Full Time Sports Bar & Eatery sits on New North Road in Kingsland and does exactly what its name promises: sport on the big screen, full time. The team describes the venue as redefining Auckland's sporting experience — all your favourite codes, gold star service and an unmatched community of fans, fanatics, friends and families gathered around the screens. If there's an occasion worth celebrating, this is where Kingsland comes to watch it.
Food here is built for the game. Alongside its fuller food menu, sides list (The Bench), desserts (Golden Point) and drinks menu, the kitchen runs a dedicated small plates line-up called Opening Minutes — chicken wings in four styles, wontons with fillings from three-cheese melt to crayfish and puha, soft shell tacos, six-pack sliders and a Polynesian-style ceviche. Everything is designed to pair with the match, from kick-off until the last whistle blows.
There's plenty on beyond match day too: a weekly quiz night every Tuesday from 7pm, big-event watching parties, private functions and full venue hire, an FT Members Club and gift vouchers. Bookings are available online for groups of 2 to 8, while larger groups can email the bookings team. Doors open Tuesday to Sunday from midday till late.
On New North Road in Kingsland, the name on the door tells you most of what you need to know. Full Time Sports Bar & Eatery is a venue built around one promise: if there is an occasion worth celebrating, sport will be on the big screen — full time. The team describes it as a redefinition of Auckland's sporting experience, blending every favourite code, gold star service and an unmatched community of fans, fanatics, friends and families.
What sets Full Time apart from an ordinary pub with a TV in the corner is intent. Every detail, from menu sections named after football terms to a calendar of watching parties, is designed to pair food and drink with the drama of the game. The venue's own tagline — from kick-off until the last whistle blows — is a fair summary of how the place operates.
The kitchen's sharpest work is in the small plates list, cheekily titled Opening Minutes. It's a shareable, big-flavour line-up: meatballs three ways — bacon double cheeseburger style with flying goose aioli, nacho crumb with feta whip, or traditional with porcini mushroom sauce — and wontons, fried or steamed, with fillings ranging from a three-cheese melt to crayfish and puha with nduja butter, Mediterranean pumpkin and chickpea, or Aura wagyu brisket with jalapeño and cream cheese.
Chicken wings come by the half dozen or dozen in four styles: Vhagar (a spicy sauce the menu warns you about), Buffalo glaze with ranch, Jack Daniels BBQ, and buttermilk-fried with a New Orleans dry rub. Soft shell tacos arrive three to a serve — tequila honey glazed chicken, market fish ceviche, BBQ pork with wasabi crackling, or Peking duck with sriracha hoisin. A six-pack of sliders covers NYC Philly-style brisket and Korean chicken with kimchi, while the Moana Nui brings a Polynesian-style ceviche to the table.
Beyond the small plates there is a full food menu, a sides list called The Bench, a desserts section named Golden Point and a dedicated drinks menu — everything you need to settle in for a full afternoon or evening in front of the screens.
Sport at Full Time isn't limited to whatever happens to be on. The venue runs its own events, headlined by quiz night — Believe it or not? — every Tuesday from 7:00pm. Big occasions get the full treatment: the 2026 Repco Bathurst 1000, for example, is a watching party with the Great Race live on every screen from 11:00am.
Private functions are a genuine speciality. The pitch is simple — a mouth-watering menu and technology that puts you at the heart of the action — and the venue's imagery includes its private event space, The Stables. Online bookings cover groups of two to eight; for larger group bookings, including full venue hire outs, the team takes enquiries by email. For regulars there's a Full Time Members Club, and gift vouchers are available online for the sports fan in your life.
Full Time opens Tuesday through Sunday from 12pm till late and closes on Mondays. You'll find it at 498 New North Road in Kingsland, and you can reach the team on 09 815 0340 or bookings@fulltimesportsbar.co.nz. Facebook and Instagram carry the latest on what's live each week.
If you're coming for a marquee fixture, book ahead — tables for groups of two to eight can be reserved online in a couple of clicks, and the bigger the occasion, the faster the room fills. Once you're settled, order broadly: a round of wings, a trio of tacos and a six-pack of sliders is the way this menu was meant to be eaten.