Café Zazou is a mobile seaside cafe set up on the Esplanade at St Clair beach in Dunedin, holding a 5.0 rating from 15 reviews for its coffee, hot chocolate, and sourdough pastries.
Coastal pop-up coffee spots depend on fresh morning bakes and drinks made for bracing sea air. What sets a good beachside stall apart is the pastry work, where laminated sourdough croissants, chausson aux pommes filled with spiced apple, and fresh cookies are turned out crisp rather than sitting under glass. A proper setup also caters to different morning habits, keeping non-dairy milk options like oat, almond, soy, and coconut on hand alongside house kombucha flavours such as feijoa or ginger and turmeric. Checking the local weather is always sensible, as seaside trade often shifts days when coastal swells or rain roll across the coast.
For fresh croissants and a hot drink on an Esplanade morning, it is a favourite stop by St Clair Beach.