Location: Papamoa
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Top 4 Contemporary food in Papamoa, North Island, New Zealand
Best Contemporary restaurants nearby. Discover the best Contemporary food in Papamoa. View Menus, Photos and Reviews for Contemporary restaurants near you.. Papamoa Beach is a suburb of Tauranga, located about 11 kilometres from the city centre. It is the largest residential suburb in Tauranga, having a population of 20,091 at the 2013 census. It is bordered to the west by Mount Maunganui (east of Sunrise Avenue and Hibiscus Avenue), the east by the Kaituna River (separating it from the Western Bay of Plenty District) and to the south by State Highway 2. Papamoa Beach has 16km of white sandy beach stretching from the boundary with Mount Maunganui in the west to the Kaituna River in the east. Widespread settlement of the area did not start until the early 1980s and prior to this Papamoa Beach had been largely a rural area. Once a small and tight knit community, many of Papamoa Beach's sweeping paddocks have been swallowed up by urban development. Papamoa Beach is currently one of the fastest growing suburbs of Tauranga, with many different subdivisions developing concurrently on different blocks of land on the fringes of the suburb.
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1. Pap House
Overall Ratings
4 based on 184 reviews
We are a gastro-pub that has a wide variety of a la carte food options as well as a full bar featuring a vast selection of local wines and craft beers on tap. We are located across the road from the beach in beautiful Papamoa with a lovely beer garden on
Reviewed By diver201
Popped over for dinner & had a great night. Enjoyed the open mic live music & the food. My partner is GF&vegetarian and the staff were very accommodating. The chef even came to our table for a chat about gf stuff! Well definitely be back.
Where to eat Seafood food in Papamoa: The Best Restaurants and Bars
2. Rain Bar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 192 reviews
Reviewed By Kiwi_Judy
A special celebratory lunchtime treat turned into utter disappointment sadly. We all ordered Market Fish @ $36 which was supposed to be pan fried with a creamy sauce. What we received was wet fish in a spicy broth, with gnocchi and a few scallops. Definitely not up to the standard expected or previously enjoyed at this restaurant/bar.Change of chef perhaps, but we all agreed that our meals were below par and certainly not as the menu suggested.
3. Nomad Food & Wine
Overall Ratings
4 based on 152 reviews
Nomad Food + Wine. The wandering food â a culinary journey of earthy tones, rich textures and eclectic flavours. Drawing inspiration from all corners of the world as we flow through the seasons, Nomad Food + Wine is sustainable in its produce and procedur
Reviewed By loopylady
We decided at the last minute to go out for dinner on New Year's Eve whilst on holiday near Tauranga. Lucky enough to find a table at Nomad early in the evening and we had a lovely time listening to the music and enjoying our food. I had the cauliflower risotto which was so delicious! My husband had the lamb rump which he also enjoyed. Both meals were excellent. We opted for a dessert to share - a chocolate fondant. Heavenly! Highly recommend this restaurant.
4. Ours Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 135 reviews
Reviewed By timbulktwo
I ordered the 'Fish' (at $26 well above average cafe prices even at the Mount). It was delicious. The white fish (species not identified) was cooked almost perfectly still juicy but cooked with tasty caramelisation on the outside. It sat on a sea of kumara (sweet potato) mash, which provided and earthy sweetness - one that I at first questioned when paired with delicate white fish, however, the miso shitake mushrooms cut through the mash adding their own notes of salt and savoury. I think the sesame brittle not only added to the beauty of the presentation but helpoed tie the mash (sweet and earthy) with the mushrooms (Asian and slightly sweet and savoury). Perhaps because it really was perfectly cooked (I resisted using the word perfect because surely anything could be a little better, but my only complaint about the fish would be that as I ate the residual heat gradually tipped it from perfect to ever so slightly overcooked, but still tender juicy and delicious) somehow the delicate fish held its own as centerpiece against the vigorous competition. Barbara also remarked how beautiful the plate looked. Her chowder was good. Her only complaint that she prefers some chunks of potato to a truely smoothe chowder but then she grew up in Ireland ;)Thanks for sharing! We always appreciate honest feedback and specially such detailed ones. I can only apologise for our waitress not having told the fish of the day, which was Hapuka. I will make sure our Chef Chris sees your wonderful compliments on his food. Hope to see you again soon.
