Colenso Cafe & its shop are a popular stop on the route between Tairua and Whitianga on the Coromandel Peninsula. Dine in a beautiful garden setting and enjoy the stylish shop. Colenso is open daily except for Good Friday (Easter) and Christmas and Boxing Days.
Whitianga's best Pizza & Pasta Restaurant. Dine in, Takeaway or let us deliver to you at home. We are locally owned and operated and strive to provide quality cuisine and fair prices.
We are on the Coromandel at beautiful Flaxmill Bay next to Cooks Beach, a short ferry ride from Whitianga with a free pick up at night or a lovely 15min walk.
The Eggsentric Story
It begins with Dave being born into the Fowell family, known as chooky from an early age. So he ends up starting a free range egg farm with his wife Denise and family near Hahei and selling eggs around the peninsula. They became known as the ‘Egg people’. With his passion for food and cooking it was a natural progression to add value to the eggs and so The Eggsentric Café was hatched in 1998 playing on the fam...
FOOD WITH A VIEW
Enigma on The Esplanade is the latest hospitality venture for Emmanuel and Mary Koutris, owners of Whitianga's popular Al Camino restaurant.
Having secured the lease on the waterfront premises on the corner of Mill Road and The Esplanade, they're taking the plunge with something a little different.
Enigma on The Esplanade is open Monday to Friday for lunch and dinner and all day Saturday and Sunday for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as coffee and cabinet food.
Breakfast features Kiwi favourites such as bacon and eggs, while Pacific Rim cuisine is served at lunch and din...
Hot Waves is a licensed cafe and gallery and only a one minute walk from internationally renowned Hot Water Beach. Located in Hot Water Beach village, Hot Waves Cafe offfers generous off-road parking with the Cafe set in one acre of NZ native gardens, attracting prolific native birdlife. Built in earth, brick and timber, the cafe has two dining areas leading out to outdoor eating areas nestled in the native garden. Hot Waves serves delicious homemade food, vegetarian options and Allpress Espresso coffee.