Farm gate café · Matakana
Seasonal food from the paddock to the plate.
We grow most of what we cook on two acres of Matakana clay. The menu changes with the garden, the hens lay the eggs, and the neighbours bring the rest. No food miles, no pretence, just honest cooking.
See this week's menu →02 · From the garden
What's growing right now.
Click a month on the wheel to see what the garden produces and what the kitchen features. The current month is highlighted.
September
03 · Events & long-table dinners
Gather around a longer table.
- Monthly Long-Table Dinner First Saturday of each month, 6:30pm. Eight courses from the garden, cooked over fire and served family-style on the veranda. $95 per person, BYO wine. Next dinner: Saturday 3 October — spring lamb, asparagus, new-season strawberries.
- Saturday Morning Farm Tour 10am, 45 minutes through the garden, orchard, henhouse and beehives. Meet the hens by name. Gold coin donation.
- Preserving Workshop Quarterly. Next up: feijoa chutney in March. Learn to preserve seasonal gluts in your own kitchen. $65 including a jar to take home.
- Private Functions We host birthdays, anniversaries and small weddings for up to 40 guests on the lawn. Email us for a tailored menu.
04 · Our farm
Two acres of honest food.
Paddock Lane Kitchen sits on a working smallholding at the end of Tongue Farm Road. The kitchen garden, heritage fruit orchard and henhouse provide the backbone of every menu. What we cannot grow, we source from farms within fifteen kilometres.
How we close the loop
- Compost everything
- All kitchen and garden waste goes back into the beds. Zero food waste to landfill since opening.
- Seasonal menu only
- We do not import out-of-season produce. If it is not growing, it is not on the menu.
- No single-use plastic
- Takeaway containers are compostable sugarcane. Bring your own jar for honey and preserves.
- Rainwater collection
- 30,000-litre tank feeds the garden through summer. Bore water backup only.
05 · Visit & parking
Find us at the end of the road.
47 Tongue Farm Road, Matakana 09855 minutes from Matakana Village
Parking for 30 cars, plus overflow paddock on weekends
Dog-friendly garden seating (water bowls provided)
Opening hours
| Day | Hours | Kitchen closes |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Closed | — |
| Tuesday | Closed | — |
| Wednesday | 8am – 3pm | 2:30pm |
| Thursday | 8am – 3pm | 2:30pm |
| Friday | 8am – 3pm | 2:30pm |
| Saturday | 8am – 4pm | 3:30pm |
| Sunday | 8am – 4pm | 3:30pm |
06 · Contact
Say hello.
Paddock Lane Kitchen47 Tongue Farm Road, Matakana 0985
09 425 0000
hello@paddocklane.co.nz
For long-table bookings, private functions or wholesale enquiries, email us directly. We aim to reply within one working day.