsland

Drink Single-origin filter coffee

Atomic Coffee Roasters Kingsland is the original Auckland cafe of the Atomic roastery. Single-origin filter and milk-forward espresso, deepest weekend queues.

Atomic Coffee Roasters

• ★ 4.6
• Coffee roaster
• $
• Kingsland

Atomic Coffee Roasters is one of Auckland's longest-running specialty roasters. The Kingsland cafe at 420c New North Road sits next to the roaster's machines.

Coffee Supreme

• ★ 4.5
• Coffee roaster
• $
• Grey Lynn

Coffee Supreme is a New Zealand specialty roaster founded 1993, with a Grey Lynn HQ on Great North Road combining cafe, roastery and retail under one roof.

Eden Noodles

• ★ 4.5
• Chinese
• $
• Mount Eden

Try Hand-pulled noodles and dumplings

Eden Noodles at 105 Dominion Road in Mount Eden, Auckland is the city's queue-on-the-pavement dumpling shop. Hand-pulled noodles, xiao long bao on hand.

Atomic The Rocket Store

• ★ 4.4
• Café
• $
• Ponsonby

Drink Atomic house-blend espresso

Atomic's Rocket Store at 208 Ponsonby Road is the brand's flagship cafe on Auckland's Ponsonby strip. Espresso, milk drinks and on-site machine servicing.

Atomic Graham Street

• ★ 4.3
• Coffee roaster
• $
• Auckland CBD

Atomic Graham Street is the brand's Auckland CBD cafe-roaster at 2B Graham Street. Weekday-only espresso bar serving the central business district trade.

Auckland Night Markets Pakuranga

• ★ 4.3
• Street food
• $
• Pakuranga

Try Hokkien noodles, Filipino BBQ, kebabs, dumplings

Auckland Night Markets Pakuranga sits under The Warehouse car park on Saturday evenings. Hundreds of food stalls, fully undercover, weather-resistant.

Wise Boys Burgers

• ★ 4.3
• Burgers
• $
• Grey Lynn

Try Plant-based burger and chips

Wise Boys Burgers on Great North Road in Grey Lynn, Auckland runs plant-based burgers and shakes at sub-NZD $22. Vegan, founded 2017, food-truck origin.

Daily Bread Ponsonby

• ★ 4.3
• Bakery
• $
• Ponsonby

Try Sourdough deli sandwich

Daily Bread Ponsonby at 108 Ponsonby Road runs the city's best deli sandwich under NZD $17. Sourdough loaves, viennoiserie and Coffee Supreme drinks.

Atomic Shortland Street

• ★ 4.2
• Café
• $
• Auckland CBD

Drink Single-origin espresso

Atomic Shortland is the Auckland CBD cafe of the Atomic brand, three doors from Hugo's Bistro. Weekday-only espresso bar for the legal-precinct trade.

Auckland Night Markets Botany

• ★ 4.2
• Street food
• $
• Botany

Try Multinational street food stalls

Auckland Night Markets Botany runs Wednesday nights under Hoyts at Botany Town Centre. Filipino BBQ, hokkien mee, dumplings; the eastern suburbs' food row.

Kebab City

• ★ 4.2
• Middle Eastern
• $
• Auckland CBD

Try Halal lamb shawarma and falafel

Kebab City on Customs Street East in Auckland CBD runs halal kebabs late into the night. A reliable post-bar shawarma at 51 Customs Street East.

Atomic Wynyard Quarter

• ★ 4.1
• Café
• $
• Wynyard Quarter

Drink Atomic house-blend espresso

Atomic Coffee's Wynyard Quarter cafe at 30 Gaunt Street pulls the waterfront office trade in Auckland. Weekday-only espresso bar and pastry counter.

Auckland Night Markets Henderson

• ★ 4.1
• Street food
• $
• Henderson

Try Asian street food, desserts, drinks

Auckland Night Markets Henderson runs Thursdays under Kmart on the western edge of the city. Wide multinational stalls, fully undercover all-weather setup.

Kebabs on Queen

• ★ 4.0
• Turkish
• $
• Auckland CBD

Try Halal lamb kebab roll

Kebabs on Queen at 291-297 Queen Street, Auckland CBD is a halal Turkish chain (Zabihah HalalRank 98). Lamb kebab rolls, falafel and chips under NZD $16.