Eating and staying in Northland
717 cafés, restaurants, bars, hotels and motels across 109 towns and suburbs in Northland.
Northland accounts for 4% of every venue we hold in New Zealand, which makes it the 7th-largest of the 17 regions by venue count. Those 717 venues sit across 109 named towns and suburbs, of which 4 carry at least 20 venues and get a page of their own.
Distribution inside the region is relatively even: Whangārei (144), Paihia (76) and Kerikeri (70) hold 40% of everything between them. The remaining 105 places average 3.7 venues each — a long tail of small settlements that we list on the nearest town page rather than give an empty page to.
The regional split runs 57% eating to 48% accommodation, against a national 75/25. That is a markedly higher share of accommodation than the country as a whole — the mark of a region that hosts visitors rather than only feeding residents.
171 venues in Northland carry a cuisine tag. Measured against the national mix, the region over-indexes on seafood (4), fish and chips (25) and sushi (18).
Data quality varies by region and it is worth knowing where this one stands: 133 venues here publish opening hours (19% against 23% nationally), 157 list a website, and 17 record step-free access. Everything on this site comes from open data, so coverage reflects what mappers and councils have published — not what exists on the ground.
The category split
| Cafés | 157 in Northland · 22% of the region · 4% of New Zealand's 3,648 |
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| Restaurants | 122 in Northland · 17% of the region · 3% of New Zealand's 4,558 |
| Holiday parks and campgrounds | 115 in Northland · 16% of the region · 9% of New Zealand's 1,337 |
| Takeaways | 94 in Northland · 13% of the region · 3% of New Zealand's 3,742 |
| Motels | 67 in Northland · 9% of the region · 6% of New Zealand's 1,152 |
| B&Bs and guest houses | 56 in Northland · 8% of the region · 12% of New Zealand's 478 |
| Serviced apartments | 43 in Northland · 6% of the region · 15% of New Zealand's 282 |
| Hotels | 37 in Northland · 5% of the region · 5% of New Zealand's 775 |
| Pubs | 25 in Northland · 3% of the region · 4% of New Zealand's 623 |
| Hostels | 25 in Northland · 3% of the region · 6% of New Zealand's 414 |
| Bars | 13 in Northland · 2% of the region · 2% of New Zealand's 649 |
Sideline covers the same region for sport — gyms and clubs in Northland →
Towns and suburbs in Northland
A further 105 smaller places in Northland carry fewer than 20 venues each. Rather than publish a page with nothing to say, we list their venues on the town pages nearest them.