Guidebook for Tauranga

Emily
Guidebook for Tauranga

Food Scene

The coffee, fresh bread, pastries and cabinet food are all fabulous! I particularly love their sough dough bread, and buy a loaf to take-away every time I visit. Closed on Sundays.
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Love Rosie Bakery
50 Ninth Ave
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The coffee, fresh bread, pastries and cabinet food are all fabulous! I particularly love their sough dough bread, and buy a loaf to take-away every time I visit. Closed on Sundays.
All sorts of locally sourced produce - from 8am to 12 noon each Saturday morning. Held at the Tauranga Primary School.
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Tauranga Farmer's Market
31 Fifth Ave
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All sorts of locally sourced produce - from 8am to 12 noon each Saturday morning. Held at the Tauranga Primary School.
One of the few places in Tauranga where there is real waterfront dining. They always do good food as well.
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Harbourside
150 The Strand
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One of the few places in Tauranga where there is real waterfront dining. They always do good food as well.
Open for brunch through to dinner. Good food and coffee, a nice place to stop if you want to head out to the new Lakes devlopment for a look around.
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Maude Cafe Boulde Shopping Village NEW
1 Caslani Lane
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Open for brunch through to dinner. Good food and coffee, a nice place to stop if you want to head out to the new Lakes devlopment for a look around.
Another good little spot in Te Puna if you feel like escaping the city centre, good food and an outdoor area for kids.
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Nourish Cafe
4 Te Puna Rd
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Another good little spot in Te Puna if you feel like escaping the city centre, good food and an outdoor area for kids.
Craft beers on tap and Johney's dumplings or bar snacks available. Great in the summer months for a relaxed drink in the sun.
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The Rising Tide
107 Newton St
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Craft beers on tap and Johney's dumplings or bar snacks available. Great in the summer months for a relaxed drink in the sun.
Good food!!
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Alpino Mount Maunganui
16 Pacific Avenue
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Good food!!
A lovely restaurant for a nice dinner.
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Post Bank
82 Maunganui Rd
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A lovely restaurant for a nice dinner.
Delicious coffee, food, pastries and treats.
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Elspeth Bakery
2A Terrace Ave
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Delicious coffee, food, pastries and treats.
Another good cafe at the Mount.
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Heath Street Café
2 Heath St
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Another good cafe at the Mount.
A good popular cafe.
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Mixture Eatery
436 Maunganui Rd
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A good popular cafe.
I used to visit this place as a child. Always popular! They make fresh waffle cones all day, and you can choose from all sorts of flavours of icecream & toppings.
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Copenhagen Cones
14 Adams Ave
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I used to visit this place as a child. Always popular! They make fresh waffle cones all day, and you can choose from all sorts of flavours of icecream & toppings.
Popular all day cafe and casual evening dining.
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Tay Street Beach Cafe
154A Marine Parade
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Popular all day cafe and casual evening dining.
A good inner city cafe.
Mediterraneo Cafe
62 Devonport Rd
A good inner city cafe.
Asian fushion style food on the Strand in down-town Tauranga.
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Macau Bar Kitchen & Lounge
59 The Strand
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Asian fushion style food on the Strand in down-town Tauranga.
Another good restaurant in down-town Tauranga.
Nomad Food x Wine
59 The Strand
Another good restaurant in down-town Tauranga.
A lovely fine dining restaurant in Bethlehem. Always good food. I love their licorice ice cream!
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Somerset Cottage
30 Bethlehem Rd
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A lovely fine dining restaurant in Bethlehem. Always good food. I love their licorice ice cream!
Asian-fusion restaurant at the Mount.
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Bamboo Eatery and Bar
217 Maunganui Rd
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Asian-fusion restaurant at the Mount.
By the marina off the harbourbour bridge. Great outlook.
Phil's Place Restaurant
By the marina off the harbourbour bridge. Great outlook.

Everything Else

"Our Place" is a new container complex with street style food, and craft/design pop-ups stores. Music and events are often hosted there. My good friends have a container there where they sell their home-made ice-cream. It is called 'East Coast Ice-Cream' and they do some awesome flavour combinations with all natural locally sourced ingredients.
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Our Place
91 Willow St
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"Our Place" is a new container complex with street style food, and craft/design pop-ups stores. Music and events are often hosted there. My good friends have a container there where they sell their home-made ice-cream. It is called 'East Coast Ice-Cream' and they do some awesome flavour combinations with all natural locally sourced ingredients.
Non-chlorinated mineral hot pools, surrounded by native ferns. These hot pools have been around for as long as I can remember and are particularly nice in the evenings - under the stars.
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Fernland Spa
250 Cambridge Rd
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Non-chlorinated mineral hot pools, surrounded by native ferns. These hot pools have been around for as long as I can remember and are particularly nice in the evenings - under the stars.
McLaren Falls Park conatins rockpools, a couple of wateralls, a lake, cafe, farm animals, BBQ tables and park-like grounds. Good for a walk, explore and great for picnics or BBQs in the summer months. The rockpools at the entrance make a good spot for a swim (particularly for the kids). There are glow worms to see after dark up the Water Fall Track, or you can take a Night Glow Worm Tour on kayaks.
Mclaren Falls Road
McLaren Falls Road
McLaren Falls Park conatins rockpools, a couple of wateralls, a lake, cafe, farm animals, BBQ tables and park-like grounds. Good for a walk, explore and great for picnics or BBQs in the summer months. The rockpools at the entrance make a good spot for a swim (particularly for the kids). There are glow worms to see after dark up the Water Fall Track, or you can take a Night Glow Worm Tour on kayaks.
Take a walk up (approx 45-50 mins to the top); or around (approx. 45 minute loop) the Mount. Great views from the top, but also lovely scenery if you just want to go around. It can get very busy over the peak season.
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Mount Maunganui
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Take a walk up (approx 45-50 mins to the top); or around (approx. 45 minute loop) the Mount. Great views from the top, but also lovely scenery if you just want to go around. It can get very busy over the peak season.
Salt water hot pools at the base of the Mount. A good place to soak after a busy day.
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Mount Hot Pools
9 Adams Ave
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Salt water hot pools at the base of the Mount. A good place to soak after a busy day.

Parks & Nature

A great spot down on the water front. Just a few minutes walk from your accomodation and a good place to stretch the legs.
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Minningargöngu Railway Park
Eleventh Avenue
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A great spot down on the water front. Just a few minutes walk from your accomodation and a good place to stretch the legs.
A 135ha property with various walking tracks. The most popular being a 45 minute walk from the carpark to the Trig station. On a nice days there are fabulous views all along the coastline.
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Papamoa Hills Regional Park
Poplar Lane
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A 135ha property with various walking tracks. The most popular being a 45 minute walk from the carpark to the Trig station. On a nice days there are fabulous views all along the coastline.

Essentials

Just around the corner from your accomodation.
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Countdown Tauranga
618 Cameron Rd
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Just around the corner from your accomodation.

Arts & Culture

Check out what exhibitions are on while you are there. Open daily 10am to 4.30pm.
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Tauranga Art Gallery
42 Willow St
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Check out what exhibitions are on while you are there. Open daily 10am to 4.30pm.
One of the areas oldest heritage sites & an important place of early contact between Maori & Pakeha. You can take a guided tour through the Mission House, which is set in lovely gardens.
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The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga
15 Mission St
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One of the areas oldest heritage sites & an important place of early contact between Maori & Pakeha. You can take a guided tour through the Mission House, which is set in lovely gardens.

Sightseeing

Just a 5 - 10 minute walk to the end of Leisure Island. When the surf is big the blow-holes can be impressive. When I was young there was a waterslide complex on the island (disbanded many years ago) - hence it still being referred to locally as Leisure Island.
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Moturiki Island (Leisure Island)
Marine Parade
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Just a 5 - 10 minute walk to the end of Leisure Island. When the surf is big the blow-holes can be impressive. When I was young there was a waterslide complex on the island (disbanded many years ago) - hence it still being referred to locally as Leisure Island.

Drinks & Nightlife

A bar/restaurant off the main Mount street. Good for drinks and casual food.
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Hide Thirst And Hunger
147B Maunganui Rd
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A bar/restaurant off the main Mount street. Good for drinks and casual food.
Great spot to sit in the sun in the afternoon or evening - food and drinks available all day and evening.
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Astrolabe Brewbar
82 Maunganui Rd
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Great spot to sit in the sun in the afternoon or evening - food and drinks available all day and evening.