Mangawhai Tavern

5 reviews

Cuisine: Bar Food, Bistro, Cafe, Coffee & Tea

2 Moir St
(Mangawhai)
Mangawhai
Kaipara

09-431 4505

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Hours:

Mon – Sun 11.00am – 1.00am

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Facilities/Features:
- Children's Menu
- Conference Facilities
- Great View
- Live Music
- Children's Play Area
- Private Functions
- Private Parties
- Wedding Functions
Payment Types: EFTPOS, Visa, MasterCard, AMEX
Price Range: Moderate, $15 - $25
Dress Code: Casual
Alcohol: Beer, Wine, Spirits, Cocktails
Seating for: 200-400
BYO/Corkage: No BYO
Parking: Free Off-Street, Free On-Street
Good For Groups: Yes
Good For Children: Yes
Takeaways: Yes
Takes Reservations: Yes
Dietary Restrictions: Vegetarian
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Late Night

The Mangawhai Tavern is uniquely situated, an icon in the area and known locally and throughout New Zealand as a live music venue. It has a colourful history and for a variety of reasons has maintained a profile for more than 150 years.
It is set in an idyllic location overlooking the Mangawhai estuary and sand dunes and offers top quality food and beverage at affordable prices. You’ll enjoy indoor/outdoor dining, entertainment, gaming TAB, pool tables and the huge screen for sporting events and entertainment.
The Tavern hosts top New Zealand and International entertainers with live music every weekend.
Complimentary services include an in house event planner, Marriage and Civil Union Celebrant, qualified/experienced Chef who delights in special catered events and planning for all budgets.
Courtesy vehicle service for pickup and return home in the Mangawhai area.

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5 Reviews for Mangawhai Tavern

Elle

29th January 2012

Why didnt i read these reviews first !….Our experience was awful. The customer service was terrible, as previously mentioned the port a loos disgusting ! We had made a special trip up to have a girls weekend away with the tavern and band being the “Highlight” …Boy were we wrong!. Never again sooooo disappointed. If your looking for a cool venue go to the liegh sawmill (my local) its a way better service/atmosphere

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Melissa

29th December 2011

Went there a couple of years ago and were not impressed but decided to give them another go. Went to have lunch and they ‘forgot’ our order of 1 x Whitebait fritter meal with fries. They were not busy at all and we couldn’t see any other meals being made. Order Ticket was still hanging up in front of them so clearly hadn’t been completed. So from time of order to receiving the meal was about 40 mins. Average food. Won’t be eating there again.

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Greentea pineapple Z.

30th December 2011

A year later and still no change! I agree with all other reviews!
Changes needed!
Just went to see the band six60- 3 girls, not drinking from Sydney, the staff and security do not understand the concept of responsible service in anyway!
The crowd entered majority drunk and rowdy, no control what so ever and the venue and porta-loos were foul! what a waste of $190, for a feral crowd and lazy, poorly engaged security staff!!! Never again and it has turned me off an otherwise half decent band!! Do not go here I wish I read these reviews first!!! Do not go

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Megan

28th December 2010

Went to see a band there. They removed ALL seating which was unnecessary, the picnic tables could have stayed down the back! The portaloos were disgusting and ran out of toilet paper very early on, there was no hand wash or hand sanitizer. The power kept going out when the bands were on. The bar didn’t take eftpos so you had to line up at one eftpos terminal to get cash out to buy drinks. The bar food was below average. Going to another gig in a few days (Jan 2011) and am hoping it has improved since October. As a Mangawhai local I was embarrassed.

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jon

1st November 2010

The staff elected to turn the cold water off for some reason. The hot taps were working but the toilets weren’t flushing. They also told the band that we had paid a cover charge for had to stop because the patrons in the bar next door ‘couldn’t hear the rugby. The Mangawhai Tavern used to be an awesome place to see live music. Not any more.

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