Where to eat and stay in Whakatāne

56 cafés, restaurants, bars, hotels and motels in Whakatāne, Bay of Plenty — compiled from open data and public registers. Free to search, and no venue pays to appear.

We hold 56 venues in Whakatāne — 39 places to eat and 17 to stay. That makes it the 4th-largest of the 114 towns and suburbs we cover in Bay of Plenty, carrying 5% of the region's venues.

Of the places to eat, 33% are cafés against a national figure of 28%. Whakatāne is 5 points more café-heavy than the country as a whole, which usually points to daytime and weekend trade rather than an evening dining scene. The full split is 13 cafés, 16 restaurants, 6 takeaways, 2 bars and 2 pubs.

22 of the 39 eating places carry a cuisine tag. The most common are burger (3), indian (2) and sushi (2). Relative to the rest of the country Whakatāne is unusually strong on burger — those appear here at a higher rate than the national average.

On the practical detail: 11 publish opening hours (20%) and 2 have outdoor seating. That is about the national average of 23%.

For a bed, Whakatāne runs to 17 listings — 2 hotels, 11 motels, 1 b&bs and guest houses, 1 hostels and 2 holiday parks and campgrounds. Motels dominate, at 65% of the town's accommodation. Accommodation is 30% of everything mapped here, well above the 25% national share — the signature of a place that hosts more visitors than it has residents.

Places of a similar size — Lake Tekapo (56), Whitianga (57), Manurewa (55) and Frankton (58) — average 36% accommodation. Whakatāne runs at 30%, much the same, so on this measure it behaves like its peers.

All of this is derived from open data rather than collected from listings sites: OpenStreetMap for the venues, public registers for verification. 1 of the 56 venues in Whakatāne carry at least six recorded attributes and so have a page of their own; the rest are listed here, because a page with only a name and a map pin on it would be worth nobody's time. A blank field means unrecorded, not absent. Nothing here is scraped from a commercial directory, no venue has paid to appear, and we publish no ratings or reviews of our own.

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Cafés in Whakatāne (13)

• Cafe Awa outdoor seating15 The Strand
• Baxters Cafe outdoor seating208 The Strand
• Cafe 4U international93 The Strand
• Javaman Cafe214 The Strand
• Robert Harris coffee shopCafés
• Whakawaffles Ice Creamery & Cafe ice cream · coffee shopThe Strand
• Lady on the Rock Cafe51 Kakahoroa Drive
• Niko Niko Sushi japaneseCafés
• The Bakehouse CafeRichardson Street
• The Bakehouse CafeThe Strand
• Cafe CocoCafés
• PoppysCafés
• The BeanCafés

Restaurants in Whakatāne (16)

• Global Thai Restaurant & Bar thai2A Commerce Street
• Popsies Indian Restaurant Cafe & Bar indian41 Kakahoroa Drive
• Mr Sushi sushi115 The Strand
• The Wagon burgerThe Strand
• L'Epicerie Larder french128 Commerce Street
• Little Havana Bar & Restaurant cuban62 The Strand
• Skippers Restaurant seafoodRestaurants
• The Comm Whakatane45 The Strand
• Atatürk turkishThe Strand
• Deli Roasts18 Richardson Street
• New Hong Kong Chinese chineseRichardson Street
• Soulsa14 Richardson Street
• Spice Junction Restaurant & Bar indianRestaurants
• Noodle & Sushi Box sushiRestaurants
• Pizza Hut pizzaRestaurants
• Cobb & Co.Restaurants

Takeaways in Whakatāne (6)

• Gibbos on the Wharf fish and chipsThe Strand
• Burger King burgerTakeaways
• KFC chickenTakeaways
• McDonald's burgerTakeaways
• Subway sandwichTakeaways
• Grandpa's fish and chipsTakeaways

Bars in Whakatāne (2)

• AribarBars
• Detour Bar and LoungeBars

Pubs in Whakatāne (2)

• The Quart House BarThe Strand
• The CraicPubs

Hotels in Whakatāne (2)

• Opohe beachHotels
• Whakatane HotelHotels

Motels in Whakatāne (11)

• Awa Motel15 The Strand
• One88 On Commerce188 Commerce Street
• Pacific Coast Motel41 Landing Road
• Alton Lodge MotelMotels
• Barringtons Motor LodgeMotels
• Cortez MotelMotels
• Livingston InnMotels
• Nau Mai MotelMotels
• The Landing MotelMotels
• Tourist Court MotelMotels
• Tuscany Villas MotelMotels

B&Bs and guest houses in Whakatāne (1)

• Bed and Breakfast AccommodationB&Bs and guest houses

Hostels in Whakatāne (1)

• Karibu Backpackers13 Landing Road

Holiday parks and campgrounds in Whakatāne (2)

• Whakatāne Holiday ParkMcGarvey Road
• West End ReserveHoliday parks and campgrounds

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