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Auckland · Newmarket & Grafton

Cafés in Newmarket & Grafton

Broadway shopping, Nuffield and Teed Street cafés, Grafton around the hospital, and dessert bars open late.

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Newmarket takes its name from a livestock market at the junction of Remuera Road, Great South Road and Manukau Road, known as the "new market" before the name spread to the whole district. Manukau Road became Broadway in late 1912, and Broadway is now the main street of one of New Zealand's most significant shopping and hospitality districts.1

Grafton lies between Newmarket and the center. Auckland City Hospital, the largest hospital in the country, and the University of Auckland's medical school, whose 1967 buildings are linked to the hospital by a tunnel, stand on its northern side.2 The two suburbs together rank second to the city center for cafés, and they stay open later than most: Newmarket has nearly as many late cafés as the center.

Local tip: Authentic Bakery & Cafe on Crowhurst Street opens at 05:30 on weekdays; at the other end of the day, Seasons on Khyber Pass Road serves coffee and dessert until 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

At a glance

56Cafés listed
13With opening hours
05:30Earliest opening
23:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Authentic Bakery & Cafe, from 05:30 (Mon–Fri 05:30–16:00 · Sat 07:00–14:00).
  • Closes latest: Gilli Cafe, until 23:00 (Mon–Tue 06:30–14:00, 18:00–21:00 · Wed–Thu 06:30–16:00, 17:00–21:00 · Fri 06:30–16:00, 17:00–23:00 · Sat 08:00–15:00, 17:00–23:00 · Sun 08:00–15:00, 17:00–21:00).
  • Most listed streets: Broadway (7), Carlton Gore Road (3), Nuffield Street (3).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (7%), open late (5%), bakery café (4%).

Catfe Mao - cat cafe

  • Broadway
  • Mon–Thu 10:00–19:00 · Fri 10:00–20:00 · Sat 10:00–21:00 · Sun 10:00–20:00
  • +64212283334
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Gilli Cafe

  • Carlton Gore Road
  • Mon–Tue 06:30–14:00, 18:00–21:00 · Wed–Thu 06:30–16:00, 17:00–21:00 · Fri 06:30–16:00, 17:00–23:00 · Sat 08:00–15:00, 17:00–23:00 · Sun 08:00–15:00, 17:00–21:00
  • +64 9 522 9161
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Coffee chains in Newmarket & Grafton

Getting around Newmarket and Grafton

The current Newmarket station opened on 14 January 2010; Coffee Station trades at the station on Remuera Road.1 Grafton Bridge, opened in 1910 with what was then the largest reinforced concrete arch in the world, carries buses between Grafton and K Road; on weekdays from 07:00 to 19:00 private cars may not cross.3

Newmarket's industrial era ended when Lion Brewery left: in 2007 it sold its 5-hectare site north of Khyber Pass Road for NZ$162 million.1 Khyber Pass Road now has Seasons Dessert & Coffee at 442B, Wheat House at 465 and Sunrise Cafe at 479.

Broadway, Nuffield Street and Teed Street

Westfield Newmarket, at 277 Broadway, opened in the 1980s and was long known simply as "277". It closed in February 2018 for an extension that roughly doubled its size at a cost of NZ$790 million, and reopened in stages from August 2019.4 Red Rabbit Coffee is on its first level and Leafe Cafe on level 2. Along Broadway, JJ Espresso is at 167–169 and Blackdrop at 36.

The side streets are calmer. Nuffield Street has The Reaper at 7, open on weekdays 07:00–16:00, Caffe Massimo at 11 and Cheese on Toast at 89, with outdoor tables. Bambina Cafe on Teed Street has Wi-Fi and opens daily. Altezano Brothers at 1A Kent Street serves Monday to Saturday, and Little & Friday, a bakery café, is at 11 McColl Street.

Grafton, Park Road and Carlton Gore Road

Grafton's cafés follow the hospital and the Domain, which Governor Hobson set aside as a public park in the 1840s.2 Park Road, along the Domain's southern edge, has Domain Deli at 39, Alma at 63B and Superfino at 85, with Planet Espresso, a specialty bar, on level 5 of 2 Park Road.

Carlton Gore Road runs east toward Newmarket with Santos at 77, Billy Cafe at 79, which has Wi-Fi, New Century Cafe at 123 and Carlton Gore Cafe at 139. Hum is at 123 Grafton Road.

Early bakeries and late dessert cafés

Authentic Bakery & Cafe at 17 Crowhurst Street opens at 05:30 on weekdays, the earliest start in either suburb. Gilli Cafe on Carlton Gore Road opens at 06:30 on weekdays and returns for dinner most evenings, until 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

The late trade is mostly dessert. Seasons Dessert & Coffee on Khyber Pass Road serves until 22:00 most nights and 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, Sugar Bae at 1 Sarawia Street until 22:00 at weekends, and Meawkee at 26 Station Square daily until 21:30. Catfe Mao, a cat café on Broadway, stays open until 21:00 on Saturdays.

Sources

  1. Newmarket, New Zealand, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Grafton, New Zealand, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Grafton Bridge, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Westfield Newmarket, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Newmarket & Grafton cafés: questions

Where does the name Newmarket in Auckland come from?

The name comes from a livestock market at the junction of Remuera Road, Great South Road and Manukau Road, which people called the "new market" before the name spread to the whole suburb. Manukau Road was renamed Broadway in late 1912, and Broadway is now Newmarket's main shopping street.

Which cafés in Newmarket, Auckland, stay open late?

Seasons Dessert & Coffee on Khyber Pass Road serves until 22:00 most nights and 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Gilli Cafe on Carlton Gore Road reopens in the evening, until 23:00 at weekends, Sugar Bae on Sarawia Street stays open until 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and Meawkee on Station Square until 21:30 daily.

Which café in Newmarket or Grafton, Auckland, opens earliest?

Authentic Bakery & Cafe at 17 Crowhurst Street, Newmarket, opens at 05:30 on weekdays and 07:00 on Saturdays. Gilli Cafe on Carlton Gore Road in Grafton opens at 06:30 on weekdays. The Reaper on Nuffield Street and Altezano Brothers on Kent Street open at 07:00.

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