Station Cafe

Taupo & the Ruapehu Region


This cosy little restored railway station has cakes as timeless as the 1908 station itself – Florentines, spicy apple cakes, crumbles – as well as eggy brunches, sandwiches, coffee and a dinner menu that reads like a neighbourhood gastropub (venison Bourguignon, stuffed portobello mushroom). Sunday is $20 roast night.


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