Artfull Coffee Shop and Art Gallery is a café and gallery at 30 Gore Street in Bluff, rated 4.9 from 13 Google reviews. The website says it is a café with rooms of local art on display and for sale, and that it opened for the Southland Arts Trail. It names weekend opening from 10am to 4pm. The gallery is part of Arts Murihiku, Southland's not-for-profit regional arts organisation.
A café with a gallery works best when you take time to look at the work as well as the menu. Most local art on display can be bought, so ask staff about the artist, the medium and how the piece is framed. Weekend openings suit visitors on an arts trail, and it helps to check the day's opening hours before you set out. Regulars often return to see new exhibitions as the work rotates.
Artfull Coffee Shop and Art Gallery suits Bluff visitors and art lovers who want coffee and local work to see and buy in one place.