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Flat whites,
facing the swell.

A small café on Wainui Road, Raglan. Slow breakfasts, good coffee and the surf report on the board from 7 every morning.

A flat white in a hand-thrown cup on a timber window bench, with the surf beach and green headland outside

Good morning.

Breakfast is on until 11, then lunch until 2.30.

The menu on this page follows your clock, so you see what the kitchen is cooking right now.

Raglan tideTide clock
Next high
Ask at the counter
Then low
We chalk it up daily

Approximate. Check the official tide tables before you head out.

On the pass right now

  • Smashed avo on sourdough

    Poached egg, whipped feta, chilli oil, lemonV

    $22

  • The full Tidewater

    Eggs your way, streaky bacon, hash brown, field mushrooms, roast tomato, toast

    $27

  • Kawakawa salmon bagel

    Cream cheese, capers, pickled shallot, dill

    $21

  • Buttermilk hotcakes

    Berry compote, whipped mascarpone, mapleV

    $20

  • Coconut chia pot

    Mango, passionfruit, toasted coconutVGGF

    $15

Read the full menu

A barista's hands pouring latte art into a black cup in front of the espresso machine

Roasted an hour up the road.

Our house blend comes from a small roaster in Hamilton, delivered on Mondays and Thursdays so it is never more than a week off roast. Milk is from one Waikato farm. The batch brew changes every week.

How we run the place
The café interior in morning light: pale timber, rattan chairs, hanging plants and tall windows facing the sea

Coming up at Tidewater

  1. 17Oct

    Dawn patrol

    Saturday, 6 am. Free entry

  2. 29Oct

    Acoustic Thursday

    Thursday, 6 pm to 8.30 pm. Free entry

  3. 08Nov

    Latte art morning

    Sunday, 9 am. $45

All events and private hire

Up the hill from the wharf, on the way to the beach.

8 Wainui Road, Raglan 3225

  • Monday to Friday7 am to 3 pm
  • Saturday and Sunday7 am to 3.30 pm
  • Public holidays8 am to 2 pm