Cornerbar

It was ok… The food artichoke and spinach dish with flat bread was very good. The beers were different very stout

A simple bar attached to the hotel I was staying at, staffed by two friendly gentlemen — a South African and an Italian. It was pretty busy when I arrived early on a Saturday evening, but got quiet very quickly when, I assume, people left for their dinner reservations.
Their wine selection is good, their beer selection is fine. They have a full bar but I didn’t try any mixed drinks. Prices are average for this area.
Generally, a fine place.

The corner bar is always packed right on 5:30pm. It’s got an easy going atmosphere, plenty of street side seating and a surprisingly good range of craft beers and ciders. When I went they didn’t have to wine I originally wanted and unfortunately their wine list of kind of small. I ended up settling on a delicious gewurtz and all was forgiven.
Corner Bar is the kind of place I wouldn’t go out of the way to visit but if you’re in the area, it’s a good option!

Only four taps, but generally solid craft beers and brands on tap (not the relentless rotation of beers hourly), offering people a good introduction to craft without getting smashed in the face with massive hops or alcohol (because I’m told not everyone likes that).
From my experience Corner Bar are very good at putting kegs straight into the chiller on arrival. Even if they didn’t, they are stored below street level inside so don’t have issues with direct sun heating them up.
We sat down with our beers and the waitress came out to the table and gave us this selection of cashews (did you know that cashews come from a fruit) and almonds, coated in something, not sure what it was, a little salty, and the small pieces of Nori were cool.
An interesting snack that complemented the beer, and made you want to drink some more.
Thought the best thing to try was the $ 10 pizza special for lunch. Not a bad pizza, freshly made, and delivers OK value for money. Good filler when drinking beers and talking to mates.
I was advised that there is a menu refresh on the cards, so maybe I’ll wait till then to revisit the food on offer.
Remember it isn’t the biggest bar, with what seems to be more outside seating than inside.
So at this time of year it is a great place to spend an afternoon or evening drinking a beer with mates, and doing some people watching.
Definitely a very busy corner, particularly at lunch or after work.
With a bit more time I would expand on the restaurant upstairs «Kitchen». I have eaten there a handful of times and been pretty impressed with the quality of the food and service. It has been a few months so would need to try again.
Kitchen was named as one of Auckland’s top 50 restaurants in the Metro 2013 Restaurant of the Year Awards.
They do offer a reasonable selection of craft beer in the restaurant and upstairs bar. Better than 99% of restaurants in New Zealand.
Also worth considering is staying in one of the 25 luxury boutique hotel rooms. I have never seen one but I’ve known people that have stayed here and they have been really impressed with the experience. Maybe I should check out a room some day.

I do enjoy a nice pizza, so I didn’t think twice about venturing into the Corner Bar (part of Hotel DeBrett) based only on the chalkboard advertisement for slow cooked pork pizza. It may have been slow cooked but it wasn’t slow service. Pleasantly surprised to find the food was VERY reasonably priced considering the ’boutique’ style surroundings. Drinks were about average for the area. It was busy on the Thursday I was here but I can’t imagine it is ever empty. Mind you, Thursday is the new Friday (and Sunday is the new Monday?). If you are a bit scruffy I think you would struggle to fit in with the generally suited and booted crowd, it was a stroke of luck that I was actually dressed quite ‘normally’ for a change!

The Corner Bar is a small, brightly coloured bar with vibrant, bright outdoor chairs and windows that look like they were created by Piet Mondriaan. Enjoy the wild display of colours and Anika Moa soundtrack before 5pm when the flocks of suits overrun the bar.
The bar inside has walls covered in New Zealand Art Nouveau and a toilet wallpapered in postcards from art galleries around New Zealand. It pushes eclectic to it’s limits They offer a couple of beers on tap with gruff service by a staff member who wanted to be back outside on his table.
The bar is almost an oasis from the opulence of High Street and the new Britomart area but I’ve had better.

On the corner of Shortland and High Street there is a bar, the Corner Bar. Popular for after work drinks with the area’s yuppi population, it can be hard to get a seat when they blow the 5pm whistle. It can be a good option on a Friday or Saturday night to go for a chilled drink between more noisy clubs. After a few heavy hours at Met or Code it can be nice to stop at the Corner Bar for a Mojhito, a place where you can actually have a conversation over a drink. There is a small seated area just around from the bar with a few tables, if you are with a group of friends you can quite easily fill this area up, which turns it into a little private area.

Definitely a fan of Corner Bar. It is part of the trilogy of bars scattered around that … well corner. I have had two friends that have worked at Corner Bar over the years so I personally know that the staff are friendly and passionate about what they do. They make the most epic cocktails in a second, right in front of you, whilst chatting to you about this and that. It is the smoothest of service out there.
From its namesake it is indeed a corner bar, and it is a tiny one in that sense. But having said that, there is still plenty of room to sit, stand or sit by the bar. There are even a few outside tables perched under the city sun or evening sky.
I love going here pre and post nights out. So you go there with your friends for a few cocktails and a giggle with the bartender or other patrons, then you head out for the night, and then you come back and sit by the bar to debrief with a mellow whiskey or something similar. So good.

Corner bar is as the name suggests, is located on a corner, the corner of Shortland Street and High Street in the heritage building that is known now as Hotel DeBrett. True to Hotel DeBrett’s signature striped colourful trendy interiors, Corner Bar has a collection of coloured tables and chairs outside which is jus as well because Corner Bar is quite small. This is bar is more casual than the bar inside, House Bar, quite a different atmosphere.
They also have a good range of small plates and pizza available and the coffee here is good too. I give it a two because it isn’t to my taste, the House Bar and Kitchen restaurant are and I enjoy going there but if you like sitting at a bar stool in a small space or outside on the corner of two intersecting streets to enjoy a couple of drinks, this might be up your alley.