Shakespeare Tavern and Brewery

Definitely an old timey English pub atmosphere and the building is pretty inconsistent among central Auckland's many towers. Service was quick, perhaps only because I was their sole patron at lunchtime on a Sunday. Only one of their beers on tap and no flights available. Nonetheless the quality was good. Worth a stop in Auckland, in fact I might book a hotel room there next time.

A pub style, good food, good service, 2 locally made beers plus some others on tap, excessive price charged for the beers even for NZ standard. Located on central Auckland, can be a good place to stop by.

My first brewpub visit in New Zealand ... and was most impressed.... great tasting beers and friendly staff...

This place was absolutely dead when we visited, around 8:00 PM on a Sunday. It was me, my wife, the bartender, and one other dude. Pub-like vibe, with rugby on the TVs. Not a huge selection, I think only 3-4 house beers were on when we visited. Average Auckland prices. We skipped out after one beer to find something a bit more lively. Oh yeah, they have an attached room with slot machines.

Very classic bar/pub; at the time I visited they had put brewing on a hiatus. Very friendly staff and chatted with some folks visiting from Australia, had a great time.

Could not disagree with some of the other posts on this place. Neat and tidy and clean, food was hot and a reasonable price. Beer range however was disappointing only had 2 of their beers on.

Visited in August 2014. A centrally located place with ok food and some own beers. The own beers were ok but nothing special. Not a must visit but if you are nearby, why not?

British pub with sub-standard beer. Televisions on the wall. Pop radio and wood paneled booths for ambiance. Didn’t stay long.

A tidy pub of modest size with it’s own on-site brewery out back knocking out some tasty offerings. Three fonts of their own brews and five other kegs with more commercial stuff. Also a fridge or two but I didn’t inspect the range too closely, what with being in a rush and all. Fairly noisy but with a good atmosphere on my fly-by Friday night visit. Definitely somewhere I’ll revisit to try the rest of the range and update these here notes. I reckon it’d do nicely as a place to pass a few hours on a lazy weekend afternoon no problem.

I figured I’d start my New Zealand trip by staying at a brewery, what a great concept. It’s an old listed building with lots of character. Staff welcomed me with tasters of their whole range, and a tour of the brewing equipment, which is visible behind the bar, with a number of brightening tanks in the basement as well. At the moment it’s still a tied pub, so it has to serve macro stuff, and can only serve three of their own - hopefully this will change soon when their contract is up.