Guidebook for Tauranga
Food Scene
Great coffee and food and friendly staff - visit after a walk up or around Mauao. Note that the map dot is wrong.
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Side Track Cafe
1 Marine ParadeGreat coffee and food and friendly staff - visit after a walk up or around Mauao. Note that the map dot is wrong.
500m walk down the road, great coffee and food open 7 to 2.45 every day.
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George Cafe
91 Oceanbeach Rd500m walk down the road, great coffee and food open 7 to 2.45 every day.
Post Bank
82 Maunganui RdNow closed sorry
Best food and coffee combo. Friendly staff and open until 4pm Monday to Saturday. A five minute walk from home.
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Central Deli
520 Maunganui RdBest food and coffee combo. Friendly staff and open until 4pm Monday to Saturday. A five minute walk from home.
Always good food with water views second to none. Good art work on the walls too. Lunch or Dinner
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Harbourside
150 The StrandAlways good food with water views second to none. Good art work on the walls too. Lunch or Dinner
Osteria Mount Maunganui
91 Maunganui RdGood Italian food with a great host.
cafe/restaurant open a lot with Bring your Own Wine on some nights. Walking distance from home.
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Tay Street Beach Cafe
154A Marine Paradecafe/restaurant open a lot with Bring your Own Wine on some nights. Walking distance from home.
Rice Rice Baby
136 Maunganui RdA local favourite with lovers of asian cuisine
Best fish and chips - grab some and sit on the bank at Pilot Bay to watch the cruise ships depart and the sun go down.
Mount Fish & Chips
80 Maunganui RdBest fish and chips - grab some and sit on the bank at Pilot Bay to watch the cruise ships depart and the sun go down.
Great Japanese Maori kai fusion at Bayfair. Book if it is the weekend.
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Izakai Bar & Eatery
19 Girven RdGreat Japanese Maori kai fusion at Bayfair. Book if it is the weekend.
Entertainment & Activities
Hot Salt Water Pools have massage, private pools and family friendly areas. Soak away your tired muscles after a busy day.
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Piscine Calde della Montagna
9 Adams AveHot Salt Water Pools have massage, private pools and family friendly areas. Soak away your tired muscles after a busy day.
Dialled Indoor
lots of trampolines to use up their boundless energy
Gym, pools, water slide, wave pool, spa, sauna, with a skate park adjacent.
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Baywave TECT Aquatic & Leisure Centre
Gym, pools, water slide, wave pool, spa, sauna, with a skate park adjacent.
Mount Maunganui Golf Club
15 Fairway AveGolf 360
2 Matapihi RdDriving range and mini putt. Fun for the serious golfer and the not so serious.
Sightseeing
Climb up (45 minutes) or walk around for an incredible view of the coast. Seals bask on the rocks, and people absail or handglide off the summit.
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Monte Maunganui
Climb up (45 minutes) or walk around for an incredible view of the coast. Seals bask on the rocks, and people absail or handglide off the summit.
My son has swum with orca off this island. Take care at the point if the sea is high.
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Moturiki Island
My son has swum with orca off this island. Take care at the point if the sea is high.
Parks & Nature
Pilot Bay is sheltered from the sea breezes and has no waves and a wharf to fish off. Mount beach is a surf beach, with two surf clubs - Mount Surf Life Saving Club at the base of Mauao on Marine Parade, and the other, Omanu Surf Life Saving Club at the end of Surf Road.
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Mount Maunganui (Tauranga) station
Pilot Bay is sheltered from the sea breezes and has no waves and a wharf to fish off. Mount beach is a surf beach, with two surf clubs - Mount Surf Life Saving Club at the base of Mauao on Marine Parade, and the other, Omanu Surf Life Saving Club at the end of Surf Road.
Arts & Culture
Constantly changing exhibitions, with entry by donation.
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Galleria d'Arte di Tauranga
42 Willow StConstantly changing exhibitions, with entry by donation.
Go to Gate Pa, and on the corner of Church St and Cameron Rd, is the commemoration of the Battle of Gate Pa when Colonial Troups fought with Iwi. There are Maori carvings and history boards to read as you walk through the garden of the Anglican Church.
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Gate Pa
Go to Gate Pa, and on the corner of Church St and Cameron Rd, is the commemoration of the Battle of Gate Pa when Colonial Troups fought with Iwi. There are Maori carvings and history boards to read as you walk through the garden of the Anglican Church.
Check out the program here for when you visit Tauranga
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Baycourt Community and Arts Centre
38 Durham StCheck out the program here for when you visit Tauranga
Shopping
Lots of boutique clothing shops, art stores, cafes bars and restaurants
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Monte Maunganui
Lots of boutique clothing shops, art stores, cafes bars and restaurants
Thanks Store
227 Maunganui RdLocal brand of streetwear
RPM Clothing
5 Hull Rdlocal brand of streetwear
Repertoire
122 Maunganui RdLocal brand of women's clothing
Bayfair is twice as big as it used to be, with a movie theatre, food court, timezone and great restaurants added. All under cover.
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Bayfair Shopping Centre
19 Girven RdBayfair is twice as big as it used to be, with a movie theatre, food court, timezone and great restaurants added. All under cover.
Bettie Monroe - NZ Fashion
104 Maunganui RdLocal designer doing good. Downtown the Mount.
Drinks & Nightlife
Good place for beer or wine and tasty bar food. A local hangout
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Astrolabe Brewbar
82 Maunganui RdGood place for beer or wine and tasty bar food. A local hangout
Mauao Performing Arts Center
11 Totara StCheck out what performing arts are showing. Great venue.