Auckland’s OG.
Mr Hao opened on Dominion Road, built on the late-night eating culture of Shanghai — skewers, cold beer, and a room that got louder as the night went on.
Then we did something nobody in Auckland had done: we made dumplings bottomless. One price, hand-folded dumplings, and as many rounds as you could manage. It caught on. Plenty have copied it since — we were first, and we still think we do it best.
These days the kitchen folds dumplings every morning, the wings have picked up a couple of awards, and the cocktails are still $8.88. The room’s still loud. That part was never going to change.
