Auckland Live Review

Gorgeous design with modern feel, indoor outdoor bar, food and comfortable seating. Great place to watch a play or concert.

We went to the Banksy exhibition; absolutely fabulous. Afterwards we enjoyed lunch on the balcony at the cafe overlooking Aotea Square. Excellent efficient staff, food choice and decor.
The large atrium has a gob-smackingly large tapestry, stunning up close and from a distance.

Got some cool events. Expensive Cafe, but amazing Hall

Great venue, professional staff. But queues for the parking meter suck. Pre pay parking at make your night smoother

Circle seats have great views of the stage, no need to worry about a tall person sitting in front of you

Clean and well maintained venue with helpful ushers

Goning to be a superb venue when construction completed .

Plenty of staff around to ask help if required. Drinks. Alcoholic and non alcoholic sold here ice-cream and small snacks. A few bars snd places within the complex to meet asides main floor area outside of three tiered theatre. Cafe out front. Ability to purchase tickets from non sold out performances at main entrance. Bathrooms. Including disability bathroom available.

Close to eating places and easy to park underground.

I was at the Writers Festival 19 May 2019, a person fell down the stairs as the lights were turned down completely. Luckily the person appeared unhurt. There were a lot of people with disabilities. I do think they should leave lights on for people. The speaker asked for the lights to be put up.

Great entertainment facilities. Awesome acoustics and good staff

It was a great venue but if you are thinking to park underneath go early Go the New Zealand ballet company Best ever !

This is a great entertainment , concert, conference venue. It has just about everything you would expect and mostly of high standard.

My AUT convocation was hosted here. Awesome place! :)

Fantastic place with so many different sized function rooms - brilliant having cafes on site - plenty of room in the foyers for queuing etc.

Nice spot the price of a beer was a bit over the top

Excellent, friendly staff at this theatre. I went to a ballet alone, with a broken arm in a cast and sling. There were things i required some assistance with. Staff were extremely helpful as were patrons sitting next to me.

Great musical performance the other day. Next we're going to do ice skating & the snow globe. Fun! Thanks.

Shame the show was canned half way through with sound problems

Went here for a graduation ceremony. After being told by Auckland uni prior to the ceremony that I could take a pram in so my baby could sleep I was then told by staff they didn't allow prams.
At the end of the ceremony during the singing of the national anthem my baby started screaming so I decided to leave so as not to disturb other people but an usher actually physically barred my exit and stopped me from leaving due to the 'sacred' nature of the song. She was very rude and unreasonable.
Baby changing facilities were terrible, only one was open on another level and there wasn't a toilet I could use while baby was somewhere safe.

Such a great venue in the heart of Auckland CBD, I've been to awesome shows like Steve Vai and The Piano by The New Zealand Royal Ballet

Saw the Banksy exhibition. It was well laid out and although wuite a few people you were able to see all the pictures.

Great venue, wonderful staff. Amazing shows. A wonderful asset to Auckland and New Zealand. The Auckland Live staff are always so helpful and friendly. If you want a nice coffee stop into the box cafe. Again friendly staff there too.

The conference/convention centre next to the aotea square. Lots of windows/glass-wall which gives you a nice open feeling, though the interior feels a bit dated. The catering are quite nice, but parking is always challenging; your best bet is to either use the Civic Car Park, or even better: public transport.

Overall nice place to organise events. Seating available.

It's real nice I went for my brothers graduation ceremony.

Great setting, comfortable chairs well spread out and a great atmosphere.

Amazing venue located in the heart of Auckland and the Aotea Arts Quarter. The Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre is New Zealand's largest modern tiered auditorium & is truly stunning after all the renovations. The cafe is also a good spot for a quick bite to eat.

Great auditorium . Saw The Ten Tenors and is was an exceptional show.

This was my second visit to Auckland for a show at the Aotea Centre. It was lovely

Great little bar outside, venue was very tidy and the staff where great. Only downside they had set the aircon to antartic (take a jumper)

Good place for conferences and functions (as well as theatre productions)

A tiny place but great facilities and lovely staff.

Lovely performing arts centre. Clean, spacious and helpful staff... though some can be a little over controlling. Enjoyable experiences here.

Amazing location for shows and for the stage challenge dance competition

It's okay to wander through but not sure I would just chill there.

It is considered one of the largest convention centers in Auckland. Many University graduations are held in its massive hall. Acoustics of the room is organic and pleasing.

Went here for a Banksy exhibition. Very good! The building is also very cool and has an interesting selection of shows.

Great pre-show lounge area with affordable drinks friendly staff and a great place to go watch a show

What a bad venue! We went to see some outstanding ballet performance and got, as we thought, good seats in the stalls...it is not easy to describe our disappointment - the seats of the first 10 or more rows were on the same level, so it wasn't possible to see half the performance. For the first time in my life i wished i was on the balcony. Absolutely terrible- one of the worst venues I've ever been to!
I may safely say that i will never come back to Aotea centre to see a performance again.

Great experience. Had a meal before the show, and the vibe was brilliant even though the weather was cold and wet. Staff were great, but the prices for buying drinks or food within the Aotea Centre was a little high.
Seating was comfortable, and parking is plentiful .

Sort of feels like you've walked into an airport other than that it's a fantastic place to see a show.

Great place to see shows. They also have their own ticket office so can purchase tickets and pick them up on the day.

Lovely centre went to see Shen-yun the show was fantastic, seats and theatre were great but the theatre is a little modern and bland looking.

We saw Snow Patrol here recently and it was amazing. The service at the bar is quick with no delay. Lots of toilets to avoid the usual queues in the ladies.
The theatre itself was clean with good acoustics and helpful staff.