Cafe Encounter Kaikoura

01/08/2026

☕️ Sunday just got even better! 🧁🍫🤍

Treat yourself to the perfect Sunday combo at Café Encounter!

✨ Standard Small Coffee + Muffin for just $10! ✨

Choose from our delicious Sunday flavours:
🍫 Triple Chocolate
🍒🤍 Cranberry White Chocolate

The perfect pairing with your favourite coffee, whether you’re catching up with friends or simply taking a well-deserved break.

📍 Available today only while stocks last!

Add-ons available at an extra cost.

We can’t wait to see you! 🤎☕️
Which flavour are you choosing today? 👇

09/07/2026

Excited to reopen our doors for the long weekend! 🙂👍✨

We look forward to welcoming you! ☕️

26/06/2026

Appreciating this feature from our friends at Kaikoura Visitor Centre 🙏

We hope to welcome you soon 🙂👍

21/06/2026

❄️ WINTER TRADING HOURS ❄️

As the colder months settle in, we’re making a small change to our opening hours.

Starting today, Cafe Encounter Kaikōura will be open:

☕ Monday – Sunday
🕢 7:30am – 3:00pm

The days may be shorter and the mornings a little colder, but the coffee is still hot, the cabinet is still full, and the team is ready to welcome you with a smile.

Whether you’re starting your day with your favourite brew, meeting friends for brunch, or popping in for lunch, we’d love to see you.

Thank you for your continued support through every season. We appreciate every coffee, every conversation, and every visit. ❤️

📍 Cafe Encounter Kaikōura
☕ Same great coffee, just winter hours!

07/05/2026

Celebrating 100 years of the wonderful Sir David Attenborough 🌿🤎

To honour a lifetime spent inspiring us to love and protect the natural world, we’ve created a special chocolate cake layered with silky white chocolate buttercream icing 🍫✨

Here’s to 100 years of storytelling, curiosity, and reminding us of the beauty all around us. Happy Birthday David Attenborough 🌎

01/05/2026

Highly Requested…You asked we listened! 🙌✨
Our House-Made, bigger & better Potato Cakes are back on our Eggs Bene!
Come on down to Café Encounter and try one! 🤩

20/04/2026

We are now closed until tomorrow pending further update stay safe and warm everyone!

COMMUNITY UPDATE:

DISTRICT WIDE POWER OUTAGE:

We currently have a district wide power outage.

MainPower have identified the issue and aim to have power restored by 3pm today.

CONSERVING WATER:

It is important that people conserve water at this time.

Do not flush the toilet if possible as the pump stations all need power to operate.

INNOVATIVE WASTE KAIKŌURA CLOSED:

Due to this power outage and weather conditions, Innovative Waste Kaikōura will close today until further notice.

ROADING:

Downer are monitoring the roads for slips and any flooding.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & WEATHER:

The Emergency Management Team at Kaikōura District Council is working closely with Environment Canterbury monitoring our rivers and streams during this event.

Please be wary when driving and check in for updates.