Rotorua Night Market
Rotorua Night Market
4.2
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Tuesday
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Closed
Thursday
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Friday
Closed
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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4.2
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citadelspire
Singapore, Singapore14 contributions
Dec 2019 • Family
We were pleasantly surprised by the variety of yummy food at this night market. Plenty of stalls to choose from. Lively atmosphere esp with the live music from buskers at the two ends of the night market. Best to go early before it gets too crowded though, else be prepared to eat standing up.
Written 2 January 2020
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Jeff1903
King's Lynn, UK1,444 contributions
Mar 2020
Every Thursday evening the night market comes to town. It is mainly food stall from all over the world - we sampled Argentinian, Filipino and French. In addition there are some craft stalls and some live entertainment, Cuban street dance and a rock band while we were there. It has a relaxed atmosphere and we had a great time wandering around for an hour or so.
Written 5 March 2020
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TexasTraveler3800
Dallas, Texas93 contributions
May 2015 • Friends
Our tour guide mentioned this weekly activity might be going on if the weather wasn't too bad. Lucky us the rain didn't affect things too much. Short walk from hotel to enjoy the street scene. Lots of local people this time of year. Go for the street scene or get a snack.
Written 23 June 2015
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GenevieveHarriss
Rotorua, New Zealand7 contributions
Oct 2017 • Friends
The night markets were recommended to us by several locals, shop assistants etc. The Facebook page and various advertising informed us that the markets were "Showcasing the best produce, artisan products, jewellery, homewares and art". There was 1 fresh produce stall, 1 clothing stall, 1 jewellery store, 2 wood craft stalls and the rest was around 25 food stalls. We ended up buying products from the mass amounts of souvenir shops along the main street because there was barely anything on offer at the markets other than food. Big let down, as it should be advertised as a food market if that is the majority of stalls available.
Written 20 October 2017
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LilyChak
Auckland Central, New Zealand2,297 contributions
Dec 2016 • Solo
It's at Thursday night Tutanekai Street, not far away from Eat Street. Mainly food stores and others such as fruit and vegetables, clothing, craft and art, live music. Variety of food to choose from: Chinese, Thai, Indian, Japanese, Germany, Turkish....
Written 22 December 2016
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LilyChak
Auckland Central, New Zealand2,297 contributions
Nov 2019 • Friends
It happens on every thursday night from 5pm onward. Mainly are food stalls and the rest include hand crafts and live music.
Written 29 November 2019
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Rich G
Acton, MA2,458 contributions
Aug 2019
The night market is the thing to do in this otherwise sleepy town! The night before? Empty streets by 9pm. But when the Night Market is going on, the place ignites with live music, food, vendors, fruit stands, etc.
Walk around for an hour, listen to some music, buy some kiwifruits or pastries, and just take in the vibe of this popular night activity in downtown Rotorua.
Walk around for an hour, listen to some music, buy some kiwifruits or pastries, and just take in the vibe of this popular night activity in downtown Rotorua.
Written 17 September 2019
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Richard F
Wellington, New Zealand26 contributions
Dec 2018 • Family
Great range of food stalls, nice chilled live music and arts/crafts thrown in too. A relaxed and delicious find for our Thursday dinner.
Written 27 December 2018
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jocoolnz1
Auckland, New Zealand10 contributions
Apr 2018 • Family
We decided to have our dinner here, which I am so pleased we did. I was told that some of the local resturants come out sell food. Which is great, as you know you're not going to get sick from the food. The council seem to put up the tents, which looks so lovely also having plenty of seating to eat your food. If you're around on the Thursday night from 5pm, it's a must.
Written 28 April 2018
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Anna G
11 contributions
Oct 2017 • Friends
I was wanting to support local artisans and bring home some brilliant pieces of unique goods however was extremely let down when the only jewellery stall was imported crap, there was one wool jumper stall and 2 wooden stalls amongst the insane amount of food stalls. The wooden craft was simply amazing mind you. There were loads of people and so much potential for artists to make money, such a shame, we just picked a bad night I guess.
Written 19 October 2017
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I'll like to double check on the opening hours, especially if all the stalls will remain open strictly up to 9pm sharp? We may be dropping by rather late (after 8pm) and I'm a little worried that most stalls may be closed then.
Written 6 September 2018
Market rules are very strict that all stalls must remain open until end of market
Written 13 October 2018
hi.. is this only available on Thursday? thanks
Written 15 January 2017
Yes, I think so. Make sure at the Visitor Information.
Written 16 January 2017
poe h
Tahiti, French Polynesia
Bonjour, à quelle heure le marché est-il ouvert?
Merci
Written 11 February 2016
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