Eating and staying in Waikato
1,726 cafés, restaurants, bars, hotels and motels across 160 towns and suburbs in Waikato.
Waikato accounts for 10% of every venue we hold in New Zealand, which makes it the 3rd-largest of the 17 regions by venue count. Those 1,726 venues sit across 160 named towns and suburbs, of which 23 carry at least 20 venues and get a page of their own.
Distribution inside the region is relatively even: Hamilton (351), Taupō (140) and Cambridge (63) hold 32% of everything between them. The remaining 137 places average 4.1 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 74% eating to 31% accommodation, against a national 75/25. That is close to the national balance.
656 venues in Waikato carry a cuisine tag. Measured against the national mix, the region over-indexes on cafe (4), pasta (4) and coffee shop (92).
Data quality varies by region and it is worth knowing where this one stands: 280 venues here publish opening hours (16% against 23% nationally), 406 list a website, and 38 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 | 430 in Waikato · 25% of the region · 12% of New Zealand's 3,648 |
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| Takeaways | 420 in Waikato · 24% of the region · 11% of New Zealand's 3,742 |
| Restaurants | 313 in Waikato · 18% of the region · 7% of New Zealand's 4,558 |
| Motels | 192 in Waikato · 11% of the region · 17% of New Zealand's 1,152 |
| Holiday parks and campgrounds | 164 in Waikato · 10% of the region · 12% of New Zealand's 1,337 |
| Pubs | 74 in Waikato · 4% of the region · 12% of New Zealand's 623 |
| B&Bs and guest houses | 63 in Waikato · 4% of the region · 13% of New Zealand's 478 |
| Hotels | 48 in Waikato · 3% of the region · 6% of New Zealand's 775 |
| Bars | 41 in Waikato · 2% of the region · 6% of New Zealand's 649 |
| Hostels | 38 in Waikato · 2% of the region · 9% of New Zealand's 414 |
| Serviced apartments | 22 in Waikato · 1% of the region · 8% of New Zealand's 282 |
Sideline covers the same region for sport — gyms and clubs in Waikato →
Towns and suburbs in Waikato
A further 137 smaller places in Waikato 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.