Jesse Mulligan Reviews Java Room in Parnell, A Restaurant Often Overlooked But Still Worth Discovering

New Zealand Herald · Jesse Mulligan · 2026-11-04 04:00 UTC

The pan-Asian menu delivers generous portions and crowd-pleasers.

A reader writes, and Jesse takes action...

“Dear Jesse,” wrote somebody recently. “I’m emailing about a wonderful little family restaurant in Parnell called Java Room. Yati & Amir have been running Java Room for 30 years. My wife and I love this place, and we know others who feel the

I reproduce this email from lawyer Jeremy at length because I’ve discovered that every word is true, and I couldn’t introduce this restaurant better myself.

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