More Restaurants & Cafes
Cafés
Taupo has fantastic café food and coffee.
Hub Café
Huka Falls Road, Taupo on-site at Helistar Helicopters base. Closest café to Huka Falls.
Friends down at the lakefront opens at 7am with a huge selection of breakfasts, brunches and lunches
Coffee Plus on Horomatangi St does a great breakfast (open 8am)
Zest at 65 Range Rd, for truly great deli food and coffee.
Deli 21 on Horomatangi St has a great variety of desserts
Fine Fettle Café on Paora Hapi St has a good range of GE free and organic foods
Full of Beans Coffee House at the Suncourt Shopping Centre on Tamamutu St also has a big breakfast menu
Flax on Horomatangi Street - great coffee
Replete Café on Heuheu St does superb coffee and breakfast Rustix Cafe & Bar on Heu Heu St does all day breakfast
Body Fuel on Tongariro St as you are coming in or out of town
Brew Juice and Expresso Bar tucked away in the arcade just off Heu Heu St
L'Arte out on Mapara Rd - cafe, a gallery, sculpture & moasaic garden
Lava Glass - gallery and a cafe
Sierra - on Tongariro St as you come in or out of town
Takeaways
From Thai curry to a Big Mac
Hell Pizza on Tuwharetoa St
Lotus Thai on Tongariro St for takeway Thai
Jabies Doner Kebab on Horomatangi St
Noodle Canteen on Tuwharetoa St
McDonalds on corner of Roberts & Ruapehu St
Eurasia for that asian takeaway feed
Subway Sandwiches & Salads on Roberts St
Grand Central Fry on Rifle Range Rd
Burger King on Tongariro St
Pizza Hut on Tamamutu St for takeaway
The Heritage of India on Tongariro St
KFC on Roberts St
Restaurants
If you fancy something ethnic visit:
Grasshopper Too Asian Restaurant for the best Chinese in town (Hilltop Shopping Centre - 07 378 7533)
Portafino Italian Restaurant - BYO (Tuwharetoa St - 07 377 6293)
Mr India Tandoori Restaurant - BYO - (Tuwharetoa St - 07 377 1969)
Thai Lotus Restaurant reminisce your Thai adventures over authentic Thai food. Its BYO and you’ll need to book. (Tongariro St - 07 376 9467)
Milanos for great Italian fare (Tuwharetoa St - 07 378 3344)
Heritage of India (07 377 4458)
Taupo Thai (07 377 3344)
If you're after plainer food and great value, try:
Jolly Good Fellows for good ole English fare plus a big screen Sky TV (Lake Tce 07 378 0457)
Ploughmans - also an English style pub with good food and good value for money ( Rainbow Pt 07 377 3422)
Pub n Grub (07378 0555)
Waterside Restaurant & Bar does good food and also has a bar (Tongariro St - 07 378 6894) On Tap - (Tuwharetoa St 07 378 0830)
For something more upmarket:
The Brantry is special - (378 0484)
Edgewater Restaurant at the Millennium Hotel (07 378 5110)
Pimentos Restaurant & Bar (Tamamutu St - 07 377 4549)
Plateau offers an excellent restaruant and Monteiths Bar as a venue. ( Tuwharetoa St 07 377 2425)
Piccolo - (07 376 5759)
Huka Falls Restaurant -fab wee restaurant with great outside deck (07 377 2326)
Bistro Lago - up at Terraces Hotel (07 377 1400)