River Road Dairy and Takeaways is a corner dairy and takeaway at 33 River Road in Mangawhare, in the Kaipara district. It sells takeaway food as well as dairy goods. The menu includes snack packs, chicken burgers, cheeseburgers, fish and chips, and sausages. One customer called in for a snack pack priced at $6.50 as at 2026, on the way home from a day of fishing near Glinks Gully outside Dargaville.
Customers say the chicken is crispy and succulent and the chips are freshly cooked. Several find it a handy quick stop for food on a long drive. The warning is about service: one customer waited nearly an hour, and felt the person serving them was confused about the order and walked off after handing over burgers and fries they thought were poor. Chicken burgers and fish and chips come up most often in what people say. For anyone who has been out on the water, it is a plain, filling takeaway to pick up on the way back.