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Best Chinese Restaurants in Auckland 2026

Auckland has Chinese food for almost every mood: Cantonese roast meats, hand-pulled noodles, xiaolongbao, Sichuan dishes and plenty more across the central city and wider region.

Fish soup dish at Roast House in Auckland

99 Victoria Street West, Auckland CBD

Roast House 旺角烧腊

CantoneseRoast meatsEstablished 1995
Google4.8 · 720 reviews
StyleCantonese barbecue restaurant
Good forRoast duck, char siu & crispy pork

Roast House has been serving Cantonese food in central Auckland since 1995, with roast meats at the heart of the menu. Roast duck, honey-glazed char siu and crisp-skinned pork can be ordered on their own or over rice, while wonton noodle soup, congee, beef fried rice noodles and familiar stir-fries make it easy to turn a quick plate into a full meal.

What to look for

  • Classic roast duck
  • Char siu and crispy roast pork
  • Two or three roast meats over rice
  • Wonton noodle soup and stir-fried beef rice noodles
Dumplings, noodles and sharing dishes at Ghost Street in Auckland

Tuawhiti Lane, Britomart, Auckland CBD

Ghost Street

Regional ChineseChengdu & Xi'anEatSafe A
Google4.5 · 495 reviews
StyleBasement sharing restaurant
Good forBiang biang noodles & bold sharing dishes

Hidden below street level in Britomart, Ghost Street serves regional Chinese dishes with a particular pull towards Chengdu and Xi'an. Hand-pulled biang biang noodles come with cumin-braised Mātangi beef — a dish named an Iconic Auckland Eat in 2026 — while scallop wontons with Sichuan chilli oil, chargrilled lamb and Typhoon Shelter-style soft-shell crab bring plenty of heat, smoke and crunch to the table.

What to look for

  • Hand-pulled biang biang noodles with cumin-braised beef
  • Scallop wontons with Sichuan chilli oil
  • Xi'an-style lamb skewers
  • Typhoon Shelter soft-shell crab
Dining room at Take A Bao in Albany, Auckland

5/287 Oteha Valley Road, Albany

Take A Bao 笼上隆

ShanghaiSichuanEatSafe A
Google4.7 · 1,483 reviews
StyleDumplings & regional sharing dishes
Good forXiaolongbao & family-style dining

Take A Bao pairs Shanghainese dumplings with a substantial Sichuan menu. Xiaolongbao are the obvious starting point, including truffle versions, before moving into crab-roe noodles, chilli chicken, fuqi feipian, mao cai and more familiar favourites such as sweet-and-sour pork. Portions suit a table willing to order widely and share.

What to look for

  • Xiaolongbao, including truffle xiaolongbao
  • Crab-roe noodles
  • La zi ji chilli chicken
  • Fuqi feipian, mao cai and sweet-and-sour pork
Sichuan fish and sharing dishes at TAIER in Auckland

Shop A/33 Lorne Street, Auckland CBD

TAIER 太二酸菜鱼

SichuanSuan cai fishEatSafe A
Google4.6 · 705 reviews
StyleSichuan fish specialist
Good forPickled-mustard fish & sharing dishes

TAIER is built around suan cai yu: tender fish slices served in a hot, tangy broth with fermented mustard greens. The signature bowl is the reason to come, but the Auckland menu goes further with dishes such as beef in golden sour soup, green-peppercorn chicken and other Sichuan plates designed for sharing with rice.

What to look for

  • Signature suan cai fish
  • Beef in golden sour soup
  • Green-peppercorn chicken
  • Sichuan sides and rice alongside the main fish bowl

Restaurant details last checked September 2026.

Chinese food in Auckland

A city of yum cha, noodles, dumplings and regional Chinese cooking.

Auckland's Chinese restaurants are spread across the CBD and Britomart, Dominion Road and Balmoral, and the North Shore around Albany and Northcote. Cantonese cooking and yum cha have a long-established place in the city, alongside Sichuan restaurants, Shanghai dumpling houses, northern noodle shops and hot pot.

That means a Chinese meal in Auckland can be as simple as roast duck over rice or a bowl of noodles, or as involved as a long yum cha lunch, a table of xiaolongbao and Sichuan sharing dishes, or a large bowl of suan cai fish.

How we choose: The Noodle Guide considers public reputation, review depth, official food-safety information and what is distinctive about the food. Restaurants cannot pay to qualify for inclusion.

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