The Cove Cafe, Restaurant and Bar Waipu
Situated directly opposite the beach at Waipu Cove. The Cove is a favourite for an after surf coffee or smoothie and brunch in the sun.
Our Story
Owners Lloyd Rooney and Mike Fraser have grown from a single restaurant, The Cove in Waipu Cove, and their beef and sheep farm, Highgate Hill in the Waikato to now include The Quay in Whangarei, Number 8 Whangarei and Loco in Whangarei. The farming ventures also include our market garden, The Vege Shack, in Maungakaramea, which supplies all our Northland restaurants with fresh seasonal produce.
Our Story
The Great Highgate Trading Company Ltd was formed to manage the restaurant and farming ventures of Lloyd Rooney and Mike Fraser. The group has grown from a single restaurant, The Cove in Waipu Cove, and their beef and sheep farm, Highgate Hill in the Waikato to now include The Quay in Whangarei, Number 8 Whangarei and Loco in Whangarei. Our farming ventures have also grown in recent months to include a market garden, The Vege Shack, in Maungakaramea near Whangarei in Northland.
The Quay to the Cove Cookbook
It’s a cookbook with a personal story, tracing the background of charismatic British entrepreneur Lloyd Rooney and his partner Mike Fraser, who have now just opened their 4th restaurant together in NZ.
Together they have the Cove in Waipu, an iconic cafe that made the top 100 eateries in NZ last year - The Quay in Whangarei, The Dune in Mangawhai and now Number 8 in Whangarei.
Available for purchase at all of our restaurants and from all good book stores!
