Seafood Harbour is a seafood restaurant on New North Road in Waterview, Auckland, though its Google rating of 2.3 suggests checking recent reviews before planning a visit. At seafood restaurants generally, freshness does the heavy lifting: the best menus follow the catch, and staff can usually tell you what came in that morning. Straightforward cooking — grilled, steamed or lightly crumbed — tends to signal a kitchen confident in its fish, while heavy sauces can mask age. Asking what arrived today is the most useful question a diner can ask, and shellfish or raw preparations are the honest test, leaving tired seafood nowhere to hide. For Seafood Harbour on New North Road, those recent reviews are the best guide to how the kitchen is travelling right now.