Firangi Fusion is a fine dining restaurant on New Windsor Road in Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, serving a genuine three-way fusion of Indian, European and Arabian (Middle Eastern) cuisine. It is a halal restaurant and, in its own words, serves all of its customers with dedication.
The restaurant is the brainchild of Mohammed Azeem, founder and owner of the Bawarchi chain of restaurants, takeaways, dine-inn and buffet services in Auckland and Christchurch. The team has been creating delicious food for over 35 years, with decades of experience in the food and hospitality industry in New Zealand and overseas — and the menu here was deliberately built to bring diners a wide variety of dishes you won't find on the Bawarchi menu.
Menus run across starters, main courses, desserts and drinks, with award-winning chefs crafting special menus from the freshest ingredients. A highlight is the weekend buffet, served every Saturday and Sunday from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm. Opening hours are 4:00–9:30 pm Monday to Friday and 12:30–9:30 pm on weekends. Dine in, order online for pickup, or talk to the team about catering services.
On New Windsor Road in Blockhouse Bay, Firangi Fusion does something few Auckland restaurants attempt: one kitchen, one menu, three culinary traditions. Indian, European and Arabian — Middle Eastern — cooking all share the same table here, and the whole operation is halal, served, as the team puts it, with dedication to every customer.
The story behind it explains the ambition. Firangi Fusion is the brainchild of Mohammed Azeem, founder and owner of the Bawarchi chain of restaurants, takeaways, dine-inns and buffet services across Auckland and Christchurch. That team has been creating delicious food for over 35 years, with decades of experience in the food and hospitality industry both in New Zealand and overseas. Bawarchi has built its own reputation among food lovers in New Zealand — the owners credit their loyal customers and their continuous feedback and support — and Firangi Fusion is what came next.
Importantly, this is not Bawarchi part two. With Firangi Fusion, the team deliberately set out to bring diners a wide variety of dishes that you won't find on the Bawarchi menu, drawing on European and Arabian kitchens alongside the Indian cooking they are known for. That is what makes it a real fusion, in their words, rather than a single-cuisine house.
The menu is organised into starters, main courses, desserts and drinks, with special menus from the chefs layered on top. Firangi Fusion's award-winning chefs, in the restaurant's own description, work tirelessly to create unique and flavourful dishes that showcase their skills and creativity — an exquisite culinary experience carefully crafted to impress and delight diners. Freshness is a stated point of pride: the kitchen uses only the freshest ingredients.
Because three cuisines meet here, the room suits mixed appetites. One diner can head toward the Indian end of the menu, another toward Middle Eastern dishes, and a third toward European plates, and everyone leaves happy. That breadth, plus fine-dining presentation and what the restaurant calls world-class service, is how Firangi Fusion says it has become one of the most popular restaurants in Auckland.
Bookend your week with the buffet. It runs every Saturday and Sunday from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm — an all-you-can-eat window where the kitchen's range is laid out in full. Weekends are also when the restaurant opens early, from 12:30 pm, so a late lunch or early dinner before the buffet rush is an option too. Monday to Friday, Firangi Fusion is an evening restaurant, opening at 4:00 pm and serving through until 9:30 pm.
Can't make it in? Order online through Firangi Fusion's ordering site and pick your food up. Planning something bigger? The team invites customers to talk to them about catering services for events.
You'll find the restaurant at 193 New Windsor Road, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland. Call 09 626 2003, email [email protected], or follow the kitchen on Facebook and Instagram to keep up with what's coming out of the kitchen.
Whether you come for the weekend buffet, a halal fine-dining dinner or a pickup order on the way home, the promise is the same one the team has built its name on for 35 years: delicious food, made with care.