Hope Kitchen Cafe

Hope Kitchen Cafe HKC is center city, convenient and where the food is made with love, the coffee is made for freedom and the vibe is made for friendship, connection and hope.

No time to sit down for a cooked breakfast? The sideline of the kids sports is freezing?We've solved this.We put the coo...
28/08/2026

No time to sit down for a cooked breakfast? The sideline of the kids sports is freezing?
We've solved this.
We put the cooked breakfast in a wrap.
Not exactly a Nobel Prize.
But at 9am on a cold Palmy morning, it feels pretty close.

Some days call for sensible choices.Other days it's 8 degrees, you've already answered 37 emails and somebody has said, ...
27/08/2026

Some days call for sensible choices.
Other days it's 8 degrees, you've already answered 37 emails and somebody has said, "Have you got a minute?"
Have the slice.
You've been through enough.


Good food, fair prices, and every profit goes back into our community.

Fast food has its place.Usually somewhere around 11pm on a road trip when all your better decisions are behind you.Aroun...
26/08/2026

Fast food has its place.
Usually somewhere around 11pm on a road trip when all your better decisions are behind you.
Around here, we still chop things, mix things, bake things and make things.
Proper food. Made here.
Turns out the old-fashioned way still tastes pretty good.


Good food, fair prices, and every profit goes back into our community.

Apparently spring is just around the corner.We checked the corner.Couldn't see it.We'll check again tomorrow.In the mean...
25/08/2026

Apparently spring is just around the corner.
We checked the corner.
Couldn't see it.
We'll check again tomorrow.
In the meantime, the café is warm, the coffee is hot and we're refusing to put the winter woollies away.

This is actually what we love most.People arriving for a coffee and accidentally staying for an hour.Friends bumping int...
24/08/2026

This is actually what we love most.
People arriving for a coffee and accidentally staying for an hour.
Friends bumping into friends.
Regulars who don't really need to tell us their order anymore.
And the occasional person hiding from work.
No names. What happens at Hope Kitchen Cafe stays at Hope Kitchen Cafe.


Good food, fair prices, and every profit goes back into our community.

We made the cabinet bigger.This has not made choosing lunch any easier.If anything, we've made the problem significantly...
23/08/2026

We made the cabinet bigger.
This has not made choosing lunch any easier.
If anything, we've made the problem significantly worse.
Sorry about that.
Homemade food. Loads of choice. Take your time — the people behind you can wait. 😂

Wow Mike Irvine… what a great job you are doing to put the final touches on the Doug Bradley paint job. This is all look...
22/08/2026

Wow Mike Irvine… what a great job you are doing to put the final touches on the Doug Bradley paint job. This is all looking a little bit too fancy now!

Palmerston North.Beautiful trees. Great people. Four seasons before morning tea.Students, farmers, office workers, famil...
21/08/2026

Palmerston North.
Beautiful trees. Great people. Four seasons before morning tea.
Students, farmers, office workers, families, retirees, creatives and people who still insist on calling it "Palmy North".
We love this slightly unpredictable little city of ours.
Even when it is trying to freeze us.


Good food, fair prices, and every profit goes back into our community.

20/08/2026

Palmy winter has entered the chat.
Cold car.
Cold hands.
Cold feet.
Slightly unreasonable attitude.
Fortunately, breakfast is hot and the coffee machine is already on and we're opening up.
We can work with this.

Mike Irvine is about to put the new signage on the building.Which is probably wise.Because currently we've painted the w...
19/08/2026

Mike Irvine is about to put the new signage on the building.
Which is probably wise.
Because currently we've painted the whole thing black and are just trusting that you remember where we are.
Watch this space.
We're finally getting our name on the building.
Only took us a decade.

Address

156 The Square
Palmerston North
4410

Opening Hours

Tuesday 8:30am - 3pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 3pm
Thursday 8:30am - 3pm
Friday 8:30am - 3pm

Telephone

+64211663301

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