Weekdays from 7am · weekends from 8am

Come for coffee. Avoid your responsibilities.

Castor Bay's only café, at the bottom of the hill. Kiwi brunch, lunch with a few detours, and Coffee Supreme on the machine. A few steps from the beach.

See the menu 82 Beach Road → 09 410 0826

The Good Hood shopfront on Beach Road: white brick, green tiles, the script sign on the window and a timber bench out front.

Weekdays 7am to 2.30pm Weekends 8am to 3pm Coffee Supreme Across from Castor Bay beach

Polaroid-style photographs of local dogs displayed on the white tiled wall at Good Hood Eatery.

Our most loyal regulars. Not one of them has ever paid.

Every photo on this wall belongs to a dog who's visited Good Hood. Their names are written underneath by hand. Dogs are welcome inside, so walk the beach, then bring them in to settle down while you have a coffee.

“Dogs are like our families.” Fang, owner

Handwritten names beneath photographs of dogs on Good Hood Eatery's community dog wall. — Otto, Daisy, Zebb, Millie, Pineapple, Baron and friends.

Want your dog up there?

Bring them in. We'll take their photo and add them to the wall.

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Good coffee. Good dogs. Good Hood.

Inside Good Hood: the counter in blond timber, open shelving with plants and the espresso machine.

Our story

“I think it's the best suburb on the Shore.”

Fang, owner

18 years in hospitality, starting with a diploma in culinary arts and three years at SkyCity. Then came cafés of her own: Tongue & Groove in Birkenhead, Dear Jane in Mount Albert and Common Ground in Browns Bay. Good Hood is the one she runs now, and she chose Castor Bay for its people.

Almost three years in, the regulars have found it: tucked down out of the wind, a short walk from the beach. Weekdays it's mostly locals. Weekends, they bring the family.

Ask Fang what to order and she'll point you to her signature dishes: the Avo Smash, the Sweetcorn Fritters, the King Prawn Udon and the Bang Bang Chicken Salad.

Built for staying a while.

Blond timber, bench seats, reeded glass, careful tiling and that green out front. Bring the paper, a friend, the kids after a swim.

A Coffee Supreme sign on the white brick wall outside.

A barista pouring steamed milk at the espresso machine.

Open shelving with trailing plants, jars and coffee grinders above white tiles.

Espresso pouring from the group head into a mint-green cup.

Milk being poured into a flat white, forming a rosetta.

On the machine

Coffee Supreme. Your order, remembered.

Espresso from one of New Zealand's original roasters, plant milks from The Alternative, and baristas who'll have yours started by the time you reach the counter.

Find us at the bottom of the hill.

82 Beach Road, Castor Bay, Auckland
09 410 0826
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Good Hood from the footpath on Beach Road, with outdoor seating along the green-tiled front.

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