North Island
Parkside Cafe & Vietnamese Cuisine
Cuisine: Cafe, Vietnamese
Review
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Hours:
- Cafe:
- Mon – Fri 7:30am – 3:30pm
- Sat – Sun 8:00am – 3:00pm
- Vietnamese Dinner:
- Wed-Sat 5:30pm – 10:00pm
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Facilities/Features:
- Business Dining
- Private Functions
- Private Parties
- Breakfast Meetings
- Payment Types: EFTPOS, Visa, MasterCard
- Dress Code: Casual
- Alcohol: Beer, Wine
- Seating for: 42
- BYO/Corkage: No BYO
- Parking: Free On-Street
- Good For Groups: Yes
- Takeaways: Yes
- Delivers: No
- Takes Reservations: Yes
- Dietary Restrictions: Vegetarian, Gluten-free
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: Yes
- Meals: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Late Night, Dessert
Parkside Cafe has two distinctly different sides to its business:
New Zealand-style suburban Cafe by day
VS
Vietnamese cuisine by night.
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Parkside Cafe becomes the much-raved about Vietnamese eatery for evening dining on Wed-Sat.
By day however, Parkside Cafe is a “revered” suburban NZ-style cafe, including your classic brunch offerings, a children’s menu, and great coffee.
CAFE: Since mid 2011, when NZ Herald had great things to say about the cafe experience at Parkside, this location has been a favourite for locals and a destination for coffee-brunch-junkies. NZ Herald said “Parkside is a great suburban cafe with really good food and a nice vibe. We’d definitely go back. 4/5″ 21/7/11 NZ Herald.
VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT: The Vietnamese evening dining experience here is best described by quoting reviewer “Nici Wickes”, (7.5/10) from her Viva review in June 2012, “spicy, thrilling, textural, authentic, fresh”…”This is vibrant food that pops with flavour.”
Yes, the “daytime cafe” exterior on the outside remains 24/7, but of an evening, Parkside Cafe takes a subtle physical shift… and beams with simple and beautifully set tables awaiting you within a dining space that includes exposed brickwork for a bit of character.
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21st November 2012
The staff here are very friendly, plus I love that they have a regular menu (eggs and bacon etc) but also an amazing Vietnamese menu. Their Vietnamese food is always lovely and fresh and the prices are pretty reasonable.
We’re fairly regular customers now.
Highly recommended. Shame they can’t shoo all the people standing outside at the bus stop away.
We’re fairly regular customers now.
Highly recommended. Shame they can’t shoo all the people standing outside at the bus stop away.
2
28th April 2013
The coffee was great but the food is not the best. The Blueberry pancakes have way too much syrup in it. Should have left the customers to pour the amount. It was like swimming in syrup.
22nd April 2013
no warm welcome for us this cold wet evening just “have you booked?”
the food was fine although a little pricey (ive just returned from Melbourne where good cheap vietnamese is readily available so i was surprised at the prices, and portion sizes were small here too)
the best dish was claypot pork belly, full of fat but delicious! the pancake and the squid dish were average.
nice wine selection
probably will try elsewhere for vietnamese in future
the food was fine although a little pricey (ive just returned from Melbourne where good cheap vietnamese is readily available so i was surprised at the prices, and portion sizes were small here too)
the best dish was claypot pork belly, full of fat but delicious! the pancake and the squid dish were average.
nice wine selection
probably will try elsewhere for vietnamese in future
6th April 2013
The food at night is amazing Vietnamese food.
We love the atmosphere and the food is the best Vietnamese I have had in Auckland.
Price is good too.
Yay so glad it is in our hood.
We have had the pork belly, the summer rolls, the squid cakes and the green curry. All has been mouth watering.
The wine is well priced it is the perfect date night venue for the locals
We love the atmosphere and the food is the best Vietnamese I have had in Auckland.
Price is good too.
Yay so glad it is in our hood.
We have had the pork belly, the summer rolls, the squid cakes and the green curry. All has been mouth watering.
The wine is well priced it is the perfect date night venue for the locals
1
14th October 2012
Great place to have a quick catchup with friends. The service is great and the coffee is even better. Many cafe’s serve coffee warm and not hot -like pyrenees across the road. But not at Parkside, coffee is assuredly hot ever time.
I haven’t tried the Vietnamese food they serve at night time but, I can’t wait to try it.
If you’re in the area I cannot recommend this place enough.
I haven’t tried the Vietnamese food they serve at night time but, I can’t wait to try it.
If you’re in the area I cannot recommend this place enough.
24
12th August 2012
Lovely, friendly and efficient staff.
Beautiful eggs royale – benedict with smoked salmon was very delicious.
Came cause I saw the kids menu mentioned on here… I had 3 young lassies in tow, who really loved their pancakes. I ordered a kids fruit salad too, and asked the waitress to split it across the 3 children’s plates. No probs at all, very obliging, and a lovely fresh selection of kid-friendly fruit arrived, sliced up thinly atop the pancakes with ice cream and maple syrup on the side.
Great coffee.
Only thing slightly amiss, was the Crazy placement of hand drier over sink in bathroom, which made for some hilarity and screeching children as it frightened the living daylights out of them each time it accidentally roared to life! LOL!
An efficient, friendly cafe… Perfectly placed opposite the ‘Rocket playground’.
It’s a nice light-filled cafe, with polished floorboards, and comfy tables and chairs.
Beautiful eggs royale – benedict with smoked salmon was very delicious.
Came cause I saw the kids menu mentioned on here… I had 3 young lassies in tow, who really loved their pancakes. I ordered a kids fruit salad too, and asked the waitress to split it across the 3 children’s plates. No probs at all, very obliging, and a lovely fresh selection of kid-friendly fruit arrived, sliced up thinly atop the pancakes with ice cream and maple syrup on the side.
Great coffee.
Only thing slightly amiss, was the Crazy placement of hand drier over sink in bathroom, which made for some hilarity and screeching children as it frightened the living daylights out of them each time it accidentally roared to life! LOL!
An efficient, friendly cafe… Perfectly placed opposite the ‘Rocket playground’.
It’s a nice light-filled cafe, with polished floorboards, and comfy tables and chairs.
1
15th July 2012
I have been here twice for brunch and both times have been super impressed with the service and food. I found the coffee really nice, and today I had an omlette with avocado, portobello mushrooms and wilted spinach – YUM. Friendly staff and pretty quick service.
1
10th June 2012
Ordering was fine.
When I received my eggs on toast with a side of sauce they came in a puddle of water and the sauce was a very small portion.
I also ordered a tea. The weakest tea I’ve ever had.
I was not even half way through my meal when I went to the counter to order a anzac biscuit. When I returned to my table it had been totally cleared. This was odd as I wasn’t even half way through.
I went back to the counter and said. Someone just cleared my food and tea away. They shrugged. I asked for another tea to go with the biscuit, this came out and was weaker than the first. They made no apology for the clearing of the food or offered to replace it, instead the waitress asked me to pay.
I sat back down to have my biscuit and it was the oldest, driest biscuit you can get. Before leaving I used the bathroom and it was really messy. There was water all over the floor. When I came out 4 staff members were behind the counter chatting.
Generally pretty bad. I’m not going again. I ended out going to another cafe and ordered the same thing and that all worked out fine. Parkside you owe me $20.
When I received my eggs on toast with a side of sauce they came in a puddle of water and the sauce was a very small portion.
I also ordered a tea. The weakest tea I’ve ever had.
I was not even half way through my meal when I went to the counter to order a anzac biscuit. When I returned to my table it had been totally cleared. This was odd as I wasn’t even half way through.
I went back to the counter and said. Someone just cleared my food and tea away. They shrugged. I asked for another tea to go with the biscuit, this came out and was weaker than the first. They made no apology for the clearing of the food or offered to replace it, instead the waitress asked me to pay.
I sat back down to have my biscuit and it was the oldest, driest biscuit you can get. Before leaving I used the bathroom and it was really messy. There was water all over the floor. When I came out 4 staff members were behind the counter chatting.
Generally pretty bad. I’m not going again. I ended out going to another cafe and ordered the same thing and that all worked out fine. Parkside you owe me $20.
2nd June 2012
If you’re in the area, just go to Cossett – much better food, coffee and atmosphere. And organic!
Coffee and scone was OK. Didn’t seem to use any organic ingredients. The waitress was super friendly but I guess the lady who was the boss wasn’t. I was working an a document on my computer and she just presumed that I was using their internet and told me that the internet time was limited to 1 hour. I felt very unwelcome if I can’t go there to do some work. It also seemed a bit stingy. But that’s also the impression that they left on me as they didn’t close the cafe for the day after their window had been broken into over night. So while the glass workers were getting out the entire window, which was a bit noisy and drafty, they continued their normal service.
Coffee and scone was OK. Didn’t seem to use any organic ingredients. The waitress was super friendly but I guess the lady who was the boss wasn’t. I was working an a document on my computer and she just presumed that I was using their internet and told me that the internet time was limited to 1 hour. I felt very unwelcome if I can’t go there to do some work. It also seemed a bit stingy. But that’s also the impression that they left on me as they didn’t close the cafe for the day after their window had been broken into over night. So while the glass workers were getting out the entire window, which was a bit noisy and drafty, they continued their normal service.
2nd May 2012
This Cafe is in prime location, reliable coffee and simple cafe meals available here, worth checking out if your in walking distance.
1st April 2012
Really nice little cafe that serves good cafe, in a great location. Pleasant place to stop after a walk along Meola Creek and a climb up Mt Albert!
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