The Lumsden Free House - Auckland

The main host is one of the nicest to earth person I know in the service industry. If you are regular, they will always ask how you are and make sure you are okay and sorted with your food and beer. Get to know her enough and she'll sit at your table and laugh with you. Large beer, impeccable service, cheap and cheerful food

This is the number one American/European style diner in Auckland. Food, beer, interior, room, staff, everything is a good quality for this price. You can come here if you want a complete dinner.

A nice spot to meet up with friends and have a bite to eat with a drink. Good space to sit outdoors as well as indoors. A variety of different fries and potato skins on the menu, all tasty and good portions. Great Jalapeno poppers that are perfectly stuffed as to NOT drip its contents out and burn your chin with melted cheese...Friendly South African barman with a can-do attitude, serving beer-shandies for grannies to pink lemonade for little girls with great recommendations for those unsure which beer to choose from their broad selection.

Have been a couple of times and would thoroughly recommend it for a lunch or dinner and a chance to try great craft beer. You can get tasting racks, with plenty of different taps to sample. Their pizzas are excellent and the curly fry poutine was delicious. Good seating options inside and out. Staff were really friendly and attentive.

The Lumsden is my and my partners favourite, it's a bit of a walk to get there from where we live, but worth every step! Always great drinks, amazing food and a genuinely warm and nice environment. Staff seem genuinely happy to be there!