Ragtag

25/10/2026

Ragtag: Kismet is coming to Karangahape Road in December* Think of all our delicious flavours in a new and exciting setting and style. If you wanna come and work for us hop in our DM’s. Can’t wait to show you all what we have been working on!!!! Pretty chuffed I don’t need to carry any fridges up stairs this time.

21/10/2026

It’s that time Of year again! The Westmere festival is back for 2026 with all the local talent from the Westmere shops. On Sunday November 22 we are bringing back our famous neighbourhood party to kick off the summer season. Think, fried chicken, cheese burgers, meat sticks, samosas, dumplings, pizza and all sorts of other tasty treats to wrap your laughing-gear around! Not to mention market stalls with all manner of knickknacks and trinkets, plus live music for your ear holes. Party starts at 12pm, and we will run till 8pm or until we all run out of food, this is gonna be one of those, first in first served situations. All the businesses are open as normal too & No tickets, no stress. Please put your rubbish in the bins and the bus stops right outside so you don’t need to drive. Cool aye. See ya then. Feel free to not read this then ask me questions in the comments…

12/10/2026

Starting to ramp up for summer! If you’re keen to book your summer events, I’d probably start thinking about locking in those dates! We are a tiny restaurant and bookings do start to fill up fast around this time of year. We have room for big bookings up to 18 people and can always take walk in tables too if you’re more of a rambling gambling kinda person. Anyway, good luck out there and yes we will try and open a second restaurant in December but I’m not making any promises ###x

01/09/2026

So I guess all the rumours a true….
We have just signed the lease on our second site in Tāmaki Makaurau. It’s been a long time coming and can’t wait to show you all a different side of Ragtag! Stay tuned for updates and news! X###x

26/08/2026

Our cute little restaurant has been awarded our first cuisinegoodfood hat! It’s such an honour to be given one of the highest awards in the New Zealand culinary scene! A massive congratulations to our whole team who work so hard and passionately every day to create one of the best dining experience in the country, you’re the reason for our success. And thanks to K E L L I B R E T T Kerry Tyack and the whole team at Cuisine for recognising us and what we are trying to do! Always have to pinch myself how far we have come and what we have achieved. Can’t wait to see what the future holds!!! ;)

06/08/2026

Coming up with a vegetarian main dish is always the most challenging part of the menu for me. I want the vegetarian dishes to be as tasty as the meats and not to be some halfhearted attempt or something generic. When you get one right, it’s really hard to take it off the menu, so getting rid of the aubergine dish was a difficult decision! But our new pumpkin dish is one of my favourites of all time. Crispy pumpkin tossed in a Tobandjan honey, hot smoked yoghurt from the offset smoker (don’t ask how that worked out, it was a beautiful accident) & pumpkin kasundi. Lots of big flavours, amazing to share out with some Hands Down tortillas. We will bring the aubergine back in summer tho, so if you’re not a pumpkin person, just wait I guess.

24/07/2026

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23/07/2026

Thanks to everyone that came to our magic little pop-up with the team Depot Oyster Bar & Eatery, it was a truly amazing experience cooking in the kitchen with Jack Stott and getting to serve some of our favourite dishes at Ragtag, in the most iconic restaurant in Aotearoa. Depot holds a special place in my heart and it’s been a massive influence on the way we cook at Ragtag, so an unbelievable experience. Loved every second. Even pressing 1500 tortillas… Thanks to Al Brown for welcoming us in and for running food & thanks to the amazing chefs & front of house at Depot for making the experience fun and stress free! Sorry that I made you all bring back any ice cream scoop that fell off the puddings. It’s all part of the fun aye ;)

14/07/2026

Our pop-up with Depot Oyster Bar & Eatery is coming for 21st & 22nd of July! We are putting a few of our dishes on the menu at one of the most iconic and game changing restaurants in the country. Depot is a huge influence for the food at ragtag & we are super chuffed to get to cook some of our dishes there over 2 days! We have some classic ragtag dishes lined up and a few colab dishes between us & Jack Stott that we are gonna be serving. There will also be all the classic depot dishes you know and love and the hustle and bustle of the depot kitchen pumping out tons of duck fat tortillas! No bookings, only walk-ins. So come and have some vinos and get amongst it! ###

04/07/2026

Auckland winner Ragtag is run by a Napier chef, and highlights Hawke's Bay ingredients.