Flo & Co Kaikoura is a cafe in the seaside town of Kaikoura, on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island, and carries a 4.6 rating from 432 Google reviews.
A good cafe in a town like this one earns its keep early. Whale-watch boats and the fishing fleet get moving well before the tour coaches arrive, so the first flat whites of the day need to be right without ceremony — and in New Zealand, where cafe coffee is taken seriously, they usually are. Mid-morning the room fills with visitors; regulars tend to come earlier, order simply and settle in before the rush. Menus in seaside towns often lean on what the boats bring in, so it can pay to ask what's fresh rather than default to the cabinet.
Between the mountains and the sea, Flo & Co Kaikoura makes a natural pause in a town built around the water.