The Beer Spot — Restaurant in Maungakiekie-Tāmaki

Picture this: you stroll in with precisely zero expectations and promptly find yourself at the shimmering fount of fermented happiness. Taps line up like a row of benevolent slot machines, each pull paying out in liquid gold (or ruby, or pitch-black silk, depending on your pour).

One sip and the existential questions kick in. Is this the peak of human civilisation, or have I just discovered a particularly well-lit corner of it? A cherry gose here, a black-rice stout there. Suddenly fruit stalls and sushi bars will never look the same. Your palate performs backflips; your inner poet scribbles haikus you didn’t know you had.

Then, just as you’re composing sonnets to the hop gods, an aroma wafts in from the food truck outside. Tacos descend like crunchy little superheroes, rescuing you from the dangerous brink of “just one more taster.” They turn an otherwise mild-mannered mortal into a fiesta-crazed, salsa-smeared food zombie whose only coherent moan is, “More, please...”

And that’s the irony: you arrive empty of expectation, you leave full of convictions, chief among them the sudden, unshakeable belief that this is where your taste buds were always meant to retire. So if you’re reading this, stop imagining and start migrating. Your ravenous, hop-hungry alter ego is already at The Beer Spot wondering what’s taking...

Located near Mt. Wellington and very close from Panmure train station, this bar is an ideal spot for socializing with friends and colleagues.

I recently visited for the first time to celebrate a colleague's farewell and was impressed by the wide selection of beers available, as an attached video. The staff was very friendly and kindly recommend any of those who weren't sure about drinks. My group also could do a few tasting of different beers to choose the most ideal ones for each of us.

Despite limited parking due to neighbouring bars and shops, its convenient location made it easily accessible.

I spent a couple of hours enjoying beers and pizzas, thoroughly enjoying the experience.

Highly recommended for a...

A friend and ordered beer paddles. As we sat down at a table by the bar my friend stood on the base plate of the table. The whole table rocked and both paddles spilt all over me. The manager refused to replace the beers and didn't even offer me a towel to dry myself. When I mentioned that the table was clearly faulty they denied it despite the fact that they then replaced a wedge from under the table base that had clearly been dislodged. When questioned further they mentioned it had also happened earlier that day, and they hadn't replaced those patrons beers, so why should they replace ours. Terrible and quite frankly...