Prego Restaurant

28/06/2026

"It was the first place we came for takeaway. It was like seeing family."

That is a real thing someone said about Prego, and it tells you everything about 40 years on Ponsonby Road. When the city went quiet and the world felt strange, people did not come for the food alone. They came because Prego felt like home, and the faces behind the counter felt like family.

That is what four decades builds. Not just a restaurant you visit, but a table you belong to. The place that was there for the first dates, the big birthdays, and the quiet weeks you simply needed something familiar.

Forty years on, our door is always open and the welcome has not changed.

Save this, then come and make a memory of your own.

Walk in. Since 1986.

prego.co.nz

https://www.prego.co.nz/about-us/?utm_source=meta&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=prego40th&utm_content=reel-30-years

25/06/2026

Some afternoons were never meant to be rushed.

You came in for a long lunch. The Calamari Fritti landed, someone familiar topped up the wine, and the 'people watching' got far too good to leave. The light moved across Ponsonby Road, lunch became dinner with friends, and your table in the courtyard became the best seat in Auckland.

We have been part of afternoons like yours since 1986.

For forty years, Prego has been Ponsonby's gathering place. The Friday lunches. The catch-ups that ran long. The dinners that began with "just one" and ended with a story you still tell. Four decades at the heart of Ponsonby, built on one simple idea: Drop in for any occasion, pull up a chair and stay a while.

Your table is already waiting. Tag the friend you would happily lose an afternoon with, and save this for the next sunny Friday you both go quiet.

Walk in. Since 1986.

prego.co.nz

https://www.prego.co.nz/about-us/?utm_source=meta&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=prego40th&utm_content=reel-long-lunches

06/06/2026

Radio interview with Jesse Mulligan
Friday June 5th

It feels like every week there's another headline about another hospitality business shutting it's doors .. so we thought it was timely to celebrate one that's still going strong. Prego is an Italian restaurant that has become an Auckland institution - sitting proudly on Ponsonby Road for 40 years t...

03/06/2026

LEWISHAM AWARDS 2026
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EMMA MONDON: Best front of house nominee
OSCAR NORRIS: Emerging Talent nominee
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03/06/2026

LEWISHAM AWARDS 2026
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BEST ESTABLISHMENT (central)

11/05/2026

Dear Prego Family,

We're having a day off to celebrate our amazing team. We will be closed for both lunch and dinner on Monday June 1st- Kings Birthday.
We'll be back in full swing on Tuesday June 2nd.
❤️
Sorry for any inconvenience
Thanks for your understanding.
X

29/04/2026

Dear Prego Family,

We’ll be filming at Prego this Friday, 1 May, as part of our 40th celebrations.

There may be a little extra buzz in the restaurant, and we appreciate your patience while we capture a few special moments.

If you’d like to be part of it, we’d love to have you join in (if time allows) — the more the merrier.

Filming will wrap by 1pm.

Thanks from Team Prego

22/04/2026

'Viva' New Zealand Herald
40 years of Prego
Congratulations team
❤️
Thank you

22/04/2026

New Zealand Herald 'Viva'
April 22, 2026
Happy 40th Birthday PREGO

How does this Ponsonby Rd stalwart maintain its magic?

15/03/2026

AGNELLO
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- Coastal Hawkes Bay cap on lamb loin
- roasted sweet potato
- sheep milk labneh
- pickled blueberries
- lamb jus
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