Tarawera Cafe - Tarawera Cafe

Name: Tarawera Cafe - Tarawera Cafe
Address: Tarawera 4182, New Zealand, 4182, Zealand

3.7/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

Contact Tarawera Cafe

Address :	Tarawera 4182, New Zealand
Phone :	📞 +897
Postal code :	4182
Categories :	Cafe , Bar , Public bathroom , Campground ,

Best Cafe in New Zealand

G	Gaby Grimaldo on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Friendly staff, excellent toilet facilities, spacious for a stretch after a few hours drive. Most importantly, the coffee is good, and the ice cream makes kids happy.
J	Judy on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It's okay. There are displays inside that show the history of the Napier Taupo road. Like a mini museum. Staff are friendly and the food and coffee is okay. Also if you patronize the cafe you can use their clean toilets.
D	Dale Monk on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A sign for emergency fuel in SH5 led me to one of the least customer friendly establishments I’ve been to across NZ, Southern Africa, Malaysia, Singapore or the USA! To add to the unabashed rudeness, they charged me $70 for what was supposed to be 10 litres of diesel out of a jerry can that was, in my opinion, purposely broken at the funnel. I’m also not comfortable that the jerry can actually contained 10 litres of fuel, given the distance I managed to get out of the tank. For reference, the current average price of diesel is $1.749… that’s a 300% markup!
J	Janine Bass on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We stop here every year on our way down to and out of Napier. The owners and staff are awesome, friendly and so great to talk with. The food is delicious and coffee's.
G	Graham Cole on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Food and coffee was decent. Toilets didn’t have any soap. A bit expensive and there was a card surcharges but they seem to have a monopoly on places to stop on highway 5
R	Richard Morrison on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The country music playing was epic. There food and service, not so much. The free WiFi and toilets were not working, and the food was overly expensive. An experience for sure, though could not recommend. The country music playing was very cool and classic.
M	Mark Hamer on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The staff are friendly, the toilets are clean, and the refreshments are OK. This was a good stop half way between Taupo and Napier. P.S. Don't forget to stop at the lookout for Waipunga Falls - back towards Taupo. The cafe has a big aerial photo on the wall to show you. At the lookout you don't even need to leave the car to see the main falls. P.P.S. Reviwers, please don't complain if you have to get emergency fuel: you had to ignore the warning signs about no fuel stops for 160km.
C	Chris Reynolds on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Closed on late Thurs afternoon, but open on Sat morning when we came back. Good food, some of it probably made locally and others bought in. Good coffee, but coffee is never helped by being made on a takeaway cup. Time I started keeping a real coffee mug in the car, given the number of cafes that only offer takeaway cups.