Dragonfruit Café

Grabbed a quick takeaway lunch - falafel wrap and a slice of pear and almond tart with cream. Vegan, gluten free, tasty and awesomely delicious 😋 This place is my absolute favourite!

Favourite cafe in Whangarei. Delicious vegan and gluten free food, great coffee and many non coffee options. They are great chefs and constantly are mixing up flavours and trying new things. Bonus points for making a Canadian pecan pie! Affordable too.

We're usually in too much of a hurry when we visit Whangarei to take time out in a cafe but yesterday the conditions were right and we ducked in for a light lunch. We both loved this small, friendly cafe and especially the super-strong coffee. The oat milk latte was superb. We didn't have time to order one of their main meals (another time...) but chose from the cabinet: a taco wrap and a veg muffin. Each of these came with accompanying sauces and my wife commented on how usually 'vegetable muffins' means the tiniest sliver of vegetable matter amongst all the gluten, but at the Dragonfruit Cafe it was packed full of veg and very filling. My taco wrap was in two pieces and also very filling. I'm not a big fan of "fake" meat (in this case a kind of vegan mince) and I much prefer beans but it was tasty enough to meet requirements and kept me going all afternoon. I prefer a little more "zing" to my food and perhaps there could have been some lemon seasoning or a bit of spice, but perhaps my tastebuds were just having an off day. Regardless, highly recommended and I'm looking forward to trying some of the other menu items.