Napier
An authentic Turkish cafe, adorned with suitably Ottoman cushions and wall hangings. The kebabby, falafelly, salady meals are fresh and tasty, but service…
Must-see restaurants in The East Coast
East Cape
Decent coffee and excellent savoury pies make Cottle's an essential stop on Tologa Bay's main drag. The bacon-and-egg pie is deservedly popular all around…
Hastings & Around
A high-ceilinged organic cafe in central Hastings, Taste Cornucopia serves filling breakfasts, organic coffee, smoked fish pies, curries, vegetarian…
Napier
Crammed with Indonesian curios, this intimate space oozes authenticity. Lip-smacking Indo-Dutch rijsttafel smorgasbords are the house speciality (14…
Hastings & Around
Rush Munro’s is a Hastings institution, serving locally made ice cream since 1926. Our favourite is the manuka honey flavour, best licked among the…
Napier
If you’re the type who needs cutlery, you'll appreciate the sit-down meals served in the dining room here. Otherwise, grab some takeaway fish and chips…
Napier
Fine dining on Marine Pde: a concise and tightly edited menu features the likes of confit duck leg with duck and blue cheese risotto. Sensuously shaped…
Gisborne
If you're into sushi, Yoko will surely lure you in (even if your name's not John). Commendable sushi, along with the usual miso-llany of extras including…
Hawke's Bay
A photogenic red-roofed cafe near Cape Kidnappers, good for a feed or a coffee before or after visiting the nearby gannet colony.
East Cape
This mod place down by the water caters to the conference and wedding sets, but the restaurant is open to all-comers. There's a cafe here too, for…
Hawke's Bay
There are plenty of sweet slices, pizza wedges and buns with luminous cream icing here, but what you really want is the steak-and-mushroom pie.
