2026 New Zealand's Best Cafes

La Cibo Italian Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.8 (68)

📍 Katikati

The Daily Charitable Trust

★★★★½ 4.6 (436)

📍 Te Puke

Brunch

Kowhai Eatery

★★★★½ 4.6 (51)

📍 Ōtaki

Zephyr Wainui

★★★★½ 4.6 (175)

📍 Wainui Beach, Gisborne

The Gathering

★★★★½ 4.4 (84)

📍 Hāwera

287 Cafe Motel

★★★½☆ 3.6 (220)

📍 Wairoa

Brunch

Oak Eatery

★★★★½ 4.4 (194)

📍 Morrinsville

Melrose House Cafe

★★★★½ 4.6 (466)

📍 Nelson South, Nelson

The Secret Garden

★★★★½ 4.5 (781)

📍 Waihi Beach

Great Flavours of India- Putaruru

★★★★½ 4.7 (251)

📍 Putāruru

Roastery

Origin Coffee Company Ltd

★★★★★ 4.8 (232)

📍 Ōtorohanga

Dear Coasties

★★★★½ 4.3 (1484)

📍 Orewa

Fig Tree Cafe

★★★★½ 4.4 (1246)

📍 Heretaunga, Upper Hutt

Roastery

Dear Deer Coffee Roasting Bar Pakuranga

★★★★★ 4.9 (237)

📍 Pakuranga Heights, Auckland

Bestie Cafe

★★★★½ 4.4 (958)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

wildbean cafe

★★★½☆ 3.3 (19)

📍 Dannevirke

Chuffed

★★★★½ 4.5 (1533)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Capers Cafe + Store

★★★★½ 4.4 (2231)

📍 CBD, Rotorua

The Farmer's Grill

★★★★½ 4.5 (31)

📍 Stratford

Brunch

FLUFF Cafe & Eatery

★★★★★ 4.8 (406)

📍 Grafton, Auckland

Turangi Tavern

★★★★☆ 4.0 (948)

📍 Tūrangi

Thai Food Huntly Restaurant

★★★★½ 4.6 (175)

📍 Waikato, Huntly

Wintergarden Cafe - New Zealand

★★★★☆ 4.1 (1187)

📍 Parnell, Auckland

Zealong Tea Estate - Tea Room

★★★★½ 4.6 (2007)

📍 Gordonton, Hamilton

Boho Cafe

★★★★½ 4.6 (727)

📍 Awapuni, Palmerston North

Vudu Cafe

★★★★½ 4.4 (1925)

📍 Queenstown, Queenstown

Buster Greens

★★★★½ 4.7 (669)

📍 Dunedin North, Dunedin

Brunch

Stoked Eatery

★★★★½ 4.6 (1047)

📍 Te Kūiti

Rose Cafe

★★★★½ 4.5 (47)

📍 Te Awamutu

Cahoots Cafe

★★★★½ 4.4 (374)

📍 Greytown

Honey Cafe CBD

★★★★½ 4.7 (500)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Gratitude Grinds

★★★★★ 5.0 (149)

📍 Trentham, Upper Hutt

Barista

★★★★½ 4.5 (914)

📍 Palmerston North Central, Palmerston North

St Pierres Sushi & Bento Bowl (Dee St)

★★★★½ 4.3 (6)

📍 Avenal, Invercargill

Bosco Café

★★★★☆ 4.2 (1055)

📍 Te Kūiti

Brunch

Adoro Cafe Napier

★★★★½ 4.5 (682)

📍 Napier South, Napier

The Trading Post

★★★★½ 4.6 (339)

📍 Paengaroa

One3One Restaurant Cafe & Bar

★★★★☆ 4.0 (666)

📍 Paeroa

Brunch

Victus Coffee & Eatery

★★★★★ 4.8 (396)

📍 Nelson

Brunch

The Bond Street Deli

★★★★★ 4.9 (137)

📍 Wellington, Wellington

Roastery

Black Betty Cafe

★★★★½ 4.6 (1894)

📍 Christchurch Central City, Christchurch

CHROME Cafe

★★★★½ 4.5 (652)

📍 Tahawai

Loxies

★★★★½ 4.4 (404)

📍 Waikato, Morrinsville

Belle & Bean Café

★★★★½ 4.7 (94)

📍 Thames

Brunch

Essence Cafe & Bar Feilding

★★★★½ 4.4 (550)

📍 Feilding

BrunchRoastery

Don Luciano Café Masterton

★★★★½ 4.6 (646)

📍 Masterton

Brunch

Castaways Restaurant & Bar

★★★★☆ 4.0 (884)

📍 Waiuku

Brunch

t bay cafe

★★★★½ 4.6 (471)

📍 Tītahi Bay, Porirua

Latitude 40 South

★★★★½ 4.6 (43)

📍 Waipukurau

The Yellow House Cafe

★★★★½ 4.4 (918)

📍 Whanganui

Atomic Mills Lane

★★★★½ 4.7 (23)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

The Strand Cafe

★★★★½ 4.4 (442)

📍 Whakatāne

Salt And Pepper Cafe

★★★★½ 4.5 (1092)

📍 Horowhenua, Levin

Brunch

Odettes Eatery

★★★★½ 4.5 (2035)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Unknown Chapter Coffee Roasters

★★★★½ 4.7 (2174)

📍 Christchurch Central City, Christchurch

Cafe Baku

★★★★½ 4.3 (2008)

📍 Taupō

Cafe Medici

★★★★½ 4.4 (810)

📍 Martinborough

Vegan

French Soul Cafe

★★★★★ 4.9 (185)

📍 Tauranga South, Tauranga

Turkish Kebabs & Pizzas

★★★★½ 4.5 (355)

📍 Kaitaia

Apple Quarters Cafe

★★★★½ 4.4 (70)

📍 Ōtaki

Hello Pickle

★★★★★ 4.8 (184)

📍 Regent, Whangarei

Brunch

Flagship Eatery

★★★★½ 4.4 (456)

📍 Gisborne, Gisborne

Brunch

The Boat Shed Cafe

★★★★½ 4.4 (1932)

📍 Frankton, Queenstown

Chiasso Coffee Roasters

★★★★★ 4.9 (314)

📍 Devonport, Auckland

Roastery

Common Coffee Roasters

★★★★½ 4.5 (11)

📍 Remuera, Auckland

Hare and the Turtle.

★★★★★ 4.8 (944)

📍 New Windsor, Auckland

Twenty Eight

★★★★½ 4.6 (374)

📍 Hutt Central, Lower Hutt

Scarecrow Mediterranean Cafe

★★★★½ 4.5 (1350)

📍 Auckland, Auckland

Roastery

Altezano Brothers Roastery

★★★★★ 4.9 (83)

📍 Mount Eden, Auckland

Cafe Awa

★★★★½ 4.6 (328)

📍 Whakatāne

Brunch

Hare & Copper Eatery

★★★★½ 4.7 (525)

📍 Tūrangi

The Monarch

★★★★½ 4.4 (836)

📍 Pukekohe

The Olive Branch Carterton

★★★★½ 4.5 (214)

📍 Carterton

Sheepworld Cafe

★★★★★ 4.8 (51)

📍 Warkworth

Brunch

Up Cafe

★★★★½ 4.7 (352)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Etérna - Café and Dine - 24/7

★★★★★ 4.8 (184)

📍 Hamilton Central, Hamilton

Pizza Hut Ngaruawahia

★★★★½ 4.6 (267)

📍 Ngāruawāhia

Espresso bar

Millers Coffee

★★★★★ 4.8 (256)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Indian Affair TOKOROA

★★★★½ 4.7 (95)

📍 Central, Tokoroa

D Town Indian Fusion Restaurant

★★★★★ 4.8 (127)

📍 Dargaville, Dargaville

Rusty Nail Tavern

★★★★½ 4.4 (274)

📍 Taumarunui

Fenton Street Art Collective & Distillery

★★★★★ 4.8 (151)

📍 Stratford

Zeebers Restaurant & Bar

★★★★☆ 4.0 (15)

📍 Taumarunui

Gastronomics Restaurant Cafe & Bar

★★★★½ 4.5 (509)

📍 Thames

Kauri Coast Pizzeria

★★★★½ 4.5 (163)

📍 Dargaville

Brunch

Arthur St Kitchen

★★★★½ 4.3 (353)

📍 Timaru Central, Timaru

Blue Waters Cafe

★★★½☆ 3.7 (19)

📍 Orewa, Auckland

Watery Mouth Cafe

★★★★½ 4.3 (852)

📍 Blenheim Central, Blenheim

Kai Toi

★★★★½ 4.7 (390)

📍 Whangārei, Whangarei

Brunch

Victoria's Cafe Kitchen Bar

★★★★½ 4.6 (1580)

📍 Taupo, Taupō

Milk & Honey Restaurant

★★★★☆ 4.1 (1205)

📍 Ahuriri, Napier

Brunch

Kainga Eatery

★★★★½ 4.6 (274)

📍 Carterton

Honey House Cafe

★★★★½ 4.3 (199)

📍 Kerikeri

Roastery

Black & White Coffee Cartel Timaru

★★★★½ 4.4 (344)

📍 Smithfield, Timaru

Elite Turkish Cafe

★★★★½ 4.5 (57)

📍 Ōpōtiki

Conversations - The Cafe

★★★★★ 4.9 (237)

📍 Saint Leonards, Hastings

Kaireka Cafe

★★★★★ 4.8 (77)

📍 Ngāruawāhia

Mud Ducks

★★★★½ 4.3 (979)

📍 Whanganui

Tutaki Cafe

★★★★☆ 4.2 (539)

📍 Hutt Central, Lower Hutt

Takapuna Beach Cafe

★★★★½ 4.4 (3755)

📍 Takapuna, Auckland

Brunch

Crave house

★★★½☆ 3.6 (14)

📍 Kerikeri, Kerikeri

Orana Motor Inn & Restaurant

★★★★☆ 4.1 (276)

📍 Kaitaia

The French Cafe

★★★★½ 4.7 (757)

📍 Eden Terrace, Auckland

Gemmell's Cafe Restaurant & Bar

★★★★★ 4.9 (294)

📍 Wairoa

The Sizzler House & Bar

★★★★½ 4.6 (14)

📍 Newlands, Wellington

Brew Haven Café & Bar

★★★★½ 4.6 (113)

📍 Matamata

The Parsley Pot Cafe

★★★★½ 4.4 (430)

📍 warkworth, Snells Beach

McDonald's Tokoroa

★★★★☆ 4.0 (2534)

📍 Tokoroa

The Mansoon Limited

★★★★½ 4.5 (148)

📍 Kawerau

MELBA Vulcan

★★★★½ 4.5 (889)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Scope Cafe Rotorua

★★★★½ 4.7 (1331)

📍 Rotorua, Rotorua

Raglan Roast

★★★★½ 4.7 (123)

📍 Volcom Lane, Raglan

The Kirk Cafe

★★★★½ 4.5 (1006)

📍 Hamilton East, Hamilton

Beyti’s Turkish Cafe

★★★★½ 4.7 (195)

📍 Kawerau

Brunch

Q Kitchen Waiuku

★★★★½ 4.6 (67)

📍 Waiuku, Waiuku

Brunch

The Burnt Place Bar & Kitchen

★★★★½ 4.6 (263)

📍 Hāwera

Roastery

Your Local Coffee Roasters

★★★★★ 4.8 (350)

📍 Pukekohe

TUCKER TIRAU

★★★★★ 4.8 (654)

📍 Tīrau

The Shelf

★★★★½ 4.4 (949)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Strada Cafe/Restaurant

★★★★☆ 4.2 (597)

📍 Masterton

Brunch

Torri Eatery

★★★★★ 4.9 (638)

📍 Tauranga South, Tauranga

Brunch

The Thirsty Weta Bar & Eatery

★★★★½ 4.4 (1106)

📍 Ōtorohanga

Basker

★★★★½ 4.5 (249)

📍 Whitianga, Whitianga

Elixir Cafe

★★★★½ 4.6 (1007)

📍 New Plymouth Central, New Plymouth

The Espy Cafe

★★★★½ 4.6 (1002)

📍 Whitianga

Brunch

64 Coffee & Kitchen

★★★★½ 4.7 (252)

📍 Matamata

Brunch

The Peppermill Cafe

★★★★☆ 4.2 (1293)

📍 Porirua City Centre, Porirua

Roastery

Vanguard Specialty Coffee Co

★★★★½ 4.5 (908)

📍 Central Dunedin, Dunedin

Beyond Coffee

★★★★☆ 4.2 (461)

📍 Feilding

The Shack

★★★★½ 4.6 (1296)

📍 Raglan

The Refinery

★★★★½ 4.5 (919)

📍 Paeroa, Paeroa

Espresso bar

Espress & Go

★★★★½ 4.5 (30)

📍 Ōpōtiki

Brunch

Rosina Eatery

★★★★★ 4.8 (206)

📍 Hastings

BrunchVegan

Pickle And Plum Cafe

★★★★½ 4.7 (132)

📍 Te Awamutu

The Offering - Greytown

★★★★½ 4.4 (912)

📍 Greytown

Firebird

★★★★½ 4.6 (342)

📍 Levin

Cafe Jerusalem

★★★★½ 4.7 (787)

📍 Village Mall, Kerikeri

Ti Tree Cafe

★★★★½ 4.5 (1010)

📍 Waihi

The Federal Store

★★★★½ 4.6 (1128)

📍 Strandon, New Plymouth

Hakuna Matata Cafe

★★★★½ 4.7 (426)

📍 Blenheim Central, Blenheim

Roastery

Kokako Organic Coffee Roastery

★★★★½ 4.7 (38)

📍 Mount Eden, Auckland