Biker Friendly Cafe/Restaurant/Pubs

[Jackal]

Just sitting down having a well earned whiskey after a great weekend of bike riding weather for mid-winter. After giving my better half some bike riding tips (she has decided to learn to ride at the tender age of.......well in her naughty forties.......) we went out to the Chequed Flag, S.H.1 Rangatata. Never been there before as we haven't been in Mid-Canterbury that long. The place is set up for bikers. There would have been a dozen bikes there, all parked on the lawn. The owners have set the place up with a motorbike theme and it was great. Food was good and reasonably priced. Place was warm and owners very friendly. Although my Guzzi was the only non-american bike there we were made to feel very welcome and not out of place. Got me to thinking how many biker friendly places are out there. So Kiwibikers, what are your favorite biker friendly pubs and eateries. Take into account food, prices, owners, atmosphere, parking.

[pritch]

Not a favourite, I've only been there once, but the Okoroire Hotel has/had a bar out back called the The Bike Shed. It seemed a reasonably popular destination for Waikato riders. Apparently it has the added advantage of a hot pool but I didn't check that out.

[scumdog]

Yep Chequered Flag is pretty biker frinedly alright - also pro hot-rods and classics too.

Trouble is: it's about a 4hrs+ ride to there for my coffee.

[Milts]

yep chequered flag is pretty biker frinedly alright - also pro hot-rods and classics too.

best part is, it's about a 4hrs+ ride to there for my coffee.

Fix'd for you

[Old Steve]

Browny's Cafe and Bar, about six km south of Katikati on SH2. Great for a ride out from Tauranga, met some Rotorua bikers there once. Bikers especially welcomed.

Browny is a biker himself, he raced and was a mechanic on the circuit in Europe and raced in Western Australia, he's got some machines and photos on display in the cafe. When you ride in the gate make an immediate right hander off the entrance to the shingled car park onto the grass up the side of the building, all the bikes park there close to the outside tables.

C'mon, support a fellow biker, it's less than 200 km from Auckland. Down in the morning, lunch, then amble home in the afternoon. Even closer to Hamilton.

[zeocen]

Two Turtles and a Grumpy Fish in Maraetai in Auckland is definitely biker friendly and hands down some of the best food I've had in a long time.
My fiance and I are regulars, the coffee is great, the food is great and the best part is that the chef is a rider himself so he's always coming out and talking to people about their bikes and shoots the breeze with everyone.

A great little place next to the seaside with a husband and wife run shop - super friendly and love bikers!

Did I mention the food?
Yeah, it's good.

[Bren]

Sparkies Bar is a good spot in the Manawatu, in fact it has a sign outside saying something like "bikes only past this point"...problem is the roads to get there are farkin boring....It is located just off SH1 in the Himutangi (between Foxton and Bulls)....
Also Sparkies is another bar thats good for the hot rod scene too

[AllanB]

Little River Cafe - great food and coffee. Bike friendly - and just as well as it's at the foot of (or end of, depending on your direction!) the Akaroa hills. A good dozen or more lined up there yesterday when I arrived - all with the same idea - suns out (finally) time to ride!

[2wheeldrifter]

Yep the Bike shed very very popular......

http://www.thebikeshed.net.nz/about.php

Ned's place at Whakamaru for beer and nice pizza's... http://www.zenbu.co.nz/entry/1138879-neds-place

The Bullring main rd SH1
http://www.pukekoandbull.co.nz/ The Tok Random Riders wil hold there porker run prize giving here this year, as they have done before.


All good food and BEER! :)

[dogsnbikes]

Ther are two places on the Pohangina loop 1st is "Pilgrims rest" aprrox 35ks from Ashhurst heading out to and up Pohangina valley east road,the views are great the owners are even better,menu is normaly lite ploughmans lunch or scones and whipped cream and jam,they offer soft drinks, hot chocolate, coffee and pots of tea, you need too be careful if sitting by the open window,as chicken thier pet stag will pay you a visit,the old guy will talk and tell you his stories and is a keen biker and has been known to lay a bristish flag on your trumpy if its too sunny .......great place for a short ride for your cuppa tea

the second place is the Apiti taven approx 55ks from Ashhurst heading out to and up Pohangina valley east road ,pleanty of riders out that way and ofeten see vintage cars and bikes alike head out there on weekend rallies,plenty or parking and for what you pay for the food will have you going back the hosts Bruce and June are most excellent host and have been known to lean there trailer or car to go resuce a crippled rider....
Always a story at the pub to hear and the locals are a super bunch too and often wave to riders as they go by

Reccomend to spend time at both places :yes:

[JMemonic]

Chequered flag is great spot, they opened early on the Friday of the Brass for bikes heading down and really do make you feel welcome, how much longer this is going to be the place it we cant be sure.

http://www.harcourts.co.nz/Property/View/AS760309/4-Clogstoun-Street-Rangitata

[Nasty]

Wild oats in Caterton ... even have a helmit cleaning station .

[wysper]

Wild oats in Caterton ... even have a helmit cleaning station .

Is it like those golf ball cleaners on golf courses... put your helmet in and pump a handle up and down... could be interesting if you had to leave your helmet on!! :killingme

[rustyrobot]

... even have a helmit cleaning station .

French polish? ;)

[insomnia01]

Whangamomona pub.... A real treat to get to after the gravel road & makes for a nice ride back up the coast with a full belly & a :drinkup: or two

[Bronson]

Sass cafe in Featherston. The owner is friendly & the vittles is tasty.

[Quasi]

wairarapa
lake ferry hotel - gorgeous sea views, great run off the Takas, round Western Lake, down to the Ferry for a nice bite to eat. seafood is always good there

Gladstone Hotel - into Martinborough, do the gladdy loop, to the Gladstone hotel, where a myriad of riders end up on a fine day - winter or summer. A quiet day in pic 2 below
:scooter::scooter::scooter::sunny::sunny::sunny:

[Tunahunter]

Whangamomona pub.... A real treat to get to after the gravel road & makes for a nice ride back up the coast with a full belly & a :drinkup: or two

Yeah but watch out for Basil and Sybil............

[scumdog]

Fix'd for you

No you didn't - 'frinedly' instead of friendly on both posts....

[Berries]

No you didn't - 'frinedly' instead of friendly on both posts....
Anyone going to tell Rogue Rider ?

[Berries]

Double post. That's unusual.

[Zookey]

Not a favourite, I've only been there once, but the Okoroire Hotel has/had a bar out back called the The Bike Shed. It seemed a reasonably popular destination for Waikato riders. Apparently it has the added advantage of a hot pool but I didn't check that out.

Great place to visit for an ale,but the lazy sloths woudnt open the lunch bar till 12.30pm.until they had scoffed themselves,so we called at the asian bakehouse in Putururu,magic tucker.

[Bass]

Mungeranie Roadhouse - about half way up the Birdsville track.
First class hospitality and biker friendly to the point that it has hollows carved in the bar floor (surprisingly deep too) where people have been doing burnouts with the front wheel up against the bar.
It's a fair ride from here though, so you won't get there this afternoon. Oh, and the roads are gravel (some of it rough and deep) for about 500 km in all directions, so you'll need some good tyres. There's a pretty major water hazard early in the trip too.
Phil, the owner/manager is one of the best and full of information on local history. He's been known to have a genuine Cuban Havana hiding behind the till too, just waiting for someone to ask the right question.

[thepom]

Anybody know of any good places in or neatr christchurch?...

[ynot slow]

Barries in Hawera,especially in summer time.

Ashhurst Inn nothing to add,bloody good food,and large tuis.

[Milts]

Anybody know of any good places in or neatr christchurch?...

They have places near christchurch now?