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Café Salsa
Captain Andy’s Beach Bar & Grill
Coco Putt Bistro & Bar
Popular café and meeting place for both locals and visitors offering Pacific Rim cuisine, all-day breakfasts and lunch, fresh bread made every morning, and wood-fired pizza. Bistro-style dining and range of coffee. Inside or alfresco dining, open 7.30am-3.00pm Monday to Saturday. Located in central Avarua, next the CITC Shopping Centre.
Located at the Rarotongan Beach & Spa Resort, Captain Andy’s offers all-day dining from. 7.00am-9.00pm. Named after a colourful seafarer from the past, Captain Andy’s menu includes bacon and eggs, pizzas, club sandwich, curries, seafood platter, fish and chips, Caesar salad, surf and turf, and vegetarian.
An 18-Hole mini golf course and café off the main road at Aro’a, Coco Putt is also a bistro and bar with Sky Sports, live entertainment and all-day menu. Open daily 10am-10pm (closed Saturday). Happy Hour drinks from $4.50. Sunday night BBQ Buffet with live music includes a free game of mini golf.
T: 22 215 • E: cafe@salsa.co.ck www.salsa.co.ck
T: 26 487 E: info@rarotongan.co.ck www.therarotongan.com
T: 27 181 E: jennings@oyster.net.ck www.cocoputt.co.ck
Le Rendez-Vous Café & Bistro
Little Polynesian Café
Oceans Restaurant
Located near Airport. Owners are French as is the cuisine. Freshly made food with local and imported French ingredients, freshly baked pies and pastries & savory French crepes amongst the dishes. Great coffee! The café is open for breakfast/lunch until 2pm, and the restaurant from 6pm. Also, Rarotonga’s first drive-through takeaway. Also open Sundays.
Located overlooking the pool with striking views of the lagoon within the stylish Little Polynesian Resort in Titikaveka is the Little Polynesian Café. Open seven days for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Little Polynesian Café presents a mix of Island and Mediterranean cuisine accompanied by an expansive wine list and ‘tantalizing’ cocktails.
Beachfront dining open breakfast, lunch and dinner. Happy Hour 4-6pm, stunning sunsets. Pacific Rim menu focused on fresh flavor sensations, local produce, super-fresh fish and innovative salads. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday nights - a la carte, Friday and Sunday nights - themed menu, Thursday - Island Night Show and Buffet.
T: 24 280 E: dine@littlepolynesian.com www.littlepolynesian.com
T: 23 953 (Crown Beach Resort) E: info@crownbeach.com www.crownbeachresort.com
Tel: 26 121 • E: guillaume.kapfer@yahoo.fr www.facebook.com/lerendezvousrarotonga
Shipwreck Hut Beach Bar
Spaghetti House Pizzeria & Grill
Located beachside at Muri Beach Club Hotel, Silver Sands Restaurant & Bar is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, with live music and a theme each night. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday - à la carte, Wednesday - Island Night, Friday - Pig & Prawn Night, and Sunday – Reef & Beef Night. Happy hour is 4pm6pm. (See ad on page 15)
Perfectly positioned on the ‘Sunset Coast' at Aro’a Beachside Inn, Shipwreck Hut was voted '3rd best beach bar in the world’ by CNN in recent years. Enjoy the sunset sipping a famous ‘jam-jar cocktail.' Shipwreck Hut offers a range of drinks and bar meals, with live music Tuesday and Thursday, and at the beach BBQ on Saturday.
The Spaghetti House Pizzeria and Grill at The Edgewater Resort & Spa is conveniently located at the Resort’s entrance on the main road. Open seven nights from 5.00pm to 9.30pm, the airconditioned Spaghetti House Pizzeria & Grill offers authentic Italian cuisine with a selection of pizzas, pastas and other signature Italian dishes.
T: 22166 • E: aroa@cookislands.co.ck www.aroabeach.com
T: 25 441 www.edgewater.co.ck
T: 23 000 • E: info@muribeachclubhotel.com www.muribeachclubhotel.com
Dine on the beach at Wilson's Beach Bar or at Crusoe's Restaurant and Bar by the pool. Themed menu every night and a snack menu. Monday - Pasta night, Tuesday - a la carte, Wednesday - Mexican, Thursday - Pizza, Friday - Seafood, Saturday - Curry, Sunday - BBQ. Bar open from 3.00pm, restaurant from 6.00pm. T: 21 546 • E: relax@castawayvillas.com www.castawayvillas.com
On the Beach (OTB) Bar & Restaurant Beachfront dining OTB at the Manuia Beach Resort is enhanced by the restaurant’s Cook Islands-style sandy floor, kikau-thatched roof and Polynesian-inspired menu. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, OTB also features daily happy hour, Sunday night BBQ Buffet, and live music Sunday and Wednesday. T: 22 461 • E: rooms@manuia.co.ck www.manuia.co.ck
RESTAURANTS
Silver Sands Restaurant & Bar
Crusoe’s Restaurant & Wilson’s Beach Bar
Vaima on the Beach Located in Vaimaanga, Vaima on the Beach offers indoor and outdoor dining options in an island setting, with the cuisine that has a touch of tropical flavours. Open 7 nights a week from 6pm, Vaima provide transfers to and from accommodation on request.
T: 26 123 Tamarind House
E: vaima@oyster.net.ck
www.vaimarestaurant.com Tamarind House Restaurant is located in a Map reference R17 restored colonial house set on 2.5 acres of lawns adjacent to the ocean. Enjoy coffee, lunch and dinner, or justWaterline drinksRestaurant on the veranda. & Beach Bar The Waterline Restaurant Beach Barcentre, is situated Situated three minute drive from the &town sunset coast for relaxed beachside dining. Tamarind House is openonOpenthe 9.30am-2.30pm & Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner, 5.30pm-10pm Mondaydiners to Friday, have a choiceand of dining5.30pmon the sand or on 10pm on Saturday. the deck looking over the beach. The Waterline Restaurant & Beach Bar also caters for small
weddings and functions. T: 26 487 • E: tamarind@cookislands.co.ck 161 www.tamarind.co.ck T:E: 22akisiraro@gmail.com Map reference R18
www.waterline-restaurant.com
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Waterline Restaurant & Beach Bar
Whale & Wildlife Centre Café
Yellow Hibiscus Restaurant & Bar
The Waterline Restaurant & Beach Bar is situated on the sunset coast for relaxed beachside dining. Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch (11.30am2.00pm) and dinner (from 6pm), diners have a choice of dining on the sand or on the deck looking over the beach. The Waterline Restaurant & Beach Bar also caters for small weddings and functions.
Coffee, teas, cold drinks, quiche & salad, pizza bread, snacks, grilled & fresh sandwiches, muffins & coconut slices are served on an open air, undercover deck. Located at the Whale & Wildlife Centre on the Back Road opposite Mike Tavioni Carvings, behind Avatiu Harbour, the cafe is open 10am-4pm Sunday to Friday.
T: 22 161or 54 322 E: akisiraro@gmail.com www.waterline-restaurant.com
T: 21 666 or 55 901 or 58 727 E: info@cookislandswildlifecentre.com www.cookislandswildlifecentre.com
The Yellow Hibiscus is an undercover, open-air restaurant overlooking the gardens at Palm Grove. Open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast is served 8.00-10.00am, light lunch 12.00-2.00pm, and a la carte dining from 6.00pm Monday to Saturday. Live music on Tuesday and Friday. On Sunday there is a BBQ with live entertainment. T: 20 002 • E: beach@palmgrove.co.ck www.palmgrove.net
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