Guidebook for Tauranga

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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.
19 locals recommend
Side Track Cafe
1 Marine Parade
19 locals recommend
Great 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.
50 locals recommend
George Cafe
91 Oceanbeach Rd
50 locals recommend
500m walk down the road, great coffee and food open 7 to 2.45 every day.
Now closed sorry
49 locals recommend
Post Bank
82 Maunganui Rd
49 locals recommend
Now closed sorry
Best food and coffee combo. Friendly staff and open until 4pm Monday to Saturday. A five minute walk from home.
31 locals recommend
Central Deli
520 Maunganui Rd
31 locals recommend
Best 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
32 locals recommend
Harbourside
150 The Strand
32 locals recommend
Always good food with water views second to none. Good art work on the walls too. Lunch or Dinner
Good Italian food with a great host.
23 locals recommend
Osteria Mount Maunganui
91 Maunganui Rd
23 locals recommend
Good Italian food with a great host.
cafe/restaurant open a lot with Bring your Own Wine on some nights. Walking distance from home.
70 locals recommend
Tay Street Beach Cafe
154A Marine Parade
70 locals recommend
cafe/restaurant open a lot with Bring your Own Wine on some nights. Walking distance from home.
A local favourite with lovers of asian cuisine
37 locals recommend
Rice Rice Baby
136 Maunganui Rd
37 locals recommend
A 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 Rd
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.
Great Japanese Maori kai fusion at Bayfair. Book if it is the weekend.
15 locals recommend
Izakai Bar & Eatery
19 Girven Rd
15 locals recommend
Great 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.
178 locals recommend
Mount Hot Pools
9 Adams Ave
178 locals recommend
Hot Salt Water Pools have massage, private pools and family friendly areas. Soak away your tired muscles after a busy day.
lots of trampolines to use up their boundless energy
11 locals recommend
Dialled Indoor
11 locals recommend
lots of trampolines to use up their boundless energy
Gym, pools, water slide, wave pool, spa, sauna, with a skate park adjacent.
61 locals recommend
Baywave TECT Aquatic & Leisure Centre
61 locals recommend
Gym, pools, water slide, wave pool, spa, sauna, with a skate park adjacent.
13 locals recommend
Mount Maunganui Golf Club
15 Fairway Ave
13 locals recommend
Driving range and mini putt. Fun for the serious golfer and the not so serious.
Golf 360
2 Matapihi Rd
Driving 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.
571 locals recommend
Mount Maunganui
571 locals recommend
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.
6 locals recommend
Moturiki Island
6 locals recommend
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.
16 locals recommend
Mount Maunganui (Tauranga) station
16 locals recommend
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.
109 locals recommend
Tauranga Art Gallery
42 Willow St
109 locals recommend
Constantly 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.
6 locals recommend
Gate Pa
6 locals recommend
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
7 locals recommend
Baycourt Community and Arts Centre
38 Durham St
7 locals recommend
Check out the program here for when you visit Tauranga

Shopping

Lots of boutique clothing shops, art stores, cafes bars and restaurants
571 locals recommend
Mount Maunganui
571 locals recommend
Lots of boutique clothing shops, art stores, cafes bars and restaurants
Local brand of streetwear
Thanks Store
227 Maunganui Rd
Local brand of streetwear
local brand of streetwear
RPM Clothing
5 Hull Rd
local brand of streetwear
Local brand of women's clothing
Repertoire
122 Maunganui Rd
Local 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.
240 locals recommend
Bayfair Shopping Centre
19 Girven Rd
240 locals recommend
Bayfair is twice as big as it used to be, with a movie theatre, food court, timezone and great restaurants added. All under cover.
Local designer doing good. Downtown the Mount.
Bettie Monroe - NZ Fashion
104 Maunganui Rd
Local designer doing good. Downtown the Mount.

Drinks & Nightlife

Good place for beer or wine and tasty bar food. A local hangout
117 locals recommend
Astrolabe Brewbar
82 Maunganui Rd
117 locals recommend
Good place for beer or wine and tasty bar food. A local hangout
Check out what performing arts are showing. Great venue.
Mauao Performing Arts Center
11 Totara St
Check out what performing arts are showing. Great venue.