Auckland’s Best Salads Worth Your $$$

It comes as no surprise that Toss is our go-to for Auckland’s best salads worth your money. The core values of Toss are fresh, healthy ingredients sourced from local farmers and growers. These salads are vibrant, flavourful and exciting. A personal favourite is the halloumi pesto salad, combining free-range chicken, red onion, spinach, halloumi, broccoli and a basil pesto dressing. Another crowd-pleaser is the buffalo blue with kale, buffalo chicken, blue cheese, croutons, pickles and a creamy Caesar dressing. Toss takes pride in creating delicious and exotic salads that encourage people to try something new. Other memorable options are the kale Caesar, tex-mex chicken, tofu toss and Greek classic. You can opt to build your own or tweak any of the available salads.

Experience a Vietnamese salad with a twist at Café Hanoi. Embrace the explosive flavours, fresh herbs and classic take on traditional cuisine. Café Hanoi has created a menu inspired by Vietnamese street food while incorporating a French influence. Every dish on the menu will take your tastebuds on a journey like none other; the salads are exciting and unique, differing from the norm in the best way possible. The spicy roast duck salad is one of our favourites with red cabbage, pickles, lotus root, ginger, lime and chilli. Another favourite is the soft-shell crab with shredded kohlrabi, ginger, peanuts, fish sauce and lime dressing.

Ripe Deli is a legendary figure in the Auckland food scene; it has paved the way for healthy eateries for over 20 years. Get your 5-a-day with a deliciously nourishing salad, gourmet sandwiches and wraps, or a decadent and rich home-baked slice. Ripes nutritious salads come in many sizes and flavours to suit everyone’s needs. The roast kumara salad; pairs buckwheat, asparagus, zucchini, cucumber, capsicum, spinach and peas with a herby dressing. The raw broccoli comes with greens, seeds, red onion, herbs, cranberries and vegan mayo. Every salad is action-packed with flavourful, fresh and hearty ingredients. There are also options to add a protein like a marinated and baked salmon fillet, vegan marinated tofu and half of a free-range chicken breast; marinated, baked and sliced.

My-oh-my, Boy and Bird seriously understood the assignment when it came to making insanely divine salads. Treat your temple to a big bowl of sauteed kale salad; tossed with an array of greens, fennel, quinoa, apple, halloumi and smoked almonds. You can’t go wrong with the epic chicken Caesar with croutons, free-range bacon, parboiled eggs and parmesan. We love Boy and Bird because we get to personalise our salads, and sometimes we need an extra serving of feta, a sprinkle of hemp seeds and a handful of juicy prawns. A few other salads worth mentioning are the super green tofu salad, the sticky root and the ginger-garlic prawns.

Deviate from the classic salad with something new and exciting. Yeah Bowl Poke is serving up incredible, colourful and nutritious poke bowls. These poke bowls combine fresh ingredients with beautiful sashimi bites – you can’t get healthier than that. The tuna loha combines fresh sashimi tuna with carrots, spring onions, mango, shallots and smashed almonds; this dish is incredibly vibrant and tastes like heaven. The hilo kilo allows you to try everything in one bowl with fresh tuna and salmon, free-range chicken, avocado, edamame, seaweed salad, shallots, wasabi peas and Yeah sauce. Otherwise, feel free to customise your poke bowl to suit your needs!