The Tent Café is a cafe at 10 Tamariki Avenue in the heart of Orewa on the Hibiscus Coast, and the website says it is a short stroll from the beach. The menu runs from freshly baked bread and pastries and cabinet food to made-to-order breakfasts, including a rosti with bacon, avocado and a poached egg, which has a gluten-free option. A chorizo and basil pesto dish is served on ciabatta or seeded bread, and the coffee is espresso with steamed milk and foam.
Customers say the staff are welcoming, the table service is good, and the coffee and hot chocolate are excellent. One regular visits with family every fortnight, and another praises the homemade potato rosti at breakfast. The room is bright with natural light and popular, so the website asks people to call or send a message to book a table. Open Locally lists eight other cafes within a kilometre. Puff Cafe and Matcha Cafe K2 are 0.1 km away, and Goodhub Eatery is also 0.1 km away and rated 4.3 from 481 reviews. Dear Coasties is 0.2 km away and rated 4.3 from 1,482 reviews.