Described as a Hidden Gem (Napier Life Magazine 2012) and recommended on the travel page of the New York Times (2010) Art Deco inspired Cafe Ahuriri is famous for custard squares, old fashioned baking, great service, fabulous meals, the family sunday breakfast and great coffee. The wide veranda leads to a beautiful sunny courtyard filled with tables, wide umbrellas, leafy native trees and shrubs w
hich compliment the peaceful relaxed atmostphere. Open for breakfast and lunch the cafe offers separate Breakfast, Lunch and Gluten Free Menus with another Blackboard Lunch Menu (changing daily) 6 days a week. With an extensive cabinet display we offer good old fashioned home-style baking that includes a salad bar. Established 10 years ago on the main road we moved 3 years ago to a little known backstreet and have shown each year extraordinary growth. Cafe Ahuriri is now the hub of the community with an unusually wide customer base catering for large family groups, office workers, business people and the elderly. Known for supporting "Good Causes" the cafe gets tremendous customer support for all its fundraising ventures from raising money for locals who are ill and community groups in need to national efforts such as the Pike River Miners and Christchurch Earthquake Fund. The Cafe has 18 staff and is constantly developing training programmes to national standards. Three staff havr recently qualified as H.S.I. Trainers and Assessors so now staff can get National Qualifications without cost.
Event catering, platters for home or work, wedding packages On Sundays we have a Brunch Buffet and Blackboard lunch menu.
