Harbourside

Tauranga


In a wonderfully atmospheric 100-year-old boathouse at the end of the Strand, Harbourside is the place for a romantic dinner, with boats as neighbours and the overhead railway bridge arching over the harbour. The steamed Coromandel mussels with chorizo and coconut cream are hard to beat, or you can just swing by for a moody predinner drink.


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