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Hours
Sun
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Thu
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Fri
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Sat
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
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Ratings and reviews
4.5
Travellers' Choice 2024
RATINGS
Food
Service
Value
Atmosphere
Food and ambience
International, European, Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
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Details
About
We wanted to create a cosy and relaxed place where families could discover great food, beautiful wine - something in the style of the great neighbourhood eatery crossed with our home kitchen we know and love. And so The Grounds was born.
PRICE RANGE
$20.00 – $35.00
CUISINES
International, European
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Street Parking, Free off-street parking, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Mastercard, Visa, Free Wifi, Table Service, Playgrounds
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4.5
222 reviews
Excellent
146
Very good
42
Average
21
Poor
8
Terrible
5
ValleyGoldie
Wellington1 contribution
Dec 2024 • none
We enjoyed our experience at The Grounds immensely. From being greeted and seated by the Reception staff, drink and meal orders taken by the experienced Waiting Staff to enjoying the delicious selection of 5 Star food choices we were wowed by the ambience of the venue. We will definitely be back. We were surprised and delighted to find a restaurant of this caliber in the Henderson area.
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Written 6 December 2024
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GrahamGabrielle
1 contribution
May 2024 • none
We dined at “The Grounds” when it first opened in 2016 and very much enjoyed the meals and wonderful space set in amazing grounds. As well as last Saturday evening we have been many times and it’s always fantastic: great interior design with interesting light fittings and secure easy parking…. Always the staff have been very helpful and attentive especially when chosing a suitable reservation day. The “on-show” kitchen is a highlight with the chefs keen to discuss the resources and preparation like the incredible heritage tomatoes! Again delicious meals!
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Written 12 May 2024
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The Grounds
HI Graham, we are so pleased to hear you had anther great experience with us. We look forward to having you dine with us again very soon.
Written 14 May 2024
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RMG2022
Auckland2 contributions
Nov 2023 • none
Great venue, attentive and kind staff and fantastic food. We all enjoyed dinner and the children in the group enjoyed being able to run around the playground while the adults chatted and ate in peace - and the adults appreciated that too!. Highly recommend
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Written 19 November 2023
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44scrappy
22 contributions
Mar 2024 • couples
It was a nice experience., The food came out in a timely manner and the service was excellent. We ordered the sour dough as a starter; it would have been nice if the sourdough was sliced and toasted instead of coming out in huge chunks with butter on the side, this could be elevated with added oils. I odered the Thai Beef Salad which was ok and my husband ordered the Blue Cod and he enjoyed it. Dersert was a nice finish to the meal.
Written 27 April 2024
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VaderAV
4 contributions
Sept 2023 • none
We have been multiple times, and we joined a few of our friends and their kids too to celebrate our sons birthday. It was his choice to come here! But as parents, this is also a great choice for us, as the kids have a great time in a safe and engaging adventure/play area, and we had a relatively grown up and civilised lunch, with the opportunity even to have a glass of wine with our amazing and delicious lunch. Our waitress was great, attentive but not overbearing and we never really had to wait or look for service.
Food wise, the dumpling are always a winner, delicious, delicate and packed with flavour. I had the bolognaise for the first time, and that did not dissapoint.
Overall, we just had a great day with our friends, and the kids had a brilliant time too. Such a brilliant day activity and worth the trip out west!
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Written 10 September 2023
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Phillip G
Auckland14 contributions
Jul 2023 • couples
Went here this morning for breakfast and was not impressed at all
Very cold morning in Auckland and appears no heater was even on ? Big building I know but still could be warmer
Had bagel with avocado smash. Not sure if that was made in the kitchen or was frozen in a bag bought in but was horrible
Tasted like it was an off avocado and was more like purée and dark dark green
Have been here for lunch before and was great but this time not impressed
Smoothie not blended enough. Giant paper straw blocked because of the numerous un blended ingredients
Staff also talking amongst them selfs while working which is fine but F this n F that isn’t appropriate when people can overhear what your saying
Written 29 July 2023
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PaulJohnston2022
Auckland Central1 contribution
Jul 2022 • none
4th time to this restaurant. We had 4 adults & 1 6yr old. Childs meal was ok, size & quality appropriate.
But adult meals were very small portions & poor quality for the price & beautiful location. Big breakfast had spinach that was unchewable, could not even cut with knife, Dumplings fell apart and had the smallest thumbnail size filling ever, Beetroot salad had a few limp rocket leaves & thin slices of beetroot with feta which had been deep fried into unrecognizable golden crumbs.
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Written 10 July 2022
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Nguyen X
1 contribution
Feb 2022 • none
I organised a birthday event for my baby with around 42 guests. It was on Saturday. Our venue on the 1 floor. The food came super slow, and we need to come down and check several time when it would be served. Some of our guess left before having the main dishes. It made me feel so embrassing and upset. There is no staff there with us and everytime we need to run down to look for them. It was a nighmare when you had a 1 year old kid, crying. It made the birthday not as fun as I wanted it to be. I knew that it was busy day but we have booked the birthday party nearly 1 month in advance. The restaurant should arrange enough people to look after us. I did not blame for the staffs because I saw them busy all the time but I wish the restaurant could take notice on these special event like this and made sure they have staffs on that day.
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Written 5 February 2022
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carolmcm2024
Auckland1 contribution
Feb 2024 • none
We celebrated with family and friends our son’s 21st. The staff were so helpful and accommodating to our needs with set up and service. The food was delicious and a lot of our guests commented on how good the food was. I would definitely use this venue again for a special occasion!
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Written 3 February 2024
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Cottonsockz
56 contributions
Mar 2022 • none
The new Sunday Pasta & Peroni special is great. Both of our pasta dishes were divine - my goat ragu pappardelle I would class as 'death row' good. The kids pasta dishes looked good, and both of our fussy kids gobbled them up. Staff were great, the setting on an early summer's evening, with the playground for the kids to run about on when they get bored, and the relaxed and cool setting in the restaurant, is perfect. Will be back on a Sunday before summer ends for sure.
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Written 13 March 2022
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Andrea_Auckland
Auckland Central20 contributions
Aug 2021 • none
My daughter loved the playground. Although there was no bouncy castle at the time she still had fun. The unfortunate part was that she is under 3 and we did our part to pay for the $7.50 fee. But every single child that was on the playground didn’t have a wristband on and they were all way above the age of 3 (possibly until about pre teens) so I was frustrated that other parents didn’t pay for their children to use the playground. It’s not well supervised by staff so basically you can just come on in and not pay the fee to be honest. There were about 20 kids after 4pm when we were there.
Food was delicious. We ordered the steak from the dinner menu (overpriced for West Auckland though!) and 2x teriyaki chicken bowl from the kids menu. Plus a side of fries. My husband’s only comment was that he wished the kale was crispy throughout. Only one of his bites were crispy and loved it, but then the rest of the kale was soggy. He asked for medium rare steak and it came out as rare! Luckily he wasn’t too fussed that it came out rare. It was red all over and bloody.
I had one of the teriyaki chicken bowls from the kids menu because I have had it before and I knew it was quite big portions! The kids menu actually have great portion sizes (but dumplings seemed expensive to be honest). The only thing about
my meal that I would comment is that there were obviously two different chefs who cooked ours because my teriyaki chicken looked very different to my daughter’s. My daughter’s one came first so I felt bad she could have had mine instead. Her chicken was burnt and too over cooked. It was very hard for her to eat even after we had cut it into smaller pieces. Mine was perfect and tender.
Lastly, the coffee is great here. The latte was smooth and yum!
Overall I would still come back. Maybe during brunch as dinner is quite overpriced for the adult menu. Probably won’t pay for the playground fee since other parents didn’t. It feels unfair seeing every other kid without wristbands on there.
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Written 14 August 2021
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GPCLimited
Tauranga1 contribution
Jun 2024 • none
We were a party of ten visiting West Auckland on business. My company was hosting lunch, and The Grounds was the obvious choice for this specific business lunch due to its reputation, great aspect, ambience, presentation, location, easy access and parking, great food and very friendly service. My guests and I loved the dining experience!
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Written 7 June 2024
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AmandaSNZ
11 contributions
Oct 2024 • none
We had a group of 10 adults and 3 kids. Arrived to our table set up including a booster seat for the youngest. Ordered drinks and lunch. The kids food came out before the adults which kept their hunger at Bay. 20 adult meals arrived soon after all at once. Food was delicious! Service was brilliant , staff lovely and helpful. Family friendly with the most amazing playground. Will definitely be back.
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Written 26 October 2024
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Smythy2119
Auckland1 contribution
Jul 2021 • none
We normally just take the kids to the park on a Sunday morning and have coffees while they play. We were expecting the food to be pretty average as most themed places are but, not only did the kids enjoy the outdoor park before dinner and funky decor inside, the food was actually amazing too. Everyone cleaned their plates. We were all very impressed. The staff were great and personable and made an effort to come and say congratulations when they saw we were celebrating a special occasion. The live music was fab and just set off the whole evening. All round perfect place for a family dinner! Could not have asked for any better! Can't wait to come again!
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Written 31 July 2021
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visionplants
Auckland57 contributions
Aug 2022 • none
We have been here several times in the past and always been really impressed with the food and service, hence the reason to bring some friends here for their first time. The food was very good as usual however unfortunately the service was below par this evening. It felt like there were some new staff who possibly hadn't been trained fully as a few things were def lacking, sadly. We will def return again at some stage as everyone deserves a chance
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Written 12 August 2022
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