Stanley's Roast is a takeaway on Great North Road in Kelston, West Auckland, serving roast meals and holding a Google rating of 3.9.
A roast takeaway lives or dies on timing. The good ones cook their meat in the morning, hold it gently rather than drying it out under heat lamps, and carve to order. The potatoes are the tell: proper ones are roasted in fat from the meat, crisp outside and fluffy within, not reheated. Regulars ask what went in the oven first that day and order accordingly, and they judge the gravy too — made on site it pulls the plate together, while powder gravy lets the whole meal down. Portions tend to be generous, so a tray with veg and stuffing goes a long way.
On a busy stretch of Great North Road, Stanley's Roast puts a hot roast dinner within easy reach of Kelston locals.