Bosco

Bosco settles into Tauranga with the easy confidence of an all-day local.

Its compass points firmly towards comfort, serving honest cooking and generous flavours from morning through to evening. The style blends contemporary café with casual kitchen, where familiar touches charm and thoughtful details do the talking.

Mornings start in classic fashion. Eggs on toast arrive just so: fried, poached or scrambled over toasted ciabatta or multigrain, nudged along by house-made tomato relish. For heartier appetites, the big boy breakfast gathers bacon, sausage, hash browns and roasted tomato around softly poached eggs, setting the day on a solid footing.

By lunchtime, the mood shifts to crowd-pleasers. Burgers span a backyard beef option, Korean fried chicken and a veggie stalwart, all served with fries. There are also pizzas that can take the all-day stage, from a meat lover's piled high to a Margherita bright with fresh basil.

Make a date with Bosco and follow the nose to something delicious – here, Tauranga comfort comes by the slice and by the spoonful!