New Zealand cuisine: the best places to taste it in Pauanui

3 restaurant menus in Pauanui, (the ranking and the list of restaurants are based on the number of recommendations received from users in the last month, currently updated to December 2024)
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Twin Palms Cafe
Twin Palms Cafe
83/100 (113 ratings)
Quick Bites
Restaurants
New Zealand
New Zealand
Cafe
Breakfast
Bacon Eggs Benedict
Berry Slice
Café
New Zealand
Breakfast
Cheap Eats
"Not sure if this place is under new management or not. Either way we went to Twin Palms Cafe this morning and the staff were friendly, the service..."
Robert Beagle
"Thank heavens for Twin Palms Cafe, especially on a Monday or Tuesday, as it's just about the only place in lovely Pauanui where you can get a morning..."
Marie Whealing
"Good service and nice strong coffee. Reasonable prices and simple cabinet food. Really nice outdoor..."
Graeme Foster
"Food arrived on time and mostly good except for the dry vegetarian bagel. Staff was friendly. All in all it was good. Spent $110 for 3 adults and 2..."
Annette Laloo
"Wow ! Food excellent!! Ordered the bacon vege soup and pork belly burgers for lunch! Thanks chef !! Then the service from the young staff fabulous ...."
Heath Fairweather
"Wonderful friendly staff. Nice outdoor area. Great prices, awesome portion sizes , delicious food. Highly recommend. Will be..."
KARAN Lincoln-Taylor
"Went to this cafe after a big walk around the waterways and was very pleased! The food and smoothies were delicious (the burgers are amazing) and..."
R
"Came here for a coffee this morning. Long black delicious but decaf quite weak. Gorgeous gluten free lemon curd muffin. Came back for lunch. I had a..."
Gill Coe
"Tried out the new dinner menu. Kitchen wizzed through the order in no time! Thai Beef Salad was divine! Great prices and staff always helpful, even..."
Donna Diedericks
"Just reading the last review and when it comes to labour weekend, the influx of people it’s just so busy that mistakes are going to be made with..."
Jordan Freeman
"Loved the hot chocolate when I came to Pauanui last time so thrilled to try their new night time menu. All of the food our table got was great. ..."
Yvonne & Richard Wright
"Lovely food and coffee we enjoy our time here but it would be nice for the young girls who serve to smile show some happiness this would go a long..."
Susan Rush
"Have been here twice while on holiday and found the staff very friendly. They have a good range of alternative milk choices for those who cannot have..."
Choc Henry
"excellent coffee, a great addition to the Cafe scene in Pauanui, great food and friendly service. Fantastic addition of covered outdoor seating..."
Roger Wyatt
Miha Restaurant
Miha Restaurant
77/100 (168 ratings)
Restaurants
Vegetarian Friendly
Gluten Free Options
European
New Zealand
European
New Zealand
Vegetarian Friendly
Gluten Free Options
Lunch
Brunch
Breakfast
Dinner
Salmon Nigiri
Duck Confit
Polenta
Maple Pork Belly and Prawn
Pan Seared Fish of the Day
Salad
Fish
Affogato
seafood platter
Seafood chowder
Vanilla Crème Brûlée
Oysters
European
New Zealand
Reservations
Seating
Table Service
Serves Alcohol
Highchairs Available
Outdoor Seating
Breakfast
Dinner
Lunch
Fine Dining
"My wife & I had 2 visits at Miha, one with à la carte & the other with a so-called "Japanese Night." The first dinner was superb - a 5/5. We started..."
STRADS
"Service is 10/10. Friendly and very accomodating staff. Stayed the night at the resort, so we had breakfast, lunch and dinner at Miha...."
Denny M
"Quite simply one of the best meals I've ever had. So much so that we had three nights in town and ate here each night. Wonderful food plus attentive..."
Dan Hamid
"We ate at Miha Restaurant on a Saturday night recently as part of a deal voucher package. We found the atmosphere, level of service and..."
Stephanie Botes
"First all the ambience here in winter was lovely, I really like how they’ve separated the two dining spaces to make the restaurant more intimate..."
Tula Mach
"I have just read my review from 2018 and the title was 'Very Good But Does Lack Some Consistency' and I would say that just about sums up this..."
Maria Jones
"Set in the bush part way up a hill it gives views out to the estuary. The menu has limited choice but the food was delicious, delivered promptly by..."
Rowan Anderson
"Excellent food served in a beautiful setting. I had them make me a special salad combining fresh greens and local fruit. It worked out great. A..."
Terry Bixler
"Service was impeccable. We enjoyed the quiet atmosphere, the food was great. We both had pasta. Only gripe. They were different types of pasta on the..."
Charlie Aughton
"I stayed at the resort of 1 week and had multiple meals at the restaurant. All of them were quite good and reasonably priced. The only minor..."
Rainer Mager
"Pared back menu, totally understandable considering the road and weather conditions. We had the pork and the Salmon. Delicious flavors, really well..."
Yvonne Rainbow
"I was pleasantly surprised to find this gem of a restaurant tucked up in the Pauanui Mountain. Can't wait to go back. Great for a special occasion. ..."
Leanne Bellamy
"Great service and the food was delicious...The scallops and pork belly and especially The seafood boat..."
Eriki Albert
"The lamb was difficult to eat, the fat made it tough. Everything else was very..."
Sandra Campbell
"Went along to Miha for dinner with friends after a day playing golf and left totally satisfied with the food, service and ambiance. 3 of had the fish..."
Michael Beuvink
"Great restaurant at the resort. It is definitely fine dining done well. Our appetizers and entrees were very tasty. Only issue was my filet was a..."
Gurinder Sundal
Pauanui Takeaways
Pauanui Takeaways
70/100 (306 ratings)
Quick Bites
New Zealand
Seafood
Seafood
New Zealand
Fast food
Fast Food
Fish and Chips
Fresh Fish Burger
Chicken Tender
2 Chicken Tenders
Fish
Chicken & Chips
Hawaiian and Fish Burgers with Wedges on the Side
Fish & chips
Burger
Fast food
Fast food
Seafood
New Zealand
Wheelchair Accessible
Takeout
Cheap Eats
"If there is a best fish n chip competition in NZ, pls add your fish to that competition. We ate the best fish ever tasted in the many years on this..."
Ty Dup
"Friendly staff, great, fresh food. Hawaiian burger and pineapple fritter were amazing! Definitely recommend..."
Samantha Irvine
"Very good service from the team at Pauanui takeaways. The portion sizes were very decent as well. They got my first order wrong (short by one fish!)..."
Ken Loh
"Awesome friendly staff, loved they had vegetarian and vegan options. Yum yum yum get in my..."
Tracey “Energise You” Smith
"Although we believed we had missed the morning's opening hours, we decided to check out the menu for dinner. When they noticed us..."
Hikoi awa
"Great service and food. Best fries we’ve had - perfectly cooked, not too much salt and nice and crisp (not soggy!). Burgers were amazing - well..."
Graeme Slogrove
"Loved their Hawaiian burger! It was really good so we came back the following day before going back to auckland. The price and taste was on point,..."
Marville Jane Rufino
"First time buying 'fish and chips' since the new owner have been on board.. Generous portion of chip and the fish was amazing. Well done to the new..."
Dean Smith
"Great food, good sized scoop of chips and the burgers were amazing. We ordered our food at 6.40pm, and it was ready by 6.50pm just before closing..."
MK Tawa
"Just enjoyed the PERFECT bacon n egg burger & calamari! Would have added a photo - but I ate the burger immediately it was delivered. Absolutely..."
Roger Hawkins