Whether you’re after carb-free, gluten-free, paleo, keto, low fat, high fat, or your standard hearty full Kiwi breakfast with all the fixings, you’re covered!
Our restaurateurs and artisan makers are savvy and creative, and many are award winners. Besides great dishes, they also whip up your fix of barista-made coffees. A great selection of specialty bakeries offer breads, pies, slices, donuts, cupcakes and more.
Support our locals on the weekend at the street markets where you can buy freshly made items like fry bread, donuts, ciabatta rolls, kebabs, chutneys, jams, honey and more, or grab breakfast, lunch or dinner from the food trucks. You can also shop for fresh, locally grown, seasonal, organic fruit, veggies and native herbs to fill your caravan hamper or picnic basket.
Saturday Morning Farmers Market – 7am to 1pm, Kuirau Park
Rotorua Night Market – 5 to 8.30pm, on Tutanekai Street between Himemoa and Haupapa streets
Artisan Café
Cafés
Artisan Café is a small independent eatery with a passion for good food, good coffee and authentic service for breakfast, brunch and lunch.
Boasters at Eleven Eighty
Cafés
Boasters at ElevenEighty is a coffee roastery attached to a relaxed modern coffee house that invites you into a welcoming friendly space in the heart of the city centre of Rotorua.
Capers Café + Store
Cafés, Central
Capers Café + Store is a contemporary café in the heart of Rotorua, providing great hospitality to locals and visitors alike.
Charlie's Café at Chipmunks Playland
Cafés, East
Grab a bite to eat at Charlie's while the kids play at the number one choice for kids' entertainment in Rotorua!
Ciabatta Café & Bakery
Cafés
Ciabatta Café & Bakery's bread has personality, no two are the same, yet each is as good as the next.
Eastwood
Cafés, East
Wood-fired pizzas, nibbles, platters for sharing, and beverages – Eastwood caters to an eclectic bunch of customers, from scientists, mountain bikers and locals out for their daily trek.
Farmyard Café Agrodome
Cafés, North
Located in the heart of the Agrodome, with gorgeous views across pristine farmland, the refreshed Farmyard Café is an inviting family eatery serving locally roasted Mourea Coffee and Volcanic Creamery milk.
Goody Goodies
Cafés, Central
When you’re after something sweet to eat, you can’t go past a signature loaded brownie from Goody Goodies.
Guidough's
Cafés
A Swiss style artisan bakery with two shops in Rotorua, famous for its cinnamon rolls, sourdough bread, pastries and pies.
Lady Janes Ice Cream Parlour
Cafés
Lady Janes Ice Cream Parlour is a Rotorua icon! More than 40 different flavours of ice cream to choose from and great coffee too!