Double Happy Takeaways is a small, family-run takeaway on Taharepa Road in Tauhara, just a short drive from the centre of Taupō. It is a business built around a simple idea the family states plainly: a deep love for cooking, and for sharing delicious meals with the people who walk through the door. For years their kitchen has been filled with the savoury aromas of traditional Chinese and Indonesian dishes, recipes that have been perfected over time rather than invented for a menu board.
The menu bridges two culinary traditions. On the Chinese side are the comfort classics that have anchored takeaway counters for generations: chop suey and fried rice, both done the way regulars expect them to be. Hand-made dumplings are folded with care, crispy fried noodles add crunch and texture, and the Indonesian half of the kitchen brings mouth-watering satay to the table. Family meals are a core part of the offering too, built for gathering everyone around one table.
Every dish is made with love and the freshest ingredients, and the team pairs the food with what they call exceptional service. Ordering is deliberately easy: pickup and delivery are both available, with online ordering through their website, so dinner can be arranged from home, work or holiday accommodation. The kitchen runs from late morning until 9:00 pm, Tuesday through Sunday, covering lunches and family dinners alike.
Taupō has no shortage of places to eat, but few combine two culinary traditions with the personal touch of a family kitchen. Whether it is a single container of fried rice, a round of hand-made dumplings to share, or a full family meal carried home, Double Happy keeps its promise simple: real, home-cooked food made to bring people together.
On Taharepa Road in Tauhara, a short hop from the centre of Taupō, Double Happy Takeaways does what the best local takeaways have always done: it cooks generous, honest food for the neighbourhood, one order at a time. This is a small, family-run business with a deep love for cooking and for sharing delicious meals, and that philosophy is the thread running through everything the kitchen sends out the door.
For years, the kitchen here has been filled with the savoury aromas of traditional Chinese and Indonesian dishes, and the family is proud to bring those flavours to the tables of Taupō. The recipes have been perfected over time rather than invented for a menu board, and every dish is made with love and the freshest ingredients. The result is food that tastes like it came from a home kitchen because, in a very real sense, it did.
Double Happy's menu bridges two culinary traditions. On the Chinese side are the comfort classics that have anchored takeaway menus for generations: chop suey and fried rice, both done the way regulars expect them to be — familiar, savoury and satisfying. The hand-made dumplings are a quiet point of pride, folded by hand rather than pulled from a bag, while the crispy fried noodles add a welcome note of crunch to any order.
The Indonesian half of the kitchen brings its own character. Satay is the headline act here, and the team describes it the way customers do: mouth-watering. Together, the two traditions make Double Happy a genuinely useful takeaway — one person's comfort order and the next person's South-East Asian craving, all from the same counter.
It is a menu designed for real life: quick enough for a weeknight, generous enough for a Friday gathering, with enough range that everyone in the household finds something they want. And when the table is a big one, the family meals step in — built around the belief that matters most to the people who run this kitchen, bringing people together over a warm, home-cooked meal.
Double Happy keeps things simple for customers. Orders can be placed online for either pickup or delivery, so dinner can be sorted from the couch, the office or a holiday park on the lake. As a takeaway, there is no booking and no fuss — the food is ready when you are.
The team puts exceptional service alongside the food itself as a point of difference. For a small family business, the way an order is handed over matters as much as what is in the bag, whether that is a single container for one or a stack of dishes for the whole household. If you prefer the personal touch, the phone line is open during trading hours on 07 377 3228.
You will find Double Happy Takeaways at 226 Taharepa Road, Tauhara, Taupō 3330. The kitchen runs from 10:30 am to 9:00 pm, Tuesday through Sunday, and closes on Mondays — worth remembering when you are planning a Monday night dinner. With a trading window stretching from late morning to late evening, it covers lunches after a morning on the lake and family dinners alike.
Taupō has no shortage of places to eat, but few combine two culinary traditions with the personal touch of a family kitchen. Whether it is a solo container of fried rice, a round of hand-made dumplings for the table, or a full family meal carried home to share, Double Happy Takeaways keeps its promise simple: real food, made with love, ready to bring people together.