Mt Albert BBQ Noodle House is a long-serving Chinese noodle house on New North Road in Ōwairaka, Mount Albert, known for barbecue-style noodles. Established in 1998, it is one of the suburb's more enduring food businesses and has been run by the Huali Qiu couple since 2005.
The shop's story includes a short but important move: when the lease expired on its original premises at 932 New North Road, the business relocated to 930 New North Road, where it operates today. There it shares an address — and an operation — with M+M Tea, so a single visit can cover both a savoury noodle meal and a tea drink. The two businesses even share a website and contact details.
Casual and local in character, it sits on a busy stretch of New North Road among Mount Albert's other food stops. Whether you're a long-time regular or new to the area, expect a straightforward neighbourhood noodle-and-tea stop run by the same family for the better part of two decades.
On a busy stretch of New North Road in Ōwairaka, Mount Albert, Mt Albert BBQ Noodle House has been part of the neighbourhood's eating routine since 1998. That is a long run for any local food shop, and it puts the business among the suburb's more enduring eateries. These days it shares its address — and its operation — with M+M Tea, so one stop covers both a barbecue-noodle meal and something to drink alongside it.
The shop was established in 1998, and in 2005 the operation passed to the Huali Qiu couple, who have run it ever since. That means one family has now steered the business for the better part of two decades — long enough that regular customers have grown up with the same faces at the counter. Continuity like that is rare on a suburban shopping strip, and it shapes the experience: this is a neighbourhood takeaway in the fullest sense, run at a household's pace rather than a chain's.
The name tells you the kitchen's identity. This is a noodle house in the Chinese barbecue style — barbecue noodles are the house speciality and the reason the shop carries the name it does. The paired tea business rounds out a visit with drinks.
Long-time locals may remember the shop at a different street number. When the lease expired on its original premises at 932 New North Road, the business relocated to 930 New North Road, where it operates today. It is a small move — a few metres along the same road — but a practical one to know about: older reviews, blog posts and saved maps may still point to number 932. If your directions predate the move, head for 930, where the shop now sits alongside M+M Tea.
The most distinctive thing about the address is the joint operation. Mt Albert BBQ Noodle House and M+M Tea operate together, sharing a website at mmtea.co.nz and a contact email. For customers, that turns a single shopfront into a two-in-one: order a savoury noodle dish and add a tea drink in the same transaction, without crossing the street. It is a simple idea, and a sensible one for anyone grabbing lunch on the run or feeding a household with different tastes.
The shop's timeline lines up neatly with its suburb's own history. According to the Mt Albert Business Association's local history, Mount Albert developed into one of Auckland's most multicultural centres through the 1990s, home to growing Chinese and other migrant communities, supported by local institutions such as Unitec and the Auckland Institute of Studies. Mt Albert BBQ Noodle House opened in 1998, right in the middle of that period, and has remained on the same road ever since. New North Road itself is one of the area's oldest routes, laid out in the 1860s to open up the suburb, and today it carries a dense line of food businesses — the association's directory lists Handpicked Coffee Roasters at number 918 and Downlow Burgers at 940 within a few doors of the noodle house.
The shop is at 930 New North Road, Ōwairaka, Mount Albert, Auckland 1025. Opening hours are not published on the business association's directory listing, so if you are planning a dedicated trip, it is worth phoning 09 815 3228 first to confirm times. General enquiries can go to [email protected]. Whether you are a long-time regular who remembers the 932 address or a first-timer working down New North Road, this is a straightforward proposition: a family-run noodle house with a tea counter attached, holding its spot in Mount Albert since the late nineties.