For weekends when you want to gather friends or family without the rigmarole of hosting, cooking, and cleaning up, Trivet’s weekend lunches require very little effort for a large, indulgent reward. The restaurant, located within Auckland’s JW Marrit hotel, serves a Kai Moana Pasifika Buffet, a generous shared feast that celebrates the flavours of Aotearoa and the Pacific with abundance.
Served every Saturday and Sunday from 12.30 pm, the feast is designed as a long lunch rather than a quick grazing session, built around the kind of food best shared and returned to. The offering moves from a fresh seafood raw bar to umu-style meats, seafood favourites, Kiwiana classics and Pasifika-inspired dishes, bringing together familiar comfort and island generosity in a way that feels both relaxed and celebratory.
Among the highlights are Trevally Oka, Tiger Prawns, local steamed Mussels and traditional Palusami, alongside roasted lamb leg, kūmara, chop suey and dishes made for second helpings. To finish, a house-made dessert bar keeps the sense of occasion firmly intact, because restraint, on the weekend, has always been a suspicious virtue.
For families, it is particularly ideal. Children aged five and under dine for free, while those aged six to 12 receive 50 per cent off, making Trivet’s Kai Moana Pasifika weekends an easy answer for those looking to gather over food that feels generous in spirit as well as scale.
At $95 per person, this is a weekend gathering that’s abundant, flavourful and designed for lingering longer. Book here.
