Guidebook for Tamahere

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Guidebook for Tamahere

Food Scene

This is the best tapa style menu in town with views overlooking the Waikato River and our favourite restaurant by far.
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Gothenburg Restaurant
17 Grantham St
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This is the best tapa style menu in town with views overlooking the Waikato River and our favourite restaurant by far.
The best buttermilk fried chicken, they serve chicken in all varieties.
Winner Winner Chicken Shop
439 Grey Street
The best buttermilk fried chicken, they serve chicken in all varieties.
Great takeaway coffee in the heart of the CBD
union espresso
391 Victoria Street
Great takeaway coffee in the heart of the CBD
Great cafe in a lovely relaxing environment
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Punnet Eatery
337 Newell Rd
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Great cafe in a lovely relaxing environment
This is really close to us and is located at Hamilton Airport. If you spend $15 the parking is free and you can spend hours watching the planes come and go, great for children also.
Mavis Lounge
Airport Road
This is really close to us and is located at Hamilton Airport. If you spend $15 the parking is free and you can spend hours watching the planes come and go, great for children also.
Also another local coffee shop with a relaxed vibe.
Momento Aero Cafe
255 Steele Road
Also another local coffee shop with a relaxed vibe.
This is a great Vietnamese eatery
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Banh Mi Caphe
298 Victoria St
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This is a great Vietnamese eatery
Malaysian inspired food, very delicious
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Madam Woo
6 Sapper Moore-Jones Pl
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Malaysian inspired food, very delicious
This is a top fine dining restaurant in Hamilton if you are wanting a treat or something special, be warned though it comes at a price.
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Victoria Street Bistro
153 Victoria St
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This is a top fine dining restaurant in Hamilton if you are wanting a treat or something special, be warned though it comes at a price.
The best ice-cream in town, all locally made with unique flavours that change daily, it will not disappoint.
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Duck Island Ice Cream
300a Grey St
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The best ice-cream in town, all locally made with unique flavours that change daily, it will not disappoint.

Parks & Nature

This is a stunner of a waterfall. You can either hike halfway approximately 40mins to the lower lookout or head right to the top for outstanding views.
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Wairere Falls Track
Goodwin Road
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This is a stunner of a waterfall. You can either hike halfway approximately 40mins to the lower lookout or head right to the top for outstanding views.
There are various walks and hikes in this area including a walk to the summit and some more family friendly loop walks and caves at the bottom.
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Pirongia Mountain
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There are various walks and hikes in this area including a walk to the summit and some more family friendly loop walks and caves at the bottom.
If you like a difficult climb, its 2,500 stairs straight up so not for the faint hearted. There is a platform at the top overlooking Hamilton and the Waikato river
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Hakarimata Summit Hiking Track
2 Brownlee Ave
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If you like a difficult climb, its 2,500 stairs straight up so not for the faint hearted. There is a platform at the top overlooking Hamilton and the Waikato river
Another steep climb, approximately 60 minutes to the top. This also has a trig at the top and great signs to point out the major areas you are looking at.
Mount Kakepuku
Another steep climb, approximately 60 minutes to the top. This also has a trig at the top and great signs to point out the major areas you are looking at.
This is lovely dense bush and a very tough climb, It is the tallest mountain in the Waikato and has amazing views overlooking the coromandel and down the peninsula, you can also look back and see most of the Waikato.
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Mount Te Aroha Summit & Broadcast Tower
196 Tui Rd
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This is lovely dense bush and a very tough climb, It is the tallest mountain in the Waikato and has amazing views overlooking the coromandel and down the peninsula, you can also look back and see most of the Waikato.
This is a fully enclosed, predator free scenic reserve. There is an information centre on site and various walks you can do once there.
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Maungatautari Mountain
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This is a fully enclosed, predator free scenic reserve. There is an information centre on site and various walks you can do once there.
This is the closest beach to Hamilton and is also famous for the best long left hand surf break in the world. It is a black sand beach great for swimming, there are also lots of small boutique shops and eateries to explore.
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Raglan
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This is the closest beach to Hamilton and is also famous for the best long left hand surf break in the world. It is a black sand beach great for swimming, there are also lots of small boutique shops and eateries to explore.
This is beautiful farm land and bush with well over 100 free range chickens. A lovely place for a stroll, with lots of ponds and wildlife around and its free.
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Taitua Arboretum
55 Taitua Rd
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This is beautiful farm land and bush with well over 100 free range chickens. A lovely place for a stroll, with lots of ponds and wildlife around and its free.

Arts & Culture

World class Hamilton Gardens has something for everyone, it is free entry and you can spend hours walking all the different gardens
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Hamilton Gardens station
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World class Hamilton Gardens has something for everyone, it is free entry and you can spend hours walking all the different gardens
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Museo Waikato Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
1 Grantham St
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Essentials

Open 7am til 10pm 7 days a weeks
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Countdown Bridge Street
Anglesea Street
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Open 7am til 10pm 7 days a weeks
Small grocery store, open 7am til 9pm 7 days
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New World Glenview
Ohaupo Road
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Small grocery store, open 7am til 9pm 7 days

Drinks & Nightlife

Fantastic cocktails.
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Wonder Horse
236 Victoria St
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Fantastic cocktails.
This is a brewery which began in Hamilton and is now nationally sold, they have several venues around Hamilton and make great beer and cider. You can also have a meal there if you wish.
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Good George Brewing & Dining Hall
32A Somerset St
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This is a brewery which began in Hamilton and is now nationally sold, they have several venues around Hamilton and make great beer and cider. You can also have a meal there if you wish.
This is also a Good George venue and is a nice place to relax with a beer with friends.
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Cook Street Social
7 Cook St
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This is also a Good George venue and is a nice place to relax with a beer with friends.
If you like to party, House on hood is a good place to start, there is a strip of night clubs on the same street and in close proximity so if it is not for you it will not take long to find something you like.
House on Hood
27 Hood St
If you like to party, House on hood is a good place to start, there is a strip of night clubs on the same street and in close proximity so if it is not for you it will not take long to find something you like.

Entertainment & Activities

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Lido Cinema
501 Victoria St
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This is an annual international agricultural event that happens every June. It is so big, it is hard to see everything in just one day.
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Fieldays
125 Mystery Creek Rd
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This is an annual international agricultural event that happens every June. It is so big, it is hard to see everything in just one day.
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Hamilton Zoo
183 Brymer Rd
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A large indoor rock climbing venue. They have a large area with interactive walls for children as well as the regular climbing walls for adults.
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Extreme Edge Hamilton
90 Greenwood St
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A large indoor rock climbing venue. They have a large area with interactive walls for children as well as the regular climbing walls for adults.
Have a go at Ten Pin bowling and grab a bite to eat or a drink whilst you're there.
Bowl and Social
340 Victoria St
Have a go at Ten Pin bowling and grab a bite to eat or a drink whilst you're there.

Sightseeing

This is where Hobbiton was filmed, it is now very commercialised and you need to book a tour to attend, but can be quite interesting if you enjoy the movie.
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Hobbiton Movie Set station
501 Buckland Rd
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This is where Hobbiton was filmed, it is now very commercialised and you need to book a tour to attend, but can be quite interesting if you enjoy the movie.