It may be a whole lot colder but the prospect of a three-day weekend is one hell of a way to warm the soul. This coming King’s Birthday, Monday June 5, a selection of Auckland’s venues will still be turning it on for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner.
Here’s what’s open and what's on this King’s Birthday in Auckland for 2023:
Cafes Open In Auckland This King's Birthday
Fort Greene, Karangahape Road | 9am - 2pm
Crave Cafe, Morningside | 8am- 4pm
Kind, Morningside | 8am- 4pm
Odettes, CBD | 8am- 3pm
Mission Bay Cafe, Mission Bay | 8am- 9pm (surcharge applies)
Honey Bones, Grey Lynn | 8am-2:30pm (15% surcharge applies)
Little Sister Cafe, Henderson | 8am- 3pm
Daily Bread, Pt Chev / Ponsonby / Belmont / Britomart / Newmarket | 7am- 3pm
Fat Kitty Cafe, Mount Eden | 10am- 4pm
Corelli’s Café, Devonport | 7am- 4:30pm
Hare and the Turtle, New Windsor | 8am- 1pm
Duck Duck Goose Eatery, Rosedale | 8am- 3pm
Rude Boy Deli & Eatery, CBD | 8am- 3pm (15% surcharge applies)
Winona Forever, Parnell | 8am- 4pm (15% surcharge applies)
Deco Eatery, Titirangi | 7:30am- 10pm (15% surcharge applies)
Postal Service cafe, Grey Lynn | 7:30am- 2pm
Restaurants Open In Auckland This King's Birthday
Ghost Street, CBD | open from 5pm
Cafe Hanoi, CBD | 5pm- late (15% surcharge applies)
Wise Boys, Grey Lynn | 5pm- 9pm or Commercial Bay | 11am- 8pm
INCA, Newmarket lunch & dinner, Ponsonby 5pm-9pm
Mexico, Ellerslie / Sylvia Park / Silverdale | 12pm- 9:30pm
Amano, CBD | 8am- 10pm
The Fed, CBD | 8am-4pm (15% surcharge applies)
Gochu, CBD | 12pm to 3pm and 5pm to 9pm (15% surcharge applies)
The Store Britomart, CBD | 8am- 2pm
BOSSI, Auckland CBD 9- 2pm
Times Of India, CBD | 5pm- late
1947, Federal Street | 5pm- late
Bar Magda, Newton | 5pm- 10pm
Origine, Commercial Bay | 5:30pm- 10pm (surcharge applies)
Fat Puku’s Smashed Burgers, Upper Queen Street | 5:30pm- 9pm
Indian Lounge, Mt Eden 4.30pm- 10.30pm
White + Wong’s, Viaduct 11am- 11pm (15% surcharge applies)
Bird On A Wire, Ponsonby / Takapuna | 10am- 8pm
Fatima's, Ponsonby / Takapuna / CBD | 11am- 9pm
The Oyster Inn, Waiheke Island | 12pm- 9:30pm (15% surcharge applies)
Bivacco, CBD | 11am- 11pm
Bars & Pubs Open In Auckland This King's Birthday
Danny Doolans, CBD | 11am- late
The Fox, CBD | 12pm- 10pm (with birthday celebrations on Sunday).
Vic Road Wine Bar & Cellar, Devonport | 12pm- 8pm
The Cav, Ponsonby | 12pm- 10pm
Schapiro's Sports Bar, Eden Terrace | 11:30am- 5pm (open for game 2 of the NBA finals)
iTi, Titirangi | 10am- late
Botany Commons, Botany | 11am- late
The Parasol And Swing Company, Viaduct | from 12pm
The Albert Cafe & Bar, Mt Albert | 4pm- 9pm (surcharge applies)
The Glass Goose, Federal Street | 11:30am- 1am (surcharge applies)
Caretaker, Britomart | 5pm- 3am (Live jazz band playing from 9pm too)
And here are the best things to do in Auckland this King's Birthday weekend.
Image credit: Times Of India by Anna Cassandra Goh.