The Ponsonby Road Bistro

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165 Ponsonby Rd, Auckland 1011
Added by Jopie, at 13 December 2016

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• Marty Tullemans

  28 October 2017

  Lovely delicious food. Great friendly and courteous service. Staff made us feel very special, even on a Saturday night with no booking. Highly recommended.

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• Javier Yebenes

  01 October 2017

  Amazing food perfectly matched with a fantastic wine selection and great service. Top quality dining in a great venue.

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• Nitesh Gautam

  28 August 2017

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  (07/2017)
  Nice stylish bistro.
  Well located and easily noticeable.
  Friendly and helpful staff.
  Lovely ambiance.
  Delicious food but limited choice for vegans and vegetarians.
  Good for groups and celebrations.

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• Man Cha

  18 August 2017

  Just had dessert here. Very welcoming staff. Very moody dark inside, some would say romantic. Dessert was good. Worth going.

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• Onezone Mobile

  13 August 2017

  Great food. Great wine selection. Very comfortable environment.

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• Katy Lewis

  14 July 2017

  Love this place! Great food, Fab wine!

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• Sheridan Dickson

  05 April 2017

  Great atmosphere, good service. The bench seating along the wall is too short for the tables if that kind of thing gets on your wick. This was my first time here after driving past often. I really like the aesthetic so was expecting great bistro food. As it happens I had a mean hankering for spaghetti aglio olio e peperoncino with prawns - and guess what the special was! I was pretty excited
  
  But disappointed when it arrived. This dish is simple but famous for a reason. When matched with perfect pasta it's delectable - and hard to make as good at home. When served topped with (deep fried??) whole prawns, not even partially peeled, and no finger bowl or side plate I was irritated. I'll eat a whole prawn - skin and all - if it's properly deep fried (think good Japanese). This wasn't one of those times. I grumbled to myself as I tried to de-shell the b*stards without dripping fried prawn brain or crumbling legs into the dish, while burning my fingers. And the only option I had was to shove prawns body parts in around my plate. Yuck. I actually turned it around so I wouldn't brush against the mess while I ate.
  
  Then to taste it after all that. It was covered in spring onions. Enough said. Won't be back unless I've got a group of friends going (and guess what they don't appear to go there).

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• Andrew Crowe

  25 March 2017

  High end restaurant with a massive drinks list and gourmet menu. Good atmosphere on a Friday night.

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• Marcello Bossola

  18 March 2017

  Awesome place for a taste of kiwi cousin!!

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• Ruchira Liyanagama

  22 December 2016

  Decent sized entrées. Nice atmosphere and service was very good

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• Lisa Mo

  20 December 2016

  Good food and nice atmosphere. The chocolate pudding was very nice!

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