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(137 Waterfront Dr, Mangonui; fish & chips $10; 10am-8pm; )
Eat outdoors over the water at this
chippie, which also sells smoked fish and seafood salads. Grab a crayfish salad and a beer
and you'll be sorted. The other fish-and-chip shop across the road is also good.
CAFE
$$
Waterfront Cafe & Bar
(Waterfront Dr, Mangonui; brunch $11-18, dinner $14-29; 8.30am-late)
Waterfront has water views and
old-world charm. A pizza menu kicks in at lunch and extends into dinner, when it supple-
ments bistro dishes.
Thai Chef
( 09-406 1220;
www.thaichef.co.nz
;
80 Waterfront Dr, Mangonui; mains $18-26; 5-11pm Tue-Sun)
North-
land's best Thai restaurant serves piquant dishes with intriguing names like The 3 Alco-
holics, Spice Girls and Bangkok Showtime.
THAI
$$
Shopping
Flax Bush
(
www.flaxbush.co.nz
;
50 Waterfront Dr, Mangonui;
ARTS & CRAFTS
10am-5pm)
Seashells, Pasifika and Maori crafts.
Exhibit A
(Old Courthouse, Waterfront Dr;
ARTS & CRAFTS
10am-4.30pm)
This co-op gallery showcases Far North artists.
Information
Doubtless Bay Visitor Information Centre
(
09-406 2046;
www.doubtlessbay.co.nz
;
118 Waterfront Dr, Man-
gonui;
10am-4pm Mon-Sat)
Getting There & Away
InterCity buses depart near the Watefront Cafe in Mangonui, outside the wholesalers in
Coopers Beach, opposite the shop in Cable Bay and outside the Shell station in Taipa.
Bus-
about Kaitaia
(
09-408 1092;
www.cbec.co.nz
)
has services to Kaitaia ($5, one hour).
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