An all-day breakfast and lunch cafe at 38 Childers Road in Gisborne Central, with a spacious outdoor area under the trees and indoor tables where orders are made at the counter. The cafe is open seven days a week, and the kitchen serves from 8am to 1.30pm daily. It is known for strong coffee and large portions, and it also offers takeaway coffee and cabinet food.
Menu prices as at 2026 include a chicken waffle with bacon, pineapple, maple and mascarpone at $25.50, a chicken Caesar bowl at $25.50, and sharing fries at $12.00. Customers call the breakfast excellent and praise the bread, the eggs Benedict and the large Big Kahuna, and one says it is well worth the extra cost. Open Locally lists 11 other cafes within a kilometre. Forty10 Café is 0.2 km away and rated 4.6 from 18 reviews, and Verve Cafe & Bar is 0.3 km away and rated 4.2 from 565 reviews. The kitchen uses gluten and dairy products, so it cannot guarantee that items are free of either. Our pick in Gisborne for a big breakfast.