Areora Café
A small family-run café in Areora village serving brunch, pizza and fresh fruit smoothies. Dinner must be ordered in advance, and it offers good value with generous portions.
Areora Café is in Areora village in the centre of the island, opposite Kia Orana Bungalows and about 500 meters from Atiu Villas. It is the island's main daytime dining spot. Breakfast and lunch are served daily from 8:00 to 14:00, with egg toast, vegetable omelettes, toasted sandwiches, and barbecue chicken or vegetarian pizza. Seasonal fruit smoothies are popular. Dinner is served Monday to Saturday; reserve and order before noon on the day. Dinner options include mushroom-sauce steak, pan-fried fish with Atiu taro and butter chicken, and desserts are fruit salad with ice cream or steamed pudding with custard. Travelers say the portions are generous and the prices reasonable. The café is an easy walk or bike ride away.
Opening hours
Daily 8:00-14:00 for breakfast and lunch; Monday to Saturday dinner, reserved before noon
Nearby sights
- Atiu Coffee Factory
- Tumunu Bush Beer Club
- Lake Tiroto
- Rimarau Burial Cave
- Anatakitaki Cave
- Taungaroro Beach
- Orongo Marae
- Oravaru Beach