Brilliant coffee and super friendly staff. Absolutely the place for your morning brew when you're…read morein town.

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Great coffee and smoothies, fluffiest tastiest omelettes, delicious eggs bene, tasty salads. They…read moretend to use local ingredients and turn them into delicious baked goods. Try the gluten free scones with marmalade, the carrot lemon soup is great value at $10.50. Friendly smiley hard working staff. The setting is quirky fun and has a tropical feel for the centre of town. The entrance has water features amongst tropical plants with plenty of seating inside and out. Sells everything gluten-free, there is gluten bread available if you want it. There is also a community notice board inside. This cafe is located next door to McDonalds.

Let me just say this place isn't much to look at but their ice cream knocked my socks off! Its a…read moresmall store front with an elevated ice cream counter and the staff take your order and pass you small cones and dishes of heaven right over the counter to you. Service is fast, and the ice cream is amazing! What else can you ask for in a picturesque water front town!

We went here last night and got some cookies and cream ice cream and it was super delicious. If…read moreyou're looking for a tasty treat on the waterfront, I would highly recommend going here. They have a lot of different flavors of ice cream and the staff is very polite to! Check it out.

Nice find while in paihia on a rainy day…read more I liked -great coffee -friendly service -good for morning coffee or lunch A warning:they close early

Great coffees and food! Highly recommend for anyone looking for a proper coffee in Paihia! Decently…read moreoff the beaten tourist track so provides relief from that!

Cutest ice cream shop a few steps from the beach area. The white chocolate and raspberry ice cream…read morewas phenomenal. We also loved the salted caramel and the fig and manuka honey! Yummy crisp cones and good prices. Perfect for a stroll along the water.

A non-descript shop set-up just outside the Paihia waterfront, Paihia Bakery sells a variety of…read moreready-to-eat meat pies, along with coffee, tea, and fried chicken. I ended up picking up two meat pies: a steak and cheese (NZ$6.80) and Steak'n'mushroom (NZ$6.80). They were very hearty with a very strong brown gravy and big chunks of meat. There wasn't much cheese as I could see, and the mushrooms added were the canned variety. One would definitely fill you up if you ate the whole thing. I ended up eating what I could at the waterfront.

We went here this morning to pick up some premade sandwiches before our boat tour and we got a…read morechicken salad sandwich and a shredded chicken sandwich and both of them were amazing. They have a wider variety of different coffee drinks as well as different breakfast quiches. The service was really fast and the wait staff was polite and helpful. Check this place out if you're walking around downtown!

One of the best Italian I have had. Food was beautifully presented and delicious. Much better than…read moreAuckland restaurants.

Went here on a date - a fantastic venue for such an event. Very busy, but not to the point where…read moreyou want to hurry up and finish and get out of there. Food was great and so was service.

Simply the best fish and chips we have had anywhere in the world in the past fifty years…read more Outstanding job guys!

Sincerely amazing food! I think the fried squid was maybe my favorite meal ever and I would eat it…read moreevery day of my life if I could. The flavors were incredible. I also shared the garlic naan and tempura avocado salad which were both so delicious. I made an attempt to go back for dinner but they closed early because it was New Year's Day. I will dream of the squid forever. Also, very friendly staff and location couldn't be better.