Miss Pings

Food is good. Had the cold noodle dish and the Bahn mi. Somewhat random clientele but ok. And would think that it would be fun place at night. We were there during the day

Late night games of ping pong watered down with refreshing summer cocktails makes for a memorable evening of competitive mischief. What really tops it off is the tasteful pictures that adorn the bathroom stalls.
It doesnt matter what day of the week it is Miss Pings. Is the place to be…
Sun Fun and Pong…

Living with 3 frat boys in San Francisco, I quickly become attuned to the fact that every time we went out drinking some sort of bar game will ensue. Be it beer pong, shuffleboard, darts, bocce, pool… you name it, bars had it. That just isn’t really the case in NZ — bar a few pool tables here and there, we seem to keep the focus well and truly on the drinking (and, depending on the evening, dancing). That was, until Miss Pings…
Located in a previously vacant space in the City’s hot new development, Miss Pings has generated a whole lot of hype since opening a couple of weeks back and I think it’s due to it’s winning combo of ping pong tables, simple but delicious drinks, laidback hip-​hop beats and fresh Vietnamese menu.
We went on a miserable Saturday night and it was still cranking. I must admit I am TERRIBLE at Ping Pong so sat out but the boys loved it. Would love to come back on a sunny arvo, when apparently the move the tables outside.

There seemed to be a bit too much hype around this place, in my opinion at least.
It’s apparently a pop-​up store so they have a small menu. The food wasn’t bad but I wasn’t blown away. We had come in around 8:30pm and a lot of the food was sold out. (Although we did see them serving banh-​mi an hour after we tried to order it, which was rather confusing.)
Between the few of us, we all got some (non-​alcoholic) drinks, which weren’t a fan of, some springs rolls which were alright, and a noodle salad which my friend described as rather tasteless. Although I am tempted to come back and find out what their banh-​mi is like as this is still a commodity in Auckland.
The great thing we did enjoy about this place was the table tennis tables they have indoors and outdoors. We had a great time smacking around a ball and laughing around at how useless we were. The place has a great setting, a lot of indoor and outdoor space. And they had a DJ playing some chill music.
I suppose it wouldn’t be too bad if this place stayed around.