Ima Cuisine

Ima Cuisine Middle Eastern restaurant run by Yael Shochat. Breakfast, baking, lunch, dinner and catering all mad
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Cooking has always been the focus of my life, I’ve been a cook since my early teens. However when I left Israel to study in the UK, it really dawned on me just how important good food is – how great food can lift your spirit and make you happy, and bad food can bring you down. When I arrived in New Zealand during the late ’90s, I couldn’t find the food I loved, so I opened a bistro called “The Lunch Box” with the desire to make food that would lift people’s daily life. The name embodied “food made with love” like a mother sending her little boy off into the world with a parcel of goodness, nourishment and of course a few little treats. In keeping with my philosophy, when I later opened for dinner, and “The Lunch Box” was no longer an appropriate name, we rebranded as “Ima Cuisine” – where Ima means “Mother” in Hebrew. Encouraged by the success and rave reviews that our food received, and always looking for opportunities to offer a better dining experience, we have begun a new venture in Fort Street, central Auckland catering for breakfast, lunch & dinner. At Ima we invite you to enjoy our food – made with love and the finest ingredients – we know it will make you happy!

-YAEL

Pastry platter for an office morning tea this beautiful spring morning! ☀️🥐🧀 Cheddar cheese and spring onion scone🍌 Bana...
30/09/2026

Pastry platter for an office morning tea this beautiful spring morning! ☀️🥐

🧀 Cheddar cheese and spring onion scone
🍌 Banana, miso and dark chocolate muffins
🥐 Chorizo and manchego croissant twist
🧀Cheese and chive croissant twist
🥧Pastel de nata Portuguese egg tarts
🍎 Mini vegan apple strüdels
🍓 Dairy-free strawberry, lemon and almond muffins
🥬Vegan herb and spinach börek
🍆 Börekas loaf with smoky eggplant, mozzarella and spring onion

Every work team needs a treat, especially to keep them going at this time of year! So treat them to the best!
Order catering today through our website 💻✨ xx

So happy to have spent Rosh Hashanah with family and friends - thanks to Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation for...
17/09/2026

So happy to have spent Rosh Hashanah with family and friends - thanks to Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation for organising and thanks to Pulkit Arora for the beatuPulkit Arora.
We love celebrating at Ima and we do exclusive venue hire! Although the Jewish year has just begun, the Gregorian year is coming to a close and this means Christmas parties, work functions, get togethers, you name it! Our back section can have 40 people, our front section 80 and our whole restaurant can host up to 120 people! So come party with us ### book through our website ###x

10/09/2026

We want to wish our whānau and community a big shana tova this Rosh Hashanah! While it’s important to celebrate we also want to recognise that times have been tough in Aotearoa and around the world. We are are entering the new year with a renewed fight for justice, shared liberation, a world where all our people and our environment can thrive and flourish. This pursuit is central to Judaism and to Jewish culture and we are proud of these values. It’s Manaakitanga, Kotahitanga and Kaitiakitanga! Shana tova u’metukah to all xx

Last weekend of restaurant month is upon us! Our deal has pretty much meant free (and absolutely gorgeous) desserts 🍨 🍮....
27/08/2026

Last weekend of restaurant month is upon us! Our deal has pretty much meant free (and absolutely gorgeous) desserts 🍨 🍮. You’ve loved em! We’ve loved making making em! Come see us this weekend for our restaurant month deal but also…. We might bring it back for a couple weeks soon to celebrate a certain rail link opening 🤫 😉✨🚂

Pictured is our mahalabi milk custard, maamoul date biscuit and home made baklava with handmade filo pastry - a real labour of love xx

17/08/2026

We are halfway through restaurant month, so if you haven't been in for our awesome 3 course deal, then don't miss out come on down while it lasts

13/08/2026

We are here to make your dream event a reality; be it office cocktail parties with canapés, full sit down meals, a shawarma party, roast box (we can roast a whole lamb onsite!), board lunches, a special morning tea to impress a client, farewells, birthdays, hatches, matches and dispatches YOU NAME IT! Our catering is famous and we’ve been doing it for years.
Talk to us about your next celebration at [email protected] or through our website xx

10/08/2026

There is no economy without hospitals, schools, and us small businesses! Our restaurants are community spaces because we love our community. The fact that small businesses and customers are struggling everyday shows us that the economy is rigged to only deliver prosperity for billionaires and huge corporations at the expense of all of us! We can afford everything we need and more. We just need a fair tax system. When we have that we can afford to give us owner/operators and even better, our customers, a well-deserved break.
Thanks to Kate from Better Tax Aotearoa for sitting down with Yael and Renee to talk the big issues this election year :).

Address

53 Fort Street
Auckland
1010

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 4pm
Tuesday 7am - 4pm
Wednesday 7am - 10pm
Thursday 7am - 10pm
Friday 7am - 10pm
Saturday 5:30pm - 10pm

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