Ric's
No stay at Te Arai Links is complete without a visit to Ric’s. With a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, Ric’s is the perfect place to unwind after a round of golf. There is a wood-fired pizza oven at the ready, as well as a 2-acre putting green, which we can attest to being a ton of fun.
"Quietly unassuming under a corrugate mantle, Ric’s café is a treat. Strong and simple timber construction and details evoke a contemporary coastal-rural vernacular. Carefully sited in the dunes adjacent to Te Arai Links golf course, the café overlooks the 12-hole putting green, beyond the beach to Taranga and Marotiri islands. This is quintessential New Zealand, but beautifully elevated. Irving has created a facility at once rugged and sophisticated, with his use of exquisitely detailed oversized elements: cedar barn doors, six-metre-deep verandahs, steel bar and copper pizza oven. The polished concrete floor reads as large-format tiles. Befitting the development’s ethos, the café optimises the highly attractive coastal setting without overpowering the natural landscape character."
NZIA Citation. Auckland Branch Award - Commercial Architecture
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- Jono Parker & Ricky Robinson
