Dill Pickles Café & Eatery on Onehunga Mall is where classic café comfort meets an industrial, no-rules attitude — bold flavours, no fuss, and a little bit loud. The kitchen is all about proper food done right: big breakfasts, stacked lunches, and the kind of coffee that actually wakes you up, built on quality ingredients, solid portions and flavours that hit.
Expect a space that feels a bit gritty, a bit nostalgic and a lot of fun — neon touches, cheeky energy, and a menu that doesn't take itself too seriously. Brunch runs from the Dill Pickles Biggie Brekky to Pulled Beef Taco Benedict, Turkish Eggs, Crab and Prawn Chilli Scramble and Biscoff Pain Perdu, while lunch covers porchetta and Nashville chicken burgers, fish and chips, sticky pork ribs, burrito bowls and Quesa-Birria Stackers made for dunking.
It's proudly dog-friendly and kid-friendly, so whether you're rolling in with the crew, the little ones or your four-legged mate, everyone's welcome. Kids have their own Little Pickles menu, and the coffee is perfectly balanced with a smooth finish, made by people who actually care.
Eat well. Keep it simple. Stay a little longer.
Dill Pickles Café & Eatery sits on Onehunga Mall with a simple promise: bold flavours, no fuss, and a little bit loud. It's a café that pairs classic comfort — big breakfasts, stacked lunches, serious coffee — with an industrial, no-rules attitude. Neon touches, cheeky energy and a menu that doesn't take itself too seriously give the room a feel that's a bit gritty, a bit nostalgic and a lot of fun.
The kitchen's philosophy is easy to sum up: quality ingredients, solid portions, flavours that hit. Nothing overthought, everything done properly. Whether you're in for your daily coffee fix, a long catch-up or just something damn good to eat, there's a spot here for you — and yes, the crew, the kids and the four-legged mate are all welcome.
Breakfast and brunch is where the menu stretches out. The Dill Pickles Biggie Brekky is the full-plate showpiece: eggs your way, potato hash, bacon, smoked pork sausage, mushrooms, grilled tomato, house beans and toasted ciabatta. Around it sit plenty of bold riffs — Pulled Beef Taco Benedict with truffle hollandaise, Turkish Eggs with labneh and Aleppo oil on toasted pide, Sweetcorn Fritter with guacamole and bacon crunch, and a Truffle Mushroom Crostini with whipped truffle ricotta.
Sweet tooths are looked after too. Biscoff Pain Perdu stacks thick-cut French toast with Biscoff caramel, berries and brûléed custard, while Cornflake Fried Chicken Waffles and Peanut Butter Banana Waffles blur the line between brunch and dessert. For something different, the Crab and Prawn Chilli Scramble brings crab, prawns, sweet chilli glaze and bonito flakes on toasted sesame bread.
Lunch keeps the same energy. Burgers lead the charge — a Porchetta Burger with pulled pork and bang bang sauce, a Nashville Chicken Burger with cheesy ranch and black aioli, and a Smashed Angus Beef Burger with double cheese, bacon, pineapple and sweet chilli jam. Elsewhere there's crispy hoki fish and chips with mushy peas, honey-adobo Sticky Pork Ribs, loaded burrito bowls, a seared Ribeye Steak Sanga on Turkish bread, and Taco Empanadas with a choice of confit pork adobo, chipotle chicken or chilli crab and prawn. The Quesa-Birria Stackers — slow-cooked beef, lamb, pork or chicken with atchara and birria consommé for dunking — are the kind of thing people plan a visit around.
Coffee gets its own billing here. The house standard: perfectly balanced with a smooth finish, made by people who actually care about coffee. It's the sort of cup that anchors a daily habit — strong enough to wake you up, smooth enough to keep you in your seat a little longer.
If you want lighter and fresher, there's plenty of that too. The Matcha Chia Porridge (vegan and dairy-free) pairs matcha chia pudding with coconut and tropical fruit, the Fresh Fruit and Toasted Granola comes with house granola and burnt caramel yoghurt, and the Garden Roast Bowl loads roasted vegetables, seasonal greens, puffed chickpeas and toasted seeds with citrus mayo — with the option to add smoked salmon, pork or shrimp.
Families are part of the plan, not an afterthought. The Little Pickles menu keeps smaller appetites happy with crispy chicken bites, mini burger sliders, mac and cheese bites, a kids' quesadilla and ice-cream. And because the café is proudly dog-friendly, the four-legged members of the crew are welcome too.
Expect a space that feels a bit gritty, a bit nostalgic and a lot of fun — neon touches, cheeky energy, and a crowd that ranges from solo coffee regulars to long-table catch-ups. The house motto says it well: eat well, keep it simple, stay a little longer.
You'll find Dill Pickles at 259 Onehunga Mall in Onehunga, Auckland. The site lists hours of 07:00 am to 04:00 pm, and you can call 09 222 2289 or 021 180 7499, or email Ryan@dillpickles.co.nz, to confirm details before you head over. Whether it's the daily fix, the big brekky or a plate of birria stackers you're after — pull up and dig in.