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Cafés in Wynyard Quarter & Viaduct

Waterfront cafés on reclaimed land, from Viaduct Harbour to Jellicoe Street, Silo Park and Westhaven.

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Wynyard Quarter is reclaimed land on the western edge of the city waterfront. The Auckland Harbour Board finished the last of the reclamation, including Wynyard Wharf, in 1930; the land carried the timber trade first and then bulk petrochemical storage, which gave it the name Tank Farm.1 Before that, the filling of Freemans Bay between 1873 and 1901 had already pushed the shore more than a kilometer northwest to where Viaduct Basin and Wynyard Quarter are now.2

The quarter opened to the public in August 2011, with Jellicoe Street, North Wharf, Silo Park and the Viaduct Events Centre, and a 1.5 km heritage tram loop started running on 6 August that year. Air New Zealand has its head office here, and ASB Bank built its headquarters at Jellicoe and Halsey streets; 486 people lived in the quarter at the 2023 census.1

Local tip: The Gaunt Street espresso bars are weekday-only; on a Sunday, Goodness Gracious on Pakenham Street West opens at 08:00.

At a glance

15Cafés listed
4With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
16:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: The Westhaven Cafe, from 06:00 (Mon–Fri 06:00–16:00 · Sat 07:00–15:00).
  • Closes latest: Goodness Gracious, until 16:00 (Mon–Fri 07:30–16:00 · Sat 08:00–16:00 · Sun 08:00–15:00).
  • Most listed streets: Beaumont Street (3), Gaunt Street (2), Halsey Street (2).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (27%), specialty (13%), bakery café (13%).

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Coffee chains in Wynyard Quarter & Viaduct

Viaduct Harbour

Viaduct Harbour is named after a Harbour Board scheme from the early 1900s that was never finished; the half-built basin berthed fishing boats instead, and for most of the 20th century it was the center of Auckland's fishing industry. After New Zealand won the America's Cup in 1995, it was rebuilt for the team bases of the 2000 regatta and then turned into apartments, offices and restaurants.3

French Press is at 21 Viaduct Harbour Avenue and Lawn Café at 12. A drawbridge links Viaduct Harbour with Wynyard Quarter.3

Gaunt Street, Jellicoe Street and the office blocks

Atomic, the roaster that has worked from Kingsland since 1995, runs an espresso bar at 30 Gaunt Street.4 It opens 07:00–15:00 on weekdays, as does Cafe at Bayleys at the same address; both have outdoor tables. On Jellicoe Street, Rushworth Cafe is at 17 and The Store at 22.

Halsey Street has Mensa at 124 and Halsey Street Kitchen at 138, and The Pantry in the Park Hyatt at 99. Bowler is at 85 Daldy Street, and Wander at 8 Madden Street has outdoor seating. Goodness Gracious, at 117 Pakenham Street West, is a bakery café with outdoor tables, open 07:30–16:00 on weekdays, 08:00–16:00 on Saturdays and 08:00–15:00 on Sundays.

Westhaven and Beaumont Street

West of the quarter, Westhaven Marina has nearly 2,000 berths plus swing moorings and is usually fully booked. The Harbour Bridge approaches, built for the bridge's 1959 opening, took the old St Marys Bay foreshore next to it.5

On Beaumont Street, The Westhaven Cafe at 124 opens at 06:00 on weekdays and 07:00 on Saturdays, the earliest start on this part of the waterfront. Haodee Coffee Roasters, a specialty roaster, is at 155, and Urbanrise Bakery & Expresso is on the same street.

Weather and weekends on the waterfront

Outdoor tables are one reason to come here: Atomic, Cafe at Bayleys, Goodness Gracious and Wander all have them. Auckland averages highs of about 24 °C in January and February and about 15 °C in July, and July, May and June are the wettest months, January the driest.6

On weekends the office cafés on Gaunt Street close, so Goodness Gracious and The Westhaven Cafe, which opens on Saturdays, are the places to start.

Sources

  1. Wynyard Quarter, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Freemans Bay, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Viaduct Harbour, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Meet the passionate personalities behind Auckland's artisanal offerings, Viva, NZ Herald, accessed October 2026
  5. Westhaven Marina, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  6. Auckland, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Wynyard Quarter & Viaduct cafés: questions

What was Wynyard Quarter in Auckland before it was redeveloped?

Wynyard Quarter is reclaimed harbor land finished in 1930. It was used for the timber trade and then for bulk petrochemical storage, which earned it the name Tank Farm. It opened to the public as a mixed-use district in August 2011, with Jellicoe Street, North Wharf and Silo Park.

Which Wynyard Quarter cafés in Auckland open on weekends?

Goodness Gracious on Pakenham Street West opens 08:00–16:00 on Saturdays and 08:00–15:00 on Sundays, and The Westhaven Cafe on Beaumont Street opens 07:00–15:00 on Saturdays. Atomic and Cafe at Bayleys on Gaunt Street open on weekdays only, 07:00–15:00, and both have outdoor tables.

Which café opens earliest in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter?

The Westhaven Cafe at 124 Beaumont Street opens at 06:00 on weekdays and 07:00 on Saturdays, the earliest start in Wynyard Quarter. Atomic and Cafe at Bayleys on Gaunt Street follow at 07:00 on weekdays, and Goodness Gracious on Pakenham Street West opens at 07:30 on weekdays and 08:00 at weekends.

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