St Leonard Takeaways is a neighbourhood takeaway on St Leonards Rd in Kelston, West Auckland, holding a 3.4 Google rating from 79 reviews. Feedback is mixed: some customers rate the fried rice, fried noodles and noodle soup and find delivery or pick-up easy, while others have found the fried food overly salty and greasy.
With takeaways, much comes down to the fryer — oil kept hot and changed regularly gives crisp batter that drains clean, while tired oil leaves everything heavy. Fish is best cooked to order, as anything left sitting in the cabinet softens as it waits. Many suburban West Auckland shops also run a small Chinese-style menu alongside the fish and chips, and the wok dishes, cooked fresh to order, are often the ones regulars quietly favour.
On St Leonards Rd in Kelston, St Leonard Takeaways is handy for locals grabbing a quick dinner on the way home.