Gigi Ponsonby

Warm and friendly family run restaurant serving traditional European dishes. The atmosphere is clean and stylish with elegant low lighting and plenty of space. The staff are absolutely amazing - their son and daughter were working that evening and were so attentive, charming, professional and quick. The food was quite good, perhaps a little pricey for the style and scale but well executed. My fish was a little overdone as hot vegetables came served on top of it which kept it cooking past the perfection it no-doubt left the pan in. Very tricky with a thin and delicate white fleshed fish. The chef was very kind to carefully consider allergies and alter the dishes.

Work Xmas function last night for 14. Service was outstanding. Menu was varied and food delicious. Market fish beautiful. Good selection of wines at different price points. Very enjoyable and would recommend. Thank you.

I went here for my birthday a couple weeks ago and had the best service and even better food! everything about this place was amazing & I will definitely be coming back! Shout out Hugo & the rest of the team that was on the night absolutely loved!

The ripeye steak was of excellent quality and I was pretty happy with it despite its little size. Great service was provided. a pleasant, unhurried dinner. love the lighting. lovely welcome staff

Simply the best time had at Gigi, best service, delicious food, the cocktails are to live for and the atmosphere is just perfect! Thank you for bringing a place like this back to Ponsonby Road. 💕👌🎉

I booked a table for 5. 2 adults and 3 kids to celebrate my wife's birthday. Before I went there, I called them to find out if I can bring a cake. They have no issue with that at all. Upon arrival, we were greeted by the friendly staff and they took us to our table. They were very friendly and accommodating. They went through the menu with us and they were willing to prepare fish and chips for our little one. We ordered a chef special entrée which is pork meatball with tomato sauce and fried sage; a fish and chips, a confit duck with asparagus, peas, French lentils and quince jelly; a market fish which is john dory and a chargrilled medium rare eye fillet with chunky chips and herb-garlic butter. The mains are abit small in portion but they are very nice. After our meal, they prepared the cake and even lighted a candle for us. We have a good time. We will come again.

Thank you for the lovely seafood crowder, too delicious 😋.

I came to Gigi’s in Ponsonby to celebrate my 50th birthday, unfortunately, the evening was ruined by the behaviour of one of the older male staff members who was being horrible to his young wait staff in front of us, and gloating about how he was the owner. His tone and manner left a very poor impression, and I felt uncomfortable addressing it at the time. It’s such a shame, because the rest of the staff seemed pleasant and the atmosphere had real potential.