Carmen Jones

16/08/2026

We’re not ready to take down our mushrooms yet 🍄‍🟫 .. the Festival has finished but we still have a few - so we’re doing our dishes for one more night, tonight Sunday! Last chance to eat Arroz Brut 🥘🥘🥘
Great ‘Puff Ball’ pics from all over the internet [📸 🙏🏼unknown]

15/08/2026

Cooked mushrooms for the Mushroom Gals - Christy of OPEN COFFEE co-organiser of the Mush Fest;
and ‘shroom aficionado, expert and writer of the book ‘Fungi’ Liv Sisson
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Think you would have say the Mushroom Festival has been a great success up here on K Road - judging by the number of fungi inspired headgear that came in to Carmen Jones today! 🍄🍄‍🟫🍄

14/08/2026

The Carmen’s go a Train’in’ 🚂🚂😎
What a Buzz it was too! 🐝🐝 …world class stations will be delivering people around - just like a real city! and we can’t wait!!!

14/08/2026

Our Mushroom Fest Dishes 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫
Arróz Brut (Spanish‘Dirty Rice’) and Pizza del Pueblo (The People’s Pizza)
Festival running all over Karangahape Road this Friday and Saturday - see you up there after the new station Sneak Peek!! 🚂🚂🚂

13/08/2026

Mushroom Festival in full flight! Get your mushroom fix here ! 🍄‍🟫😆🍄‍🟫
Only on til (including) Saturday, so get your walking shoes on 👠👠and come up to K Road 💃🏼

12/08/2026

Mushroom Loving People! Come and try our Festival dishes at Carmen Jones 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫
We’re doing :
Arroz Brut (Spanish’Dirty Rice’) paella style rice with brown mushrooms, black lentils, paprika chicken and burnt fennel crème (veg option)
and our good old People’s Pizza with extra mushrooms, potato, caramelised onion, rosemary and horseradish
Mushy Fest only on this week - so Do Come In and eat some 💃🏼😍

08/08/2026

Just a few little treats to start the evening off 🍸🍹🫒

06/08/2026

sittin’ in the sun, sipping’ sangria, sunset a goin’ down, keepin’ a sippin’
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04/08/2026

Hired out the restaurant on a Monday - for a film crew 🎥📽️👩‍🎨🚛 - restaurant scenes - different scenes in different corners of Carmen Jones.
Oh yeah - did the catering as well 🥘🥘
Mondays are For Hire!
Let me know if you need it for anything 😄

04/08/2026