Location: Timaru
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Most Popular Cafe food in Timaru, South Island, New Zealand
Discover Restaurants offering the best Cafe food in Timaru, South Island, New Zealand. Timaru (English: /ˈtɪməˌruː/; Māori: Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a port city in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand, located 157 kilometres southwest of Christchurch and about 196 kilometres northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to 29,000 people, and is the largest urban area in South Canterbury, and the second largest in the Canterbury Region overall, after Christchurch. The city is the seat of the Timaru District, which includes the surrounding rural area and the towns of Geraldine, Pleasant Point and Temuka, which combined has a total population of 47,100.
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10. The Sail & Anchor Bar & Cafe
Reviewed By sherbsfamily
Have been going here for years. The boss just will not smile or be friendly. Drives me nuts. Very cool wee bar otherwise. Very busy late on a Saturday night, all the rugby lads and young ones come out. Younger people definatley seem more valued than those aged say 30 plus. Certainly get served quicker at the bar too!!
9. Dunroamin
Reviewed By Murray K
What a great place to go when you need a quick fix for morning tea. Sandwiches made fresh and to order if you like. Hot food of all types to take away and service that can not be faulted. Go in, get served, off out the door in a quick turnaround by a very friendly staff member.
8. Harlau House Cafe
Overall Ratings
3 based on 18 reviews
Casual Cafe dining in the countryside. Perfect for families and just relaxing. A great selection of cabinet food refreshed daily including salads, Gluten Free and vegetarian options including a fully licenced bar. Would you like to get married here? or ho
Reviewed By owai
We have been to Harlau House twice since it opened. The location is pretty hard to beat, large and open country space but still so close to town. Peaceful and relaxing.The first visit we had breakfast - creamy mushrooms and a cabinet item. Both came out in good time and were tasty and good portion size. Excellent value for money. The second time I came later in the afternoon and we were the only people. Had a scone (or cheese puff) and a peppermint slice. Again, they nailed the food. Staff were lovely but did forget my scone on the pass till I went and reminded them ;). That kind of thing happens though! I do think menus would be great, the blackboard is a wee bit hard to read. Overall this place is great, a completely different experience than other Timaru cafes in all the right ways.Thank you so much for your lovely review. My apologies for the late reply, however in case you did'nt know, we now have a fully licenced bar with more beverage choices. Thanks again.
7. Mr Jack's Takeaway Cafe
Reviewed By djstewart990
Fairs fairs, they had not been in business long when we visited BUT there was nothing that would make me want to keep coming back. Coffee was ok. Food a tad on the over priced side considering what was on offer. On the positive side it was bright and sunny inside. I think they need something special to capture more of the café market. With BP just over the road it is a big ask.
6. The Grindhouse Cafe
Reviewed By Robyn T
Always meet friends here for breakfast. Good service, great coffee, excellent cup of tea and great value for money. The Brea last menu has plenty of choice or you can ask to have it tailored to your requirements.
5. The Village Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 30 reviews
Reviewed By Greg I
This is a busy little place, but it lacks ambience. The food was really good well cooked, itâs more of a home style food. By simply changing the bread used (they have a supermarket bakery next door) this would have elevated the brunch to the next level.
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4. JB's Cafe Ballantynes Timaru
Overall Ratings
4 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By Gay B
Food rather basic and our savoury not even hot, coffee was not the best either. Okay I guess for a quick snack but chairs are hard and no atmosphere either and quite pricey some of the food range
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3. Replenish Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 46 reviews
Reviewed By usfey1
We were told buy other Christchurch vegans that replenish cafe is a good place in timaru for vegan food.they were rite the best tofu scramble eggs ever!! All the cakes were vegan and also very good. Lots of meat and eggs on offer if thatâs your thing
2. Purple Lizard Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 109 reviews
Reviewed By maudelott
Fantastic staff, nothing is a problem they go out of their way to serve what you want.Food is fantastic too.Go for brekkie you wont regret it.
1. Columbus Coffee
Overall Ratings
4 based on 44 reviews
Reviewed By rachb0611
We dined for breakfast and found the pricing very good, there appeared to be plenty of options to cater for GF, DF, Paleo and Keto and the coffee was fantastic, they were also happy to change things a bit for my 4 yr old. Very happy with our breakfast.
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