Master Kong The Mount is an Asian-twisted street food restaurant and bar at 217 Maunganui Road in Mount Maunganui, part of the Star Group hospitality network. The kitchen serves hot, fresh, twisted Asian street food built for sharing, from steaming bao and dumplings to a Kong Style roast duck and a Kong Signature Street Pad Thai.
Alongside food, Master Kong runs an extensive drinks list spanning cocktails, soju, teapots for sharing, 0% cocktails, draft and bottled beer, wine and sparkling wine. The venue hosts Kong Club every Saturday afternoon and a Dumpling Class on the last Wednesday of each month, and offers a 'Feed Me' shared group menu for tables of four or more.
As part of Star Group, Master Kong participates in the Star Social rewards programme, giving members $1 back for every $10 spent, and the venue also caters for functions and private events with tailored food and beverage packages.
On Maunganui Road in Mount Maunganui, Master Kong The Mount describes itself as Asian-Twisted — hot, fresh street food built for sharing, with bold flavours designed to hit the table fast. Part of Star Group's network of North Island venues, it pairs a wide-ranging Asian street food menu with an equally extensive drinks list.
The menu moves through snacks, fresh dishes, steamed items and mains designed to land quickly and get passed around the table. Snacks range from garlic butter edamame and crispy calamari to cheeseburger wontons and sriracha honey fried chicken, while the Fresh section covers salads and raw dishes like a smashed Sichuan cucumber salad, a green papaya som tum salad, and a crudo of line-caught market fish with passionfruit ginger dressing.
The Steamed section is where the bao and dumplings live — pork and cabbage dumplings, prawn and chive shumai, and bao filled with roasted cauliflower, sriracha chicken or crispy pork. For something bigger, The Duck section features a Kong Style Roast Duck served with pancakes, cucumber, hoisin and chilli plum jam, available as a half or whole bird.
The Wok & Noodle section anchors the mains, led by the Kong Signature Street Pad Thai with roasted peanuts and chilli jam, alongside Kam Huong Hot Chicken, sweet and sour pork, a black garlic and mushroom fried rice, and a Red Dragon Thai red curry built on beef sirloin and coconut milk. To finish, Sweet Street offers mango sticky rice, a chocolate molten lava bun with Vietnamese espresso cream, and a caramel street monkey dessert built on grilled bananas and pineapple.
For tables of four or more, the 'Feed Me' shared menu delivers a full spread of edamame, shumai, dumplings, wok greens, pad thai, sweet and sour pork, fried rice and salad Kong style for the table, with dessert available as an add-on. Younger diners get their own Kid's Bento Box, including prawn crackers, a choice of dumplings with egg fried rice, mochi for dessert, and a drink.
Master Kong backs its food with an extensive bar programme — ten house cocktails including a Pandan Slushy and a Blossom Spritz, soju served solo or as a table-side Soju Beer Bomb, shareable teapots, and four 0% cocktails for those skipping the alcohol. The beer list runs from draft Tiger and Kong IPA through to bottled Sol, Singha and Tsingtao, plus low and non-alcoholic options. The wine list leans heavily on Marlborough, with sparkling options including Cloudy Bay Pelorus and Moët & Chandon.
Master Kong hosts Kong Club every Saturday from 2pm to 3:30pm, and a Dumpling Class on the last Wednesday of each month from 6:30pm. As part of Star Group, the venue also participates in the Star Social rewards programme, giving members $1 back for every $10 spent, and offers tailored food and beverage packages for functions and private events.
Master Kong is closed Mondays, open Tuesday evenings from 5pm to 9pm, Wednesday and Thursday from midday to 9pm, Friday and Saturday from midday to 10pm, and Sunday from midday to 9pm. Whether it's a date night, a work lunch, or a table of mates making noise, Master Kong pairs its street food menu with the energy to match.