Watery Mouth Cafe

About Watery Mouth Cafe

Watery Mouth Café operates from a light and spacious premises on the corner of High Street and Seymour Street in Blenheim, opposite picturesque Seymour Square. The café serves the bustling breakfast, lunch and coffee trade as well as dinner, and is a well-utilised space for meetings, being fully licensed and also hosting private functions.

The café is proud to offer modern New Zealand cuisine, served alongside great coffee, tea and other hot beverages, or local Marlborough wine and craft beers. All meals are made from scratch in the kitchen using the best-quality ingredients each day, with an extensive and growing gluten-free, dairy-free and vegetarian menu alongside more indulgent choices.

Coffee is central to the café's identity - fairtrade, organic, and always brewed with care, with baristas continually up-skilling. The cabinet is stocked with cooked and pre-prepared lunches, quiche, toasted sandwiches and sweet treats like the popular carrot cake and the gluten-free "Slice of Heaven". Watery Mouth Café also offers a catering service for corporate lunches, morning teas, board meetings, picnics and other functions.

Watery Mouth Café: Modern New Zealand Fare in the Heart of Blenheim

On the corner of High Street and Seymour Street in Blenheim, opposite picturesque Seymour Square, Watery Mouth Café has built a following for modern New Zealand cuisine served in a light, spacious setting. The café covers the full day - a bustling breakfast, lunch and coffee trade, plus dinner - and doubles as a well-used meeting space. It's fully licensed and also hosts private functions.

From Breakfast to Dinner

Breakfast and brunch run all day, featuring the homemade Watery Mouth muesli (also sold in-store) alongside perennial favourites like the bacon, kumara and avocado stack, and eggs Benedict with a choice of smoked salmon or crispy bacon. Lunch brings warm salads such as Cajun chicken or Thai beef, a corn and feta fritter stack, the NZ minted lamb burger, and a mouthwatering steak sandwich, plus a cabinet packed with freshly made quiche, toasted sandwiches and other cooked and pre-prepared options. The café's special diet menu is ever-expanding, and there's something to keep the kids happy too.

Coffee at the Centre

Coffee is central to what Watery Mouth Café does - fairtrade, organic, and always brewed with care, with baristas continually up-skilling their craft. It pairs well with the café's carrot cake or the gluten-free "Slice of Heaven", a meltingly good sweet treat from the dessert cabinet. Drinks-wise, the café also pours fine loose-leaf teas in bone china, indulgent hot chocolates, local craft beers, Marlborough wines and quality New Zealand fruit juices.

Made From Scratch, With Everyone in Mind

All meals are made from scratch in the café's kitchen using the best-quality ingredients each day (though the bread is bought in). The menu takes customers' needs seriously, with a wide and growing selection of gluten-free, dairy-free and vegetarian choices alongside more indulgent options.

Catering for Every Occasion

Beyond the café itself, Watery Mouth offers a catering service built around canapés and shared plates - think salmon and cream cheese blinis, mini Yorkshires with rare roast beef, vegetarian samosas, wasabi crab balls and mini sausage rolls, plus sweet treats like fudge brownie and black forest fudge. Whether it's a corporate lunch, a morning tea shout, a board meeting, a picnic lunch, or a meal to mark a new baby or a recovery, the catering menu is built to suit the occasion and budget.

Visiting Watery Mouth Café

Watery Mouth Café is located at 71 High Street, Blenheim, opposite Seymour Square, and can be reached by phone for enquiries or catering bookings.

Signature items

• Eggs Benedict
• Watery Mouth Muesli
• Bacon, Kumara & Avocado Stack
• NZ Minted Lamb Burger
• Steak Sandwich
• Slice of Heaven

Menu

Lunch

• Cajun Chicken Salad — Warm salad option
• Thai Beef Salad — Warm salad option
• Corn and Feta Fritter Stack — Lunch option from the menu
• NZ Minted Lamb Burger — Lunch option from the menu
• Steak Sandwich — A mouthwatering lunch favourite
• Cabinet Selection — Freshly made quiche, toasted sandwiches and other pre-prepared lunch options

Breakfast

• Watery Mouth Muesli — Homemade muesli, also available to purchase in-store
• Bacon, Kumara and Avocado Stack — A perennial breakfast favourite
• Eggs Benedict — Choice of smoked salmon or crispy bacon

Sweet Treats

• Carrot Cake — A café favourite alongside coffee
• Slice of Heaven — A meltingly good slice, gluten free

Catering - Sweet Treats

• Apricot Slice — Catering sweet treat
• Fudge Brownie — Catering sweet treat
• Black Forest Fudge — Catering sweet treat
• Crunchie Nut Slice — Catering sweet treat

Catering - Hors D'Oeuvres & Tapas

• Salmon and Cream Cheese Blinis — Canapé selection
• Blue Cheese, Quince and Pecan Blinis — Canapé selection
• Chicken, Apricot and Cream Cheese Filos — Canapé selection
• Salmon and Asparagus Filos — Canapé selection
• Mini Yorkshires with Rare Roast Beef — Canapé selection
• Sesame Beef Balls — With dipping sauce
• Mini Spring Rolls — With sweet chilli Thai dipping sauce
• Mini Mediterranean Pizzas — Canapé selection
• Vegetarian Samosas — With a light curry mayo
• Pesto and Feta Tartlets — Canapé selection
• Bruschetta — With cream cheese, ham and chives
• Mini Sausage Rolls — Canapé selection
• Prawn Twisters — With homemade tartare sauce
• Marinated Chicken Nibbles — Canapé selection
• Onion Marmalade Filoettes — With blue cheese and quince
• Ham, Egg and Relish Club Sandwiches — Canapé selection
• Wasabi Crab Balls — Canapé selection
• Devils on Horseback — Canapé selection
• Toasted Sandwich Triangles — Canapé selection
• Mini Bacon and Egg Pies — Canapé selection

Frequently asked questions

Where is Watery Mouth Café located?

On the corner of High Street and Seymour Street, Blenheim, opposite Seymour Square, at 71 High Street.

What time does breakfast start?

Breakfast and brunch options are served starting from 7:00am and run all day.

What time does lunch start?

Lunch is available from 11:00am.

Does the café offer gluten-free options?

Yes, the café has an extensive and growing gluten-free, dairy-free and vegetarian menu, including the gluten-free Slice of Heaven.

Is the café licensed?

Yes, Watery Mouth Café is fully licensed and also hosts private functions.

Does Watery Mouth Café offer catering?

Yes, the café caters for corporate lunches, morning teas, board meetings, picnics and other functions with a canapé and sweet treat selection.

Is there a kids menu?

Yes, the café has options to keep kids happy alongside its special diet menu.

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