Nature comes to the fore at the Brigand Café Bar! Through the big steel gates you will discover a brush fenced and decked area with a boulder water fountain, hewn macrocarpa tables, native ferns and lush foliage. This is hospitality Takaka style. Enjoy an open fire both inside and outside. A lovely natural environment in the summer sunshine or for cosy winter days and nights. Children’s sandpit too. Try a light meal like the lamb, vegetarian or salmon salads. The spare ribs are huge, and famous far and wide, as is the generous sirloin steak. Fish of the Day, Golden Bay Mussels… the choice is impressive and the menu makes the most of fresh local produce.

One of New Zealand’s premier family dining venues, in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere, providing hearty fare at affordable prices. The lunch and dinner menus are varied, with dishes including roasts, fish and fries, risotto, pastas, steaks, chicken, gourmet burgers, mixed grill, salads, hot pot plus much more. Highchairs available.

Our Park Café restaurant is situated at the entrance to Abel Tasman National Park so you can visit us before or after your walk in the park. We overlook the start of the Abel Tasman track and the restaurant has a casual ambience, in keeping with its natural surroundings. The Café offers breakfast, lunch and dinner menu plus scrumptious snacks. Leave room for their delicious chocolate brownie slice – one of the best we’ve tasted! Dinner menu includes fresh fish, seafood pasta, lamb shanks, steak, chicken and vegetarian dishes. Small portions for children can be ordered.

Rustic, historic, the centre of the village, homely and family orientated. The all wooden interior and exterior offers a warm atmosphere enhanced by a large glowing open fireplace. The menu offers something for all tastes and value for money for everyone. Tuck in to hearty servings of seafood, Italian or Traditional Kiwi cuisine, and delicious platters laden with local produce, desserts, brunch and salads. There is also a children’s menu. We have a toy box to entertain the littlies and a high chair is available.

An Italian theme prevails with pizzas, pastas and smoked antipasto, all of gargantuan proportions to challenge even the heartiest appetite. Children are welcome here – we have a special tots menu, and there's even a safe, enclosed play area with toys to keep them entertained. Lambretta's operates a healthy, 'minimal fried food' policy and provides double filtered water, literally on tap. Tots’ Tummy Ticklers menu includes plain steamed pasta, nachos, pasta with cheese, grilled fish and baby pizzas.

A country café, serving breakfast, lunch and ‘inbetweens’. Once you walk over the trip trop bridge past the tame eels you enter another world. The funtastic café garden is full of art and surprises. You can play chess on the giant wooden chess board or tell the kids to "get lost" in the maze. Let them enjoy the playground while you take some time to smell the roses. Take a wander and enjoy the various sculptures that you discover and be surprised by what you find. Meanwhile the tame eels live in the creek below the bridge waiting to be fed. Eel food is available from the café, $5 for the real eel deal.

Come and enjoy a light meal at our fully licensed cafe set in our attractive garden. The fully licensed cafe is welcoming, a place to unwind and discuss the excitement of the day. During summer you can sit on the wide sunny deck; in winter the log fire is kept stoked and blazing. Before you leave, stroll down to hand feed the tame emus and pet sheep. Or you could sit on the riverbank beneath the shade of a willow tree, and watch the eels and trout feeding in the crystal clear water.

Call in at Riverside Café for breakfast, lunch or dinner. There’s a spacious garden with playground plus a delicious menu. Visit us for… - breakfast or mellow morning coffee - meeting friends, enjoy a relaxed lunch or tea and cakes - on your way from the beach or tramping, food for the soul - treats for your family Relax in the knowledge that your food is prepared on-site with the majority of ingredients being grown at Riverside, or close by in the locality. There’s enough space for the children to play, the adults to converse and the birds to sing. Babychange facilities on-site.