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Parasol and Swing Company

Bar

👍👍 What I love about this place is that they are very quick to respond when you email them. You get to have an exchange message with the owner himself. He was very nice and professional eventhough I have made multiple changes in my booking. Good job Jason. See you tomorrow for my booking to dine with m... People often mention cocktails, drinks, great, staff, service, Great, nice, good, view, cocktail,


Address

7/204 Quay Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

Website

www.parasolandswing.co.nz

Contact

+64 9 366 3948

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (530 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 12 pm to 1 am
  • Wednesday: 12 pm to 1 am
  • Thursday: 12 pm to 2 am
  • Friday: 12 pm to 3 am
  • Saturday: 12 pm to 3 am
  • Sunday: 12 pm to 1 am
  • Monday: 12 pm to 1 am

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  • 5/5 Joseph A. 1 year ago on Google • 45 reviews
    What I love about this place is that they are very quick to respond when you email them. You get to have an exchange message with the owner himself. He was very nice and professional eventhough I have made multiple changes in my booking. Good job Jason. See you tomorrow for my booking to dine with my wife and family celebrating her birthday. Booking date 31/12/2021 Food are tasty though it's real that it comes in a little portion. Well it is a cocktail bar which you first notice when you come to the entrance that is why it is not a usual go to to have heavy lunch and all instead people go here to drink and have a little bit of snack. All in all we like the settings and staff are the best.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tim 1 year ago on Google
    Great cocktails and music, good place for a dance on a Saturday night! Friendly bar staff and security.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Jina H. 1 year ago on Google • 158 reviews
    Definitely a place to get drinks over food. Great assortment of drinks, and they all tasted really great! I don't recommend the cheese board since majority of it was giant wafers with a disproportionately small amount of cheese and other assortments for the giant wafers... The kimchi and chicken burger also not something that was to rave about, was mediocre and definitely had better. The kimchi flavour was really lackluster.

  • 5/5 Etomia W. 1 year ago on Google
    Great cocktails and views. Super service and atmosphere.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Chloe H. 1 year ago on Google
    We came here for a few drinks on a Thursday evening. It was very busy so we sat at the bar which was great. The bar staff were very attentive. The cocktails were delicious and very reasonably priced. Would recommend for a date night or just an after work drink. If you can get on the balcony there are great views. Will be back.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Indie S. 6 months ago on Google • 98 reviews
    Ready great place to handout for nice music and drinks. Went mid night had few drinks and there Jalapeno bites are must try. It’s really tasty 😋. Bar tenders are good and happy It’s surely a must visit place for me again when I am out for a midnight drink and dance.

  • 3/5 Tracy 1 year ago on Google
    Food was good, service was excellent, view was amazing, cocktails tasted good, but after 3 I didn't feel like I've had anything to drink. I'm a lightweight when it comes to alcohol, 2 x nips of vodka at home and I'd know it, and would be my limit even with friends over. Had a Pixie Spritz, a sour rum cocktail not on the menu, and a strawberry spritz, not even a slightly happy buzz. $20 x 2 and $21 for the drinks.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Robby D. 2 years ago on Google
    Great cocktail bar! Great cocktails! Great staff! When we arrived the balcony was full so we had to sit inside, the staff were on to it though and moved us outside as soon as a table became available!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ximena A. 3 months ago on Google • 74 reviews New
    Definitely recommend if you’re looking for a place with great cocktails and view.

  • 5/5 Geonju P. 10 months ago on Google • 41 reviews
    One of the best cocktails in the city. We went there on Tuesday night, so was easy to get outside seats. I love having a cocktail here with such a nice view🫶

  • 5/5 Stella The Curtain Shop N. 9 months ago on Google • 41 reviews
    First time came for lunch. Love the cocktail. Food is nice, especially the shoestring fries, full of flavor. Staffs are friendly and helpful too. Price is reasonable, $30 for lunch and tape beer. Cocktail is between $18 - $22, but I think totally worth it.

  • 5/5 Greta K. 2 months ago on Google • 29 reviews New
    Came for drinks!!! Service is great - great staff! The drinks are even better. My partner loved the chair whiskey - got a little spice / cinnamon sort of taste, lovely.

  • 5/5 Paige V. 1 month ago on Google • 8 reviews New
    Incredible attention to detail, service spectacular, cocktails delicious. We went to Parasol & Swing for some cocktails on the rooftop bar to watch the sunset, I mentioned I have allergies and they took note and when I ordered cocktails they came and checked as some had traces of things I am allergic to. Blown away with the attention to detail and friendly service. Recommend coming you will have an amazing view, amazing drinks and amazing friendly staff. Thank you to Meghan and Luke who served us!

  • 5/5 Joseph W. 1 year ago on Google
    Great bar with beautiful views over the marina and a little quieter than others in the area. The cocktails are tasty and the staff know their stuff. Absolutely recommend checking it out.

  • 5/5 Samantha 1 year ago on Google
    How does this place have the best fried chicken 😂 yummy cocktails too, we went on a Friday night so was quite busy and hard to flag down service at times. Music was good, 90s hip hop/rnb vibes. Definitely coming back for the chicken!

  • 4/5 Sam S. 3 months ago on Google New
    Had drinks downstairs - limited bar but staff were excellent and view amazing

  • 4/5 Monique D. 4 months ago on Google
    Three ladies on a Friday night extending our dinner out by finding a cocktail or two, horrible weather, so we opted for an inside drink instead of outside. I must say that the service is outstanding. Very nice, obliging young waiters and bar staff. Very tasty fries with a kind of pickle dip! Expensive cocktails, but delicious and you are paying for the venue and everything else too. Music got too loud to talk and lights going down was our cue to tottle home to the suburbs. Long way upstairs if you have bad knees or are unsteady on your pins. It was fun! Thanks guys 🤓

  • 4/5 Christina B. 6 months ago on Google
    Good cocktails, staff were lovely. But not much choice on the food side of things.

  • 5/5 Kendall L. 1 year ago on Google
    A great place to go if you wanna have few drinks with a group of friends. They open till very late and provide good customer service even when it gets very busy. And their cocktail are so pretty!

  • 5/5 B.E.V Birds eye V. 8 months ago on Google
    We went for sunset and it was beautiful. Drinks were delicious! Great beer

  • 4/5 Lauren L. 10 months ago on Google
    Such a great view here! Cocktails are good but what annoys me (and other places do the same thing), their non-alc drinks are basically juice, lemonade and a mint leaf but you pay the same as a normal cocktail!! Otherwise, the atmosphere is great! View is superb! Staff are friendly! Rain is not a problem!

  • 5/5 Faye M. 8 months ago on Google
    Love love love this place! Cocktails are divine and outdoor setting is gorgeous. Shout out to Luke for always providing the best service!

  • 5/5 Bijoux N. 2 years ago on Google
    Our table of girls were out for our mate’s birthday and we were served by Luke - Luke was so lovely and made sure that our table was cleared regularly and made great drinks reccomend actions when we asked advice on which cocktails we should order as well! Overall stellar service from Luke and I know that all of us girls really enjoyed being here, definitely keen to come back!

  • 5/5 Chase N. 1 year ago on Google
    Trying to find any place open was difficult enough. This was one of the only places that actually was. We were here around holiday so it made sense. We made our way up the dark stairs and found a very crowded bar. We went to find some spots at the bar only to find out that they will sit you. They sat us immediately, we ordered some drinks and enjoyed the night. The drinks were different but so good. The staff was friendly and helpful. It was a wonderful time.

  • 5/5 Harrison S. 2 years ago on Google
    I hate when you get fries and there’s not enough sauce. You’re left with cold, dry and sad chips and that’s just not on. Luckily, Parasol and Swings Company did NOT have that issue. The pot of fries sauce seemed like it would never end. And the churro chocolate sauces just went on and on and on. But besides the infinity sauces the food and drinks were great too!! We all tried each other’s drinks and there wasn’t a single one that wasn’t a 10/10 (could say the same thing about us). All in all, a great dining and drinking experience. Would 100% recommend.

  • 5/5 Duygu O. 1 year ago on Google
    Kimchi chicken burger and fish taco were so yummy. We paired them with lager beer. Great view from the balcony. Friendly and welcoming staff.

  • 5/5 Janus L. 1 year ago on Google
    Came here to cross the year, didn’t have to wait in queues to get in, the vibe was really good, not overly crowded, staffs were all smiling and happy, efficient with their duties and the location is perfect to watch the fireworks

  • 5/5 summer p. 1 year ago on Google
    everything is perfect! everyone is soooo nice and the food is perfect to enjoy :) the picture of menu is a bit different, but I think new menu is better.

  • 5/5 Jackson P. 1 year ago on Google
    This place was amazing. The cocktails were the best I've ever had, anywhere. We tried 4 of the very unique cocktails on the menu and I was genuinely surprised each time by how yummy and impressive they were. The place also had excellent views and the service was the best I've ever experienced from a bar. Super nice staff that were friendly and helpful.

  • 3/5 Rob L. 1 year ago on Google
    Went here for a friend’s birthday tonight. Amazing place, great polite service, nice view, cocktails and food. Wasn’t overly expensive, happy with pricing. The only let down is that our cocktails seem to have been watered down when it got dark. Still would be happy to come back though

  • 3/5 N V. 2 years ago on Google
    Great service, great views and food was delicious! We ordered the crispy cajun chicken and the ranch sauce was incredible!!! Absolutely loved it! The shoestring fries were also so crunchy and not oily at all! Sauce was also nice and spicy! Only giving 3 stars though because I was expecting the menu to be the same as the photos from the Google reviews. Turned out, we only had snacks... maybe because of time of day? :( But yeah, so sad. I was looking forward to a pork belly burger, ice cream sandwich and loaded fries.

  • 5/5 abby j. 1 year ago on Google
    Such yummy cocktails great view and awsome table service

  • 1/5 Natasha 7 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    PSA DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY going here for the $30 restaurant month deal. Firstly, even though you had to pre-book your meal, we still ended up WAITING ALMOST TWO HOURS for our meal. But here's the thing, half of our table received their food and about 1.5 hours later the other half of the table got their food. Not only this but the servings given to the second half of us were a quarter of the actual serving and definitely not worth the steep $30 price and are far from a "two course meal" as stated. They tried to compensate and give us a few "free" tacos for the table but in reality those minuscule pieces of chicken belonged in the tacos which the second half of the table received. Pictures show serving size of those who got their food first vs the serving size of those who had to wait an extra 1.5 hours to get food.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Lorenzo R. 2 months ago on Google • 1 review New
    Never in my life have I written a review so the fact that I am writing one right now is an absolute testament to my experience tonight. Special shoutout to Adriane and Parae because they went above and beyond, to make our experience memorable and enjoyable. The fact they were so genuine and caring of our experience felt so rare and something I seriously appreciate. If you want a great experience, with amazing food and service this is the place to be!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Food
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Dancing
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Food at bar
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✗ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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