Ampersand Eatery

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228 Orakei Road
Remuera, Auckland
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Dietary - Vegetarian Friendly Dietary - Vegan Friendly Dietary - Gluten Free Friendly
RANZ Vouchers Ocean Views Wheelchair Accessible Outdoor Seating Family Friendly - High Chair Beef & Lamb Excellence Award
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7:00am - 4:00pm,
7:00am - 4:00pm More times
- mon 7:00am - 4:00pm,
  7:00am - 4:00pm
- tue 7:00am - 4:00pm,
  7:00am - 4:00pm
- wed 7:00am - 10:00pm,
  7:00am - 10:00pm
- thu 7:00am - 10:00pm,
  7:00am - 10:00pm
- fri 7:00am - 10:00pm,
  7:00am - 10:00pm
- sat 7:30am - 10:00pm,
  7:30am - 10:00pm
- sun 7:30am - 10:00pm,
  7:30am - 10:00pm
- $$ - Avg Main $20+

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09-522 9503

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Ampersand Eatery

228 Orakei Road
Remuera, Auckland

$ $ $ $

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Menu
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Awards

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7:00am - 4:00pm,<br/> 7:00am - 4:00pm More times
- mon 7:00am - 4:00pm,
  7:00am - 4:00pm
- tue 7:00am - 4:00pm,
  7:00am - 4:00pm
- wed 7:00am - 10:00pm,
  7:00am - 10:00pm
- thu 7:00am - 10:00pm,
  7:00am - 10:00pm
- fri 7:00am - 10:00pm,
  7:00am - 10:00pm
- sat 7:30am - 10:00pm,
  7:30am - 10:00pm
- sun 7:30am - 10:00pm,
  7:30am - 10:00pm
Dietary - Vegetarian Friendly Dietary - Vegan Friendly Dietary - Gluten Free Friendly
RANZ Vouchers Ocean Views Wheelchair Accessible Outdoor Seating Family Friendly - High Chair Beef & Lamb Excellence Award
Pickup
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BEEF AND LAMB EXCELLENCE AWARDS Whenever you see the Excellence Awards logo or prestigious gold plate hanging on a restaurant wall, you can expect tasty, skillfully composed and superbly presented beef and lamb dishes.

From dawn till dusk the kitchen offers plates of deliciousness using seasonal ingredients and Chef Mikey Newlands' passion in all things that are yummy.

The Bar in the centre of the room is also on show from morning till night, serving your 'anytime of the day' beverage.

And enter and turn right towards the Coffee Alley; this is the 'Espresso Workshop Roastery' - where all your brew-nerd-needs are taken care of...

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Find us nestled in amongst the fine community that is the Orakei Bay Village. Come for the day and hang out with us !!

Breakfast
Breakfast
Lunch
Lunch
Dinner
Dinner
Valentines day set menu
Valentines day set menu

Eggs
Breakfast menu
Dessert

Price: $12.00

Price: $23.00

Price: $19.00

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Price: $17.00

Eggs
Breakfast menu
Dessert

Price: $12.00

Price: $23.00

Price: $19.00

Price: $15.00

Price: $18.00

Price: $17.00

Starter
Entree
Main
Side

Sizes: pp -$4.00

Sizes: each -$4.00
6 -$22.00
12 -$40.00

Price: $19.00

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Sizes: small -$21.00
large -$30.00

Sizes: small -$19.00
large -$27.00

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Price: $10.00

Price: $9.00

Sizes: side -$9.00
entrée -$14.00

Starter
Entree
Main
Side

Sizes: pp -$4.00

Sizes: each -$4.00
6 -$22.00
12 -$40.00

Price: $19.00

Price: $20.00

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Price: $19.00

Sizes: small -$21.00
large -$30.00

Sizes: small -$19.00
large -$27.00

Price: $22.00

Price: $24.00

Price: $10.00

Price: $9.00

Sizes: side -$9.00
entrée -$14.00

Starter
Entree
Main
Dessert
Artisan cheese
After you’ve eaten
Side

Sizes: pp -$4.00

Sizes: each -$4.00
6 -$22.00
12 -$40.00

Price: $19.00

Price: $20.00

Price: $21.00

Price: $19.00

Sizes: small -$21.00
large -$30.00

Sizes: small -$19.00
large -$27.00

Price: $24.00

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Price: $10.00

Price: $9.00

Sizes: side -$9.00
entrée -$14.00

Starter
Entree
Main
Dessert
Artisan cheese
After you’ve eaten
Side

Sizes: pp -$4.00

Sizes: each -$4.00
6 -$22.00
12 -$40.00

Price: $19.00

Price: $20.00

Price: $21.00

Price: $19.00

Sizes: small -$21.00
large -$30.00

Sizes: small -$19.00
large -$27.00

Price: $24.00

Price: $39.00

Price: $32.00

Price: $34.00

Price: $64.00

Price: $9.00

Price: $15.00

Price: $14.00

Price: $11.00

Price: $15.00

Price: $11.00

Price: $17.00

Price: $13.00

Price: $10.00

Price: $9.00

Sizes: side -$9.00
entrée -$14.00

Valentines day set menu

Valentines day set menu

Reviews

Professional Reviews: Ampersand Eatery

Average Professional Review Score

5 reviews

Restaurant review: Ampersand Eatery, Auckland

4.0 Ginny Grant for Stuff 29 January 2018

The expansive space manages to feel intimate at night. The deck awnings and screens come down and the lighting is good. When we dined there was a draft, however, that blew across the dining room, marring the cosiness a little – but I did note a pile of blankets in a basket for those in need. Running the floor on our visit was Matt Woodward; charming and efficient on a busy night.

Chef-owner Mikey Newlands was head chef at elegant country restaurant Bracu and fine-dining pop-up Allechante, but at this all-day eatery, the food is casual – which is not to say it isn't exciting or interesting. There is plenty of technique going into the dishes, but it feels relaxed and unpretentious.

Restaurant review: Ampersand, Orakei

2.5 New Zealand Herald 16 July 2017

If you should ever lose perspective on your importance in the scheme of things, a visit to Ampersand will set you right. I suppose we were feeling a bit pleased with ourselves when we arrived: we had just battled through that torrential rush-hour rain last week and found a rare parking spot at Orakei Bay Village (this latter is an achievement on a par with solving a seven-colour Rubik's Cube, though I gather improvements are planned).

Brunch review: Ampersand Eatery, Orakei

4.5 New Zealand Herald 18 June 2017

A friend who arrived before us texted to say, "The menu is bangin'", by which he meant, "very good", and he was right. Menu items considered by our party included a Colombian corn cake ($19), a breakfast ramen ($19), a smoked trevally and potato omelette ($19) - thoughtful, interesting dishes that make you feel that you're in the hands of somebody who really knows food, which you are. The chef behind Ampersand is the much-celebrated Mikey Newlands, whose last gig was in charge of southern Auckland's leading fine-dining restaurant, Bracu. However, there is only one sure way I know of to benchmark a brunch spot and that's by eating their big breakfast option - bacon, eggs, hash browns, sausage etc. Ampersand's version ($23), simply described on the menu by a list of its constituent parts - glazed free-range bacon, house kransky, fried eggs, field mushrooms, waffle hash - was elegantly presented, perfectly cooked and off-kilter enough, with the waffle-iron cooked hash brown and the sweet bacon, that it felt as if I was getting something quite special.

Restaurant Review: Ampersand, Orakei

5.0 Viva 7 June 2017

I can’t visit the suburb of Orakei without remembering my horrific first experience there. I’d just arrived in Auckland, was trying to break into the media industry and wanted to have some professional photos taken.

Someone recommended a guy who’d do it for cheap and, when a cash price had been negotiated, he told me to meet him in an empty boat shed at noon, the sort of invitation where if it happened in a horror movie you’d be yelling “no, don’t do it!” to the main character, knowing he was about to be murdered.

I wasn’t physically harmed on this photoshoot but the emotional scars remain. No lighting, no makeup, the sun beating through the corrugated plastic roof, making me sweat in my cheap woollen suit. The perspiration and stress triggered a rash on my face which is clearly visible in the final photos.

First Look: Ampersand - Orakei's new bistro-chic restaurant

Metro Eats 10 April 2017

Designed by Ctrl Space, 120-seater restaurant Ampersand with its high stud ceiling, teal blue walls and raw wood is a collaboration between Mikey Newlands (ex-Bracu), his sommelier partner Amanda Rogers (ex-Sidart) and Espresso Workshop’s Andrew Smart. The interior is split by a tall, well-stocked bar to become half-dining room, half coffee roastery and features a show-stopping Probatone 25 – “that’s German for effing big coffee roaster” – that Smart’s team will roast from at least five days a week. Outside there is a 60 seat all-weather, heated deck.

Here, so that the two operations can function cohesively, a high-tech afterburner allows only pleasant roasting aromas into the room, meaning Newland’s delicious cooking smells won’t be quashed by the scent of burnt toast that roasters can often emit. All going well, Espresso Workshop will move their entire Parnell operation to ?rakei later in the year.

Awards

2018 Critics Choice - Runners Up received @ 1 January 2018 For the inaugural Restaurant Hub’s Critics’ Choice Awards, New Zealand Herald restaurant critics Jesse Mulligan, an Editor from Viva, and Kim Knight, a Restaurant Critic from Canvas considered their favorite dining experiences of 2017 and picked their respective top five restaurants, including their overall winners. The Runner-up Award was presented to the 4 out of their top 5 restaurant dining experiences from 2017 that weren't selected as overall winners.
Beef and Lamb Excellence Award received @ 13 September 2018 The restaurants who currently hold the 2018 Excellence Award have not been compared with each other in the assessment process. Rather, they have been judged on their individual merits and style of cuisine. So, whenever you see the prestigious gold plate hanging on a restaurant wall, you can expect tasty, skillfully composed and superbly presented beef and lamb dishes. So take the guess work out of deciding where to dine and check out our restaurant directory to visit a restaurant near you serving exceptionally well executed and delicious beef and lamb dishes.

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Ampersand Eatery

Eggs on Ampersand sourdough

Ampersand Breakfast

Braised greens

Benedict

Crepe

Breakfast ramen

Devilled lambs’ kidneys

Chia pudding

Super grain porridge

Chocolate brioche french toast

Smashed avo

Eggs on Ampersand sourdough

Ampersand Breakfast

Braised greens

Benedict

Crepe

Breakfast ramen

Devilled lambs’ kidneys

Chia pudding

Super grain porridge

Chocolate brioche french toast

Smashed avo

House sourdough / burnt butter

Grilled diamond shell clams

Organic chicken liver parfait

Salad of goat milk ricotta

Ceviche of market fish

Smoke roasted beetroot

Spaghetti

Spelt and sunflower seed risotto

The cheeseburger

Eggplant parmigiana

Beer battered market fish

NZ green beans

House fries

Green salad

House sourdough / burnt butter

Grilled diamond shell clams

Organic chicken liver parfait

Salad of goat milk ricotta

Ceviche of market fish

Smoke roasted beetroot

Spaghetti

Spelt and sunflower seed risotto

The cheeseburger

Eggplant parmigiana

Beer battered market fish

NZ green beans

House fries

Green salad

House sourdough / burnt butter

Grilled diamond shell clams

Organic chicken liver parfait

Salad of goat milk ricotta

Ceviche of market fish

Smoke roasted beetroot

Spaghetti

Spelt and sunflower seed risotto

Aged beef tartare

Eye fillet

Roast organic chicken

Grilled whole fish

‘Bisteya’ - Moroccan duck pie

Lamb shoulder for two

Affogato with hazelnut ice cream

Strawberries, baked ricotta, hokey pokey granola

Cherries marinated in pinot noir, sesame and white chocolate

Peaches poached in verjus, raspberries and vanilla

Ampersand ’snickers bar’

Evansdale ’Tania’ Smoked Brie, Dunedin

Mahoe Very Old Blue, Bay of Islands

Mt Eliza Raw Milk Cheddar, Katikati

Crottin de Chavignol Goats Cheese, France

Vanilla Dream

Hazel & choc