The Good Home Lincoln Road is a neighbourhood pub in Henderson, West Auckland, opening its doors from 11:30am every day of the week. It belongs to the GOODHOME group — which is quick to insist it is not a chain, but a family of pubs each with a flavour all of its own. The only things shared between them, the team says, are the enticing array of drinks at the bar, the tempting treats on the menu and the smiles of the friendly folk who serve them.
At Lincoln Road the emphasis is on settling in: 'come in and put your feet up for a while' is the standing invitation, and the venue photos show a roomy, well-stocked pub built for lingering. The kitchen runs five menus — a main food menu, bar snacks, party platters, a dedicated kids menu and a full drinks list — covering everything from a quick graze at the bar to a family dinner or platters for a crowd.
Beyond food and drink there's a What's On calendar that has included quiz nights, a Functions offering for private events, and a Supporters Club rewards programme for regulars. Tables can be booked online via the Book Now page, and all five menus are downloadable as PDFs from the website.
On Lincoln Road in Henderson, West Auckland, The Good Home Lincoln Road makes good on its name. The pub's tagline — *there is a place like home* — sets the tone, and the homepage invitation is disarmingly simple: come in and put your feet up for a while. Doors open at 11:30am every day of the week, so whether it's a long lunch, an after-work drink or a family dinner, the lights are on and the bar is ready.
The Good Home belongs to the GOODHOME family, but the team is quick to draw a line between a group and a chain. As they put it, they're not a chain — they're a group of pubs with an eye for the different and the delicious. Each GOODHOME, they say, has a flavour all of its own, and the only similarities you'll notice from one to the next are the enticing array of drinks at the bar, the tempting treats on the menu and the smiles of the friendly folk who serve them.
That ethos matters whether you're a regular or a first-timer. You're not walking into a formula; you're walking into this pub, on this road, with its own room and its own rhythm. The venue gallery gives a feel for the space — generous tables, a well-stocked bar and plenty of room to spread out with a group.
The Menus page is where the pub shows its range, with five separate downloads: the main food menu, a kids menu, a bar snacks menu, party platters and the drinks menu.
The food menu is the backbone — tempting treats, as the site puts it, served across a trading day that starts at 11:30am. The bar snacks menu covers the in-between moments, when all you want is something to graze on while the drinks go around. Party platters scale things up for groups and celebrations, which makes them a natural fit for the pub's functions offering. And the kids menu means families don't have to work around the pub — younger diners get a menu of their own.
The drinks menu rounds out the set, covering the array at the bar. Pitchers get their moment in the venue photos, and there's a lot to be said for ordering one when the table can't agree.
There's more to the calendar than lunch and dinner. The What's On page tracks events at the pub — quiz nights among them, with photos on the site showing a room deep in concentration over the answer sheets. If you'd rather stage an occasion of your own, the Functions page covers events at the venue, with those party platters ready to feed a crowd.
For regulars, the Supporters Club is the pub's rewards programme — worth joining if the Good Home is about to become your local. And if you'd rather not gamble on a Friday table, the Book Now page handles reservations online. The pub also keeps in touch through Instagram and Facebook, both linked from the site.
You'll find The Good Home Lincoln Road at 159 Lincoln Rd, Henderson, Auckland 0610. Trading starts at 11:30am seven days a week, with closing time stretching as the week goes on: 9:00pm on Mondays and Sundays, 9:30pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10:00pm on Thursdays and a 10:30pm finish on Fridays and Saturdays. Questions can go to the duty manager at [email protected], or by phone on 09-839 2481.
Before you head over, it's worth pulling down the current menus from the website — they're kept as PDFs on the Menus page, so what you read there is what the kitchen is actually cooking and the bar is actually pouring.
Whether you arrive for a plate from the food menu, a round of bar snacks, a quiz night with mates or platters for the whole office, the pitch stays the same: there is a place like home, and in Henderson it sits on Lincoln Road.