Tipsy Foodie's is a casual, big-flavoured eatery on West End in the heart of Kaikoura, serving stacked burgers, loaded pizzas, fresh souvlaki, kebab and hearty comfort-food favourites. Doors are open seven days a week from 11:30am to 9pm, making it an easy stop for a late lunch, a relaxed dinner or a takeaway run after a day on the coast.
The menu is wide on purpose. Gourmet burgers — every one served with fries — range from the breakfast-inspired Breakie Burger to homemade venison, lamb and pork patties, while the pizza lineup covers gourmet, traditional, vegetarian, seafood and value pizzas. Souvlaki comes wrapped with homemade tzatziki and hummus, and kebabs can land as a wrap, on rice, on chips or with salad. Pasta, salads, loaded sides and desserts like churros and cheesecake round things out.
Beyond the food, Tipsy Foodie's leans into the social side of eating: hookah to share with friends in the evenings, plenty of choice for the whole crew, and catering for events, gatherings and special occasions. Order online for pickup, or drop by 14 West End and let the team sort you out.
On the West End of Kaikoura, Tipsy Foodie's has built its name on a simple promise: bold flavours, hearty portions and plenty of choice. Open seven days a week from 11:30am to 9pm, it covers the whole eating day — a late lunch after the beach, an easy family dinner, or a takeaway run when you'd rather eat with a view.
The menu reads like a greatest-hits list of comfort food. There are a dozen gourmet burgers, a full pizza lineup, souvlaki and kebabs, pasta, salads, loaded sides and desserts. Whether you're feeding one or a whole crew, the idea is the same: real food, generous plates and friendly service.
Every burger on the gourmet list arrives with fries, which says a lot about how Tipsy Foodie's approaches feeding people. The patties are made in-house, and the range runs from the breakfast-inspired Breakie Burger — potato patty, bacon, egg and onion relish — to bigger builds like the Bazooka, loaded with beef, bacon, egg, beetroot and gherkins, and the Double Decker with two beef patties.
There's personality in the lineup, too. The Wild Thrill stacks a homemade venison patty with pulled pork and bacon; the Last Sheperd pairs a lamb pattie with beetroot and tzatziki; the Blue Sea goes with battered fish and tartare sauce. Chicken fans have The Hen and the jalapeno-popper-topped Peri Grill, while the Veggie Wizard keeps things meat-free with a veggie patty, pineapple and cheese.
The pizza menu splits into families. Gourmet pizzas run from the Inland Venison — venison, bacon and pepperoni with garlic aioli — to the Butter Chicken and the Hapuku Lamb with feta and tzatziki. A few carry local flavour in their names, like the Westend Chicken and the Mount Fyffe Hen.
Traditional and vegetarian pizzas cover the classics and then some: Hawaiian, BBQ Chicken, Meat Lover, Mexican, plus the Tipsy Veg and a loaded Vegetarian. Seafood gets its own corner with the Smoked Salmon — salmon and mussel on an olive oil base — and the Garlic Prawn. And when you just want something simple, the value range sticks to the basics: cheese, pepperoni, ham and cheese, cheese and bacon.
The souvlaki lineup keeps it straightforward: prawn, lamb, chicken, pork, beef or falafel, all wrapped with homemade tzatziki and hummus, sweet chilli, lettuce, tomato and onion. The kebab side of the menu takes the same idea further — a wrap, meat on rice, meat on chips, or meat with salad and chips, with cabbage, onion, tomato, carrot and two sauces alongside the wrap and rice dishes.
If you're not in burger or wrap mode, there's spaghetti meatballs and chicken carbonara for pasta nights, Greek, chicken and lamb salads for lighter appetites, and a sides list that goes deep: loaded wedges with cheese, bacon and BBQ sauce, jalapeno poppers, camembert bites, fish bites and kumara fries. Dessert is a slice of cheesecake or a serve of churros.
Tipsy Foodie's leans into the social side of a meal out. In the evenings you can settle in with friends and share a hookah alongside your food — part of what makes it as much a hangout as a takeaway. The atmosphere is built for casual catch-ups and lively nights, with enough menu variety to keep a mixed group happy.
For bigger plans, the team also caters for events, gatherings and special occasions; get in touch and they'll help put together the right food for your group. Online ordering is available for pickup, and with doors open until 9pm every day of the week, 14 West End is an easy call when hunger strikes in Kaikoura.
Burgers, pizza, souvlaki, hookah — Tipsy Foodie's covers a lot of ground, and does it with a smile. Whether it's lunch, dinner or a late-afternoon feed, it's a spot built for hearty meals and good company.