Bean There Dan That is a cafe at 300 Pohutukawa Avenue in Maraetotara Reserve, Ōhope, near Whakatane, and it carries a 4.9 Google rating. A good cafe earns its regulars on the basics: beans roasted recently, shots pulled to order and milk steamed smooth rather than bubbled. In a beach suburb, cabinet food is the other honest test — filled rolls, slices and pies made that morning tend to be gone well before lunch. Locals know the rhythm: arrive early on a fine morning before the sand-bound crowd, or happily take a cup away when the tables fill. A cafe busy with people who plainly come every week says more than any signboard. By Maraetotara Reserve and a short stroll from the sand at Ōhope, Bean There Dan That sits right where a morning's first flat white belongs.