Served daily · Orewa Beach
The menu
Everything is cooked to order from what our growers, fishers and garden give us that week. If a dish disappears, it's because the season moved on.
Breakfast
7am – 11am
Early, quiet and made for people who have already been in the water.
Garden Bircher
$16Overnight oats, orchard apple, toasted seeds, manuka honey, garden berries
V · GF option
Eggs on Sourdough
$15Free-range poached or fried eggs, wood-fired sourdough, cultured butter
V
Smashed Avocado
$22Avocado, garden herbs, dukkah, lemon, whipped feta, seeded loaf
V
Coast Porridge
$17Steel-cut oats, oat milk, poached tamarillo, brown sugar crumb
VE
Cottage Breakfast
$28Two eggs, free-farmed bacon, roast tomato, field mushroom, hash, sourdough
Toast & Preserves
$9Thick-cut sourdough with our own fig, feijoa or plum jam
VE
Brunch
9am – 2pm
The long middle of the day. Order two, share them, stay a while.
Drift Benedict
$26Poached eggs, hollandaise, wilted garden greens, choice of hot-smoked salmon or bacon
Pōhutukawa Hotcakes
$24Buttermilk hotcakes, honeycomb butter, seasonal fruit, maple
V
Beach Bowl
$25Turmeric quinoa, roast kūmara, garden slaw, hummus, seeds, poached egg
VE option · GF
Kingfish Tostada
$27Line-caught kingfish, avocado, pickled onion, chilli, corn tostada
GF
Mushrooms on Toast
$23Field and oyster mushrooms, thyme cream, parmesan, grilled sourdough
V
Fritters of the Week
$24Whatever the garden has too much of, with poached egg and herb yoghurt
V
Lunch
11:30am – 3pm
Bigger plates, cold drinks, and a table in the shade if you want one.
Orewa Fish of the Day
$34Day-boat catch, crushed new potatoes, salsa verde, garden leaves
GF
Cottage Burger
$29Grass-fed beef, aged cheddar, house pickles, aioli, brioche, rosemary fries
Garden Plate
$26Five things from the beds out back, dressed simply, with flatbread and hummus
VE
Slow Lamb Salad
$31Twelve-hour shoulder, freekeh, pomegranate, mint, whipped yoghurt
Market Soup
$18Whatever is ripe, blitzed and warmed, with sourdough and cultured butter
VE option
Side of Fries
$11Rosemary salt, garlic aioli
V
Drinks
- Coffee — Hibiscus Coast roasted$5 – $6.50
- Loose-leaf tea & garden tisanes$6
- Cold brew / iced latte$7.50
- Feijoa & apple kombucha$9
- Fresh juice of the day$9
- Local wine & Coast beersfrom $12
V vegetarian · VE vegan · GF gluten free. Dietaries looked after — just ask. Beans are roasted 12 minutes up the road, milk comes from a Kaipara herd, and every cup is compostable.
Tables in the garden, most mornings.
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