The Deli

About The Deli

The Deli is a café, cabinet food and catering business on Remuera Road in Remuera, priding itself on a fresh, contemporary menu made entirely in-house. Beyond its dine-in breakfast and lunch menu, The Deli runs a full cabinet of ready-to-go food, a comprehensive catering service for events from 20 to 120 guests, and a range of homemade freezer meals to take home.

The breakfast and lunch menu uses free-range eggs and offers a gluten-free bread option, with dishes ranging from a classic Eggs Benedict to The Spanish Breakfast and a full Deli Breakfast. The cabinet stays stocked with daily specials and Deli classics, including its well-known pizza slice, while the catering menu covers cocktail food, meats and terrines by weight, noodle boxes, seasonal salads and sweet treats.

For those wanting home-cooked meals without the cooking, The Deli's freezer range includes a wide selection of pies, casseroles, lasagnes and desserts, many with gluten-free options, packaged in microwave and oven-safe containers.

The Deli Remuera: Café, Cabinet Food and Catering on Remuera Road

On Remuera Road, The Deli has built its reputation around fresh, contemporary food made entirely in-house — everything from the breakfast menu to the catering platters and the freezer meals is prepared in The Deli's own kitchen.

Breakfast and lunch, made fresh

The dine-in breakfast and lunch menu covers familiar café classics done properly, using free-range eggs throughout and offering a gluten-free bread option. Eggs Benedict comes with a lime hollandaise and a choice of ham, bacon or hot smoked salmon, while The Spanish Breakfast brings spicy sausage, tomatoes, chickpeas and cannellini beans together under a fried egg. The full Deli Breakfast piles on eggs, bacon, hash, mushrooms and cabanossi sausage for anyone after a properly hearty start, and lighter options like smashed avocado or a muesli with poached plums round out the menu. Kids are well catered for too, with a dedicated kids breakfast, hotcakes, a ham and cheese melt, and fries.

The cabinet and coffee

Beyond the dine-in menu, The Deli's cabinet stays stocked with daily specials and long-standing favourites, including what the café calls its famous pizza slice, alongside fish cakes, a mini meatloaf, roast beef and glazed champagne ham. The cabinet includes gluten-free options across both sweet and savoury items. The Deli serves Underground coffee alongside a genuinely wide range of Harney & Sons teas, from English Breakfast and Earl Grey through to green, white and herbal blends.

Catering for any occasion

The Deli's catering service scales from small gatherings to large events, handling anything from finger food for 20 guests up to noodle box salads for 120. The cocktail food menu is extensive, covering mini vegetable frittatas, panko-crumbed fish cakes, camembert-filled arancini, baby filo tarts with smoked salmon, and a range of mini tarts, sandwiches and baby buns. For larger spreads, The Deli offers meats and terrines by the kilo, including glazed whole hams, champagne hams, scotch fillet and a whole boned chicken filled with sundried tomatoes and spinach. Seasonal salads — from an Israeli couscous with slow roast vegetables to a potato and bacon salad with grain mustard dressing — round out the savoury catering options, alongside sweet treats like chocolate brownie, lemon meringue and hazelnut macaroons. Corporate catering for breakfast, lunch, morning tea and canapés is also available on request.

Homemade meals for the freezer

For anyone wanting home-cooked food without the cooking, The Deli's freezer range is genuinely extensive. Classic pies — cottage pie, smoked fish pie, and a beef, bacon and mushroom pie — sit alongside chicken and leek pie and a trio of lasagnes in chicken, beef or vegetable. Casseroles include a gluten-free beef stroganoff, beef bourguignonne, pork and ginger casserole, and a venison casserole flavoured with juniper berries and cloves. Chicken Marbella, slow cooked with prunes, olives, capers and white wine, is another gluten-free option, and desserts like tiramisu, apple and berry crumble, and sticky date pudding finish things off. All freezer meals come in small, medium and large sizes, packaged in microwave and oven-safe containers, and The Deli can defrost meals or let you know what's fresh if you call ahead in the morning.

Visiting The Deli

The Deli is open Monday to Friday from 7am to 5pm, Saturday from 7am to 4pm, and Sunday from 7:30am to 3pm, with the breakfast and lunch menu available from 8:30am to 2:30pm daily. Whether you're after a proper sit-down breakfast, a quick grab from the cabinet, catering for an event, or a stocked freezer for busy weeknights, The Deli Remuera offers a genuinely comprehensive local food service.

Signature items

• The Deli Pizza Slice
• The Deli Breakfast
• Eggs Benedict
• Ploughman's Lunch
• Smoked Fish Pie
• Chicken Marbella

Menu

Freezer Meals

• Cottage Pie — Beef mince topped with potato or kumara mash
• Smoked Fish Pie — Smoked hoki and hard boiled eggs in creamy cheese sauce, finished with flaky pastry or potato mash
• Beef, Bacon and Mushroom Pie
• Chicken and Leek Pie
• Lasagne — Chicken, beef or vegetable, layered with spinach, Italian tomatoes and a cheese and rosemary béchamel
• Beef Stroganoff — Gluten free
• Beef Bourguignonne — Gluten free
• Chicken Curry — Mild or medium
• Pork & Ginger Casserole — Tender pork in a subtle ginger jus, gluten free
• Venison Casserole — Flavoured with juniper berries and cloves, gluten free
• Chicken Thighs Wrapped in Bacon — With a creamy mushroom sauce
• Chicken Marbella — Chicken fillet slow cooked with prunes, olives, capers and white wine, gluten free
• Tiramisu
• Apple and Berry Crumble
• Sticky Date Pudding

The Deli Cabinet

• Bacon and Egg Filo
• Fish Cakes — Served with tartare sauce
• Mini Meatloaf — With plum sauce
• Turkish Bread — Filled with chicken, cranberry, spinach & brie, toasted
• The Deli Pizza Slice — The cabinet's famous pizza slice
• Roast Beef
• Glazed Champagne Ham
• Seasonal Salads — Made fresh daily

Breakfast & Lunch

• Muesli — Honey toasted, served with poached plums, natural yoghurt and honey
• Just Happy Eggs — Poached, fried or scrambled, with ciabatta or wholemeal sourdough toast
• Eggs Scrambled with Feta & Spinach — Served with toast
• Mushrooms — Market mix in a balsamic cream sauce, served with ciabatta or wholemeal sourdough
• The Spanish Breakfast — Spicy sausage, tomatoes, chickpeas and cannellini beans, topped with fried bread and an egg
• Eggs Benedict — Spinach and lime hollandaise on an English muffin, with ham, bacon or hot smoked salmon
• Eggs Florentine — Two eggs on an English muffin with spinach, tomato, feta and hollandaise
• Corned Beef Hash — Topped with a poached egg and hollandaise
• Brioche French Toast — With bacon, maple, banana and cream
• Smashed Avocado — On ciabatta toast with feta and basil pesto
• The Deli Breakfast — Eggs, bacon, tomato, potato and onion hash, mushrooms, cabanossi sausage, toast and hollandaise
• Kids Breakfast — Egg, bacon, hash brown and toast
• Kids Hotcakes — With banana and maple syrup
• Hot Smoked Salmon and Corn Fritter Stack — Spinach, tomato, sour cream and pesto
• Calamari — In garlic crumble on a mixed leaf salad with aioli
• Chicken Livers and Bacon — In a masala cream sauce
• Deli Warm Sandwich — Beef or chicken with bacon, mixed leaf salad, sweet chilli & plum sauce
• Ploughman's Lunch — Whitestone aged cheddar and blue cheeses, pickled onion, deli chutney and ciabatta
• Fat Fries — Served with aioli and sweet chilli dipping sauce
• Kids Melt — Ham and cheese toasted in ciabatta
• Kids Fries — With tomato sauce

Catering - Salads

• Israeli Couscous — With slow roast vegetables
• Pumpkin, Feta and Pinenuts — Tossed with rocket
• Potato and Bacon Salad — With a creamy grain mustard dressing
• Seasonal Green Vegetable Salad
• Thai Chicken or Beef Noodle Salad
• Mixed Leaf Salad — With The Deli's famous honey mustard vinaigrette available separately

Coffee, Tea & More

• Underground Coffee
• Harney & Sons Tea — Black, white, green, flavoured or herbal, English Breakfast or Earl Grey

Catering - Noodle Boxes

• Thai Chicken, Beef or Vegetable Noodle Salad

Catering - Sweet Treats

• Chocolate Brownie
• Lemon Meringue
• Rocky Road
• Hazelnut Macaroons

Catering - Cocktail Food

• Mini Vegetable Frittatas — With pesto and capsicum coulis
• Fish Cakes — Coated in panko crumbs, served with sweet chilli or tartare sauce
• Arancini — Risotto balls filled with camembert
• Potato & Onion Hash — With onion marmalade & sour cream
• Baby Filo Tarts — Filled with smoked salmon and horseradish cream, served cold
• Coconut & Coriander Chicken Asian Spoons
• Mini Tarts — Chorizo or ham with capsicum & feta, or vegetarian
• Peanut Prawns — On sweet chilli cream cheese & cucumber
• Scotch Fillet — With horseradish sauce on a nut and cranberry stuffing
• Champagne Ham — Cranberry and horseradish on a nut and cranberry stuffing
• Salmon and Herb Pinwheel Sandwiches
• Thai Prawn and Cucumber Spoons
• Prawn and Fennel Coleslaw Baby Buns
• Beef and Horseradish Coleslaw Baby Buns
• Sandwiches — Ham, egg & salad; chicken & avocado; or tuna & parmesan
• Mini Burger — Beef, tomato chutney & aioli

Catering - Meats & Terrines

• Glazed Whole Hams — Sold by the kilo
• Champagne Hams — Approx. 9-10.5kg
• Scotch Fillet — Sold by the kilo
• Salmon — Deli baked side, sold by the kilo
• Whole Boned Chicken — Filled with sundried tomatoes and spinach, loaf shaped

Frequently asked questions

What does The Deli serve?

An all-day breakfast and lunch menu, a cabinet of ready-to-go food, a full catering menu, and homemade freezer meals to take home.

Do they cater for events?

Yes, from finger food for 20 guests to noodle box salads for 120, plus corporate catering for breakfast, lunch, morning tea and canapés.

Are there gluten-free options?

Yes — gluten-free bread on the breakfast menu, gluten-free items in the cabinet, and several gluten-free freezer meals.

What are The Deli's opening hours?

Monday to Friday 7am-5pm, Saturday 7am-4pm, and Sunday 7:30am-3pm.

Do they sell frozen meals to take home?

Yes, a wide range of homemade freezer meals in small, medium and large sizes, packaged in microwave and oven-safe containers.

Is there a kids menu?

Yes, including a kids breakfast, kids hotcakes, a kids melt and kids fries.

What coffee and tea do they serve?

Underground coffee, alongside a wide range of Harney & Sons teas.

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