Sited on the edge of the beautiful Omaha Beach estuary,  it looks over the restaurant’s boxed gardens and the water to the east, facing the small peninsula that the beach sits on. Owner Kate Rose focusses on a light and interesting healthy menu that reflects the bounty of this lovely region. Breakfast and brunch are popular and simple, served alongside excellent coffee. Brioche, avocado, haloumi, bacon, lemon mayo and rocket will satisfy the hungry, while for healthy diners there’s the nori miso bowl with broccolini, quinoa, toasted agave walnuts, tofu, miso and crispy rice noodles. At lunch the food gets a little more serious and truly reflects local fare such as gravlax with Leigh market fish, fermented butternut, kohlrabi and  Matakana finger limes, pork neck with green papaya, coconut and wombok, and osso buco with local pomme purée and chimichurri made from the garden harvest. Check for the monthly harvest dinner series, which is well priced and where you meet the local producers. 

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