Latitude 37

Set in Mount Maunganui, Latitude 37 brings together comfort cooking and global accents. Its kitchen leans into honest, generous plates, the kind that coax conversation: familiar favourites meet bright spices and a few well-placed surprises.

Begin by tearing into pull-apart garlic bread, the cob loaf warm with roast garlic and whipped butter, or let southern fried chicken arrive gleaming in buffalo sauce with cool buttermilk ranch and pickles. Classics keep their shine with fish ’n chips, a beer-battered daily catch alongside a crisp salad and tartare, while the grilled lamb shoulder rack steers toward North African and Levantine notes - couscous salad, harissa, grilled courgette, minted labneh and chimichurri giving herbaceous lift. Sides of rosemary sea salt house fries or creamy potato mash invite indulgence; burgers beckon too, from a buffalo fried chicken stack to a double cheese beef and bacon smash.

To finish, the kitchen tips toward light and luscious: coconut and lime panna cotta with charred pineapple and granola, or a chocolate parfait scattered with pistachio meringue, honeycomb toffee and chocolate soil. Latitude 37 feels built for easy-going meals and unhurried company, whether you drop in on a whim or plan a long-overdue catch-up.

Set a course for Latitude 37 and let your appetite be the compass.

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