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The Boat Shed Aitutaki
1 Review This shed has a very chic decor and ambiance. It feels like you're in a boat! The service is great as well. The food is pretty good. We had the fisherman's soup to start with, filled with yummy...
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Koru Cafe Aitutaki
1 Review We absolutely love this place! It's our favorite restaurant on the island! The food is fantastic! We went twice to have lunch here. Should have gone more and try everything on the menu! They post...
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Tauono's Aitutaki
1 Review For a fresh home cooked meal stop by this garden cafe. Everything that Sonja uses in her cooking is grown in the garden. Every ingredient is fresh from the garden. She's famous for her coconut cake....
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Tupuna's Restaurant Aitutaki
1 Review This was our 2nd most favorite place to eat on the island! Tupuna is a local chef who enjoys cooking. The restaurant is pretty hard to find if you're coming on a bicycle at night. It gets really dark...
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Puffy's Aitutaki
1 Review If you come in from the front yard, don't be alarmed, the restaurant is in the back. Make your way in. If you come from the beach, it's right there in front of you. You'll see a board sign saying...
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Rapae Bay Restaurant Aitutaki
1 Review The view is amazing from the restaurant. Ask for a table right at the edge where you can enjoy the view. Get ready with your cameras and take a lot of pictures. It's nice to be able to enjoy the stars...
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Simple open-air restaurant, simple but great breakfasts. Once we discovered it, my friend Darlene & I ate there every morning. Great food, friendly service, good fresh-ground coffee, and the music was always good too.Mon-Fri 8:30am-4pm, Sat 8:30am-1pm Best French Toast I've ever had, with real maple syrup!
The Flame Tree descirbes its unique combination of ethnic and gourmet selections as "Asian, Indian, Pakistani & continental European", so I won't try to embellish that any further.If you want a wonderful exotic meal in a lovely garden setting, don't miss out on dining there - but do make reservations ahead of time! Everything I tried was a taste treat delight, and they feature the delicious chutneys from Fruits Of Rarotonga. I wound up buying their cook book as well.
Go out deep sea fishing on a charter boat, then come back and eat fresh catch-of-the-day grilled par excellence, while enjoying the view of the harbor and reef.Relax with a glass of wine, and as the sun sets, watch the local fishermen heading out through the channel to net fly fish once it's dark, to use for your bait on the charter boats. Any grilled seafood is going to be wonderful here.
exspecially when you are motorized with a scooter everything is availableI recommend- Vaima (very romantic, tables in the sand)- seafood- Trader Jack (in Avarua) - seafood All those combinations of the pac rim (sushi meets cajun and so on)
Excellent (though pricy) food, lovely decor, excellent service. Try the pre-set menu, for about 25NZD, very very tasty. I had an excellent lentil soup for starters, which just about filled me up for the rest of the meal!
Our favorite restaurant was the Cafe in downtown Rarotanga. It is a modern restaurant with a open front to the street and excelent breakfast's for a resonable price. Good coffee too! No dinner menu but a great place for lunch and breakfast. French toast and fried banana..yum!
I'm not one for fancy restaurants I like ones that are plain and inexpensive. I found three good one's on the Island. The PALACE TAKEAWAY serves all kind of burger and fries. Try the Palace Burger, you will not believe the size and content of this berger. They have picnic tgables that overlook the Avarua Harbour. MAMA'S CAFE in Town (Avarua) is an excellent place for breakfast, cafateria style. Have good 'egg Mcmuffins'. Lot's of baked goods, ice cream etc. Good daily luch special. FLAMBOYANT PLACE. This is the place that I had most of my suppers at. Situated on the west side of the Island about half a mile north of Manuai Beach Hotel. It's located in a small 'strip Mall' along with a grocery store and a shirt store, and a liquor store. This little take out store has excellent chow main Cook Island style. Also fish (parrot) and chips, chutney, a number of chicken dishes, burgers, chips...
The writer of one guidebook designated the Banana Court Bar as 'one of the last old-time South Seas bars anywhere.' Another author acclaimed the bar as a great watering hole of the Pacific, 'probably one of the last to slake the deep thirst caused by too much fun, too few women and too much water.' I think you can get the best smoothies on the island here and you have a great view over the ocean.It's also a great place to hang out at at night.
In my first hour on Rarotonga, i went to a small empty cafe in Avarua, the capital(if you can call it that with its few hundred residents!) and i ordered a chicken burger..........20 minutes later, the waitress comes over and says 'sorry, we're out of chicken'......20 minutes!!....this was my first introduction to the pace of life in the cooks!....she suggested i have a curry burger instead!!!and that if i did i'd be the first person ever to have one....so i did and after an hours wait i had the most gorgeous but runny and messy curry burger!Seafood is abundant!....most usual western dishes are available....self catering is resonably cheap too but best to buy from Avarua rather than any of the smaller shops scattered around the island!Also, there is plenty of fresh fruit around. If staying at Varas, you can pick your dinner off the trees for free!There are various restaurants around...
one of the best places to eat on the island of raro. REALLY!!! spagehetti cabonara, wood fired pizza's, ceaser salad. wood fired home made breads and dips
Crown Beach Resort Rarotonga
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Etu Moana Aitutaki
1 Review and 422 Opinions This place is amazing! The service is top notch. The resort is very nice. We were greeted by...
Sea Change Villas Titikaveka
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Q: Thinking of visiting Cook Islands for a 10 day break a friend and wondering if there are any better locations than others we...
A: I have not been there personally - but Aitutaki is THE island to go if you have 10 days. It surely is not a nightlife but a relax destination with sensational...
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