Ponsonby International Foodcourt — Restaurant in Waitematā

First impressions, smelt like pee and cleaning products at the entrance staircase. On entering, the smell was not really noticeable though. Multiple individual food places, hence being called a foodcourt I guess. Most of the restaurants’ portions are huge. The thai place was really good. According to my Japanese family member (I too am Japanese but that doesn’t matter so much) was a little disappointed with the japanese place’s chicken. Drinks place is too expensive, but I suppose that’s just how much drinks cost these days everywhere. Lots of seating, including for large groups, but very busy at dinner and lunch time, so may not be easy to find a spot to eat. All of the restaurants use electronic table numbers, so you can go and pick up your food when it is ready and not stand around waiting. Can get hot inside, and noisy when customers and talking a lot. I am trying a pad thai at every thai restaurant I go to in New Zealand, and this so far is on of the best. My friend will agree, it’s in his top 2. The orange juice for 9 dollars seems like a ripoff, but people seem...

update to the response of the business owner If you cant look into improving your product and service, please consider moving on and do something else instead of promoting food that is not authentic and low quality. Kthanxbai

Its nice if u sit on the balcony, and thats about it. Everything here absolutely suck. Not sure bout the drinks but i had a pizza and some korean, the worst ive had. Pizza taste like they tossed a frozen pizza on your plate, with some extra toppings. Korean cheesy chicken rice taste like a salty burnt mess and the chicken is absolutely on the verge of turning bad. Im sorry to say but this is the absolute worse place to eat. I hate wasting food but the food here make me hate life. Please go somewhere else, support businesses that actually care about what they make. So many more affordable if not even cheaper choices that serve much...

I go there exclusively for the Cari Bo from the Vietnamese place. Taste wise it is excellent. However I remember when I first ordered the dish, the size and quantity of the beef was out of this world. I'm talking about large chunks of tender beef. The broth was almost overflowing and I remember almost not able to finish it. Fast forward to today and you only get one piece of tender beef about the size of your palm with a thickness of around 2cm. This has happened in the last 2-3 years I believe. I blame the people that do not finish their food. I also blame food prices going up.

I always tell myself to try other dishes offered by other stalls. I cannot for the life of me do that. I still end up getting the Cari Bo even if the...