Number 8 Wire Restaurant Cafe & Bar

Number 8 Wire Restaurant Cafe and Bar brings an easy-going, all-day rhythm to Rotorua city centre, balancing comfort and a touch of indulgence. Here, familiar flavours are treated with care - the kind that turns a simple morning or a midweek lunch into something to savour.

Breakfast sets the tone with café classics done properly. The farmhouse omelette arrives plush with herbs and melted cheese, flanked by toasted sourdough and golden hash browns. For traditionalists, eggs benedict supreme layers spinach and bacon beneath perfectly poached eggs, then finishes with a glossy pour of hollandaise.

By lunchtime, the mood leans toward crowd-pleasing contrast and crunch. Free-range crispy chicken bao buns tuck tender chicken and cabbage slaw into soft folds with a lift of spicy mayo, while a grass-fed sirloin steak and chips brings that straight-up satisfaction, complete with mushroom sauce. Little diners are well looked after too, with grilled chicken and tempura fried fish on offer.

Sweet finishes are unapologetically nostalgic: sticky date pudding with vanilla bean ice cream, and the ever-classic pavlova crowned with whipped cream and raspberry coulis. Book a table, bring an appetite, and let the good times wire themselves in at Number 8 Wire Restaurant Cafe & Bar!