Around the corner from Oneroa's main shops, tucked behind them on Ocean View Road, there's a small food cart doing what may well be the best lunch on Waiheke. It's a shack in the truest sense, open Thursday to Sunday from 9am until 3pm and shut Monday to Wednesday, so you come for breakfast, brunch or a late lunch rather than dinner. The whole kitchen is gluten free, which makes it a rare and genuinely easy stop for anyone coeliac, and the owner cooks that way because he's coeliac himself.
The food is vegetarian and built on global flavours, so you get flatbreads loaded with halloumi, pickled vegetables and potato rosti, arepas you can add halloumi to, and bowls of tofu with spicy chickpeas, kumara and quinoa. Vegan, dairy free and keto are all straightforward to ask for, and there's pour over coffee, banana bread, cheese scones and date or cashew sweets to finish.
Order at the cart and eat outside on the deck under the umbrellas, or take it away, with dogs made welcome and a bike easy to park alongside.
Written from 81 Google reviews, every one we could get, on 12 November 2026. Rated 5.0 from 73 Google reviews.
An unbroken run of five star reviews is rare, and this little cart earns it, with food that's a strong contender for the best lunch on the island. You'll stumble on it behind the main shops and then come back three days running, which is how it seems to go, and even if you're neither gluten free nor vegetarian you'll be glad you stopped.
Order the halloumi flatbread, warm bread with pickled vegetables, omelette or potato rosti and plenty of fresh herbs, and add halloumi to the arepa box if you want the local favourite. Tofu has its own following in a bowl with spicy chickpeas, kumara and quinoa, and the tzatziki is especially good. Finish with banana bread, a cheese scone or a date and cashew treat, plus a pour over coffee.
The couple behind the cart treat you like a regular from your first visit, chatting while they cook and plating each dish with obvious care. Everything is made to order, so expect a few minutes' wait at peak lunch and possibly a short queue. If you're coeliac or juggling allergies, you can order with confidence from a fully gluten free kitchen.
It's a proper little shack with an outdoor deck, umbrellas and a few tables where you sit and eat in the sun. There's no sea view despite the street name, but it's peaceful and low key, with a resident cat, dogs made welcome and a bike that parks easily alongside.
Prices are low for the amount of food you get, and the portions are generous enough that one flatbread or arepa box keeps you full all day. It's easy on the wallet, which really says something on Waiheke.
It suits breakfast, lunch or a takeaway picnic, especially if someone in your group is coeliac, gluten free, vegan or keto, because nobody has to negotiate the menu. Small groups and families fit easily around the outdoor tables, and it's an easy stop on a bike or with a dog.
Timing catches people out, since it only opens Thursday to Sunday and shuts at 3pm, so dinner is out and a late afternoon visit will disappoint. There's no ocean view either, and because everything is cooked to order you may wait at peak lunch.
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