Something & Social Broadway is a rooftop cocktail bar and social hub perched inside Westfield Newmarket at 309 Broadway, Auckland. The kitchen leans Italian with a Mediterranean influence — pizza is a proud speciality — alongside shareable plates like the famously massive Social Platter, pulled beef ragu and battered fish n chips, with a decadent Tiramisu and rich Chocolate Fondant waiting for dessert.
Weekdays run from 11am until late, weekends from 10am, with brunch favourites served every Saturday and Sunday from 10am. Daily deals keep the week interesting: a pasta-with-a-drink Monday and, for a limited time, selected Grey Goose vodka cocktails at $15 every day. The bar's signature cocktail trees — built on gin, martini or Aperol spritz — arrive as shareable towers made for the terrace.
It's a genuinely kid-friendly spot with outdoor seating for alfresco dining, plus free venue hire for birthdays, anniversaries, business functions and Christmas gatherings. Spend $100 or more with your crew and the birthday star picks a free dessert. Groups of more than eight can book directly on 09 218 5085, and gift vouchers are available for the hard-to-buy-for. A sister venue operates at Westfield Albany on the North Shore.
Rooftop bars come and go in Auckland, but few weave themselves into the rhythm of a suburb the way Something & Social Broadway has. Perched above the shops inside Westfield Newmarket at 309 Broadway, it's part cocktail bar, part all-day kitchen and entirely a social hub — the kind of place that works just as well for a milestone birthday as it does for a midweek pasta. Doors open from 11am on weekdays and from 10am on weekends, and the evening runs late.
The kitchen leans Italian with a Mediterranean influence, and pizza sits at the centre of it all — something the team proudly specialises in. Around it is a menu built for sharing: fresh, flavourful plates designed to land in the middle of the table rather than one to a person.
A few dishes have quietly become the reason people return. The Social Platter is described by guests, without much exaggeration, as massive — a board made for a full table and a long session. The pulled beef ragu gets name-checked in reviews, as does a straight-up battered fish n chips that proves the kitchen isn't only about Italian staples. Cocktails are a headline act in their own right: the bar's signature cocktail trees — built on gin, martini or Aperol spritz — arrive as shareable towers that tend to stop conversations mid-sentence, and the mocktail list holds its own too.
Weekends start earlier here than most: brunch favourites are served from 10am every Saturday and Sunday, ideally taken slowly with the city below. For the long-lunch crowd there's a rooftop bottomless lunch — casual bites or a touch of sophistication, whichever the table fancies.
The deals calendar gives the rest of the week its shape. Mondays belong to pasta, paired with a drink as part of the weekly deal, and for a limited time selected Grey Goose vodka cocktails are $15 every single day. If you're plotting a happy hour in Newmarket, this is where the maps tend to point.
Birthdays get special treatment: spend $100 or more with your crew and the birthday star picks a free dessert — the decadent Tiramisu or a rich Chocolate Fondant (offer from 16.02). For bigger occasions, the venue offers free hire for birthdays, anniversaries, business functions and Christmas gatherings, with the team helping shape the night.
Groups of more than eight are asked to book directly — a quick call to 09 218 5085 or an email to [email protected] sorts it. And if you'd rather gift the experience, vouchers cover everything from date night to a full table of friends.
The setting does a lot of the work: an inviting, urban space with outdoor seating for anyone who likes their aperitivo al fresco, a short wander from the shops of Newmarket Mall. It's also a genuinely kid-friendly restaurant, so bringing the whānau for a laid-back meal is encouraged rather than merely tolerated.
Reviews sketch the atmosphere consistently: a cosy, lively room where Friday-night service is described as epic — zero confusion, no rushing — and where a last-minute Sunday booking for sixteen is handled with what one guest called top-notch service. There's a playful side too: leave a review through the Socializer's Buzz and you might score a $100 voucher.
Something & Social also has a younger sibling at Westfield Albany for North Shore locals. But in Newmarket, this rooftop remains the go-to — Italian comfort, cocktail trees and a terrace that turns an ordinary evening into an occasion.