The Ohope Beach Tavern is a bar on Bluett Rd in Ōhope, near Whakatane on the Bay of Plenty coast, with a 3.6 Google rating.
A tavern by the beach trades on its setting as much as its cellar: catching the afternoon sun, keeping the beer cold, serving straightforward pub food, and giving locals and holidaymakers a shared counter at the end of the day. Timing shapes the visit — mid-afternoon is the quiet spell between the beach crowd heading home and the after-work regulars arriving. Weeknights tell you whether a bar is a genuine local's local; if the same faces turn up on a Tuesday, the prices and welcome are usually right.
Right on the shore at Ōhope, the Ohope Beach Tavern is handy for an end-of-day drink after the beach.