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Our History

The Café was founded in 1986 when John Dashian saw that there was a need for more family orientated cafés. Now we support families and travellers all over South Taranaki.
We aim to deliver high quality food that represent who we are as a country. A diverse, beautiful landscape of people, complete with different heritages and looks

Whangaihia to tinana ki te kai organic

Our History

Our motto, Whangaihia to tinana ki te kai organic, (Nourish your body with organic food), helps drive us in making the world a better place. We aim to feed people with good quality, healthy food to help build a sustainable community. We hope that you can come visit us and see what a wonderful place we’ve built here.

Meet the Team

Bob the Chef

Bob
Head Chef

Dani the Owner

Dani
Cafe Owner

Casey the barist/waiter

Casey
Barista/Waiter

Shaki the cook

Shaki
Cafe Chef

Kaeri the manager

Kaeri
Cafe Manager

Lachlan the EA

Lachlan
Admin

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We embrace NZ’s bi-cultural heritage and try to showcase that in our café. We believe that everyone was created equally.

We look to locals for our ingredients, using only the best and freshest of the lot. This is one way in which we support the community.