Wild Pear Kitchen is an award-winning plant-based and vegetarian café at 178 Devon Street East, in the heart of New Plymouth's CBD. It has been voted People's Choice & Outstanding Cafe for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, serving colourful, flavoursome wholefoods made fresh in-house, with plenty of options for vegetarians, vegans, healthy eaters and people with dietary requirements.
The menu spans a breakfast menu, a build-your-own Wild Salad Bowl, hot dishes, and a daily-changing deli cabinet filled with freshly made sandwiches, toasties, muffins, raw slices, cakes and other plant-based treats. The Smoothie Bar blends fruit, vegetables and nourishing ingredients into smoothies, wellness drinks, plant-based milkshakes and floats, with a wide selection of alternative milks available, and coffee lovers are served locally roasted IncaFé organic coffee.
Wild Pear Kitchen also provides plant-based catering across New Plymouth and Taranaki, covering fresh salads, hot dishes, platters, sandwiches, sweets, slices and celebration cakes, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options available. The café actively supports local producers including 6 Acres Farm, Black Gates Farm, Baked By Blanche, Natural Fare, Surrey Hill Flower Farm, Century Hill Citrus, Coastal Market Gardens, Little Liberty Ice Creamery, Peihana Farm and Cracker & Graze, and is working towards more sustainable operations across the business.
In the heart of New Plymouth's CBD, at 178 Devon Street East, Wild Pear Kitchen has built a reputation as an award-winning plant-based and vegetarian café, voted People's Choice & Outstanding Cafe for four years running, from 2022 through to 2025. The kitchen serves colourful, flavoursome wholefoods made fresh on site, with plenty of choice for vegetarians, vegans, healthy eaters and anyone with dietary requirements.
At the centre of the food offering is the Wild Salad Bowl — a build-your-own option where guests mix and match ingredients from the salad bar in their choice of size. For something warming, there's a rotating selection of hot dishes, and the deli cabinet is stocked with freshly made sandwiches, toasties, muffins, raw slices, cakes and other plant-based treats that change regularly, giving regulars something new to discover on every visit.
The Smoothie Bar blends fruit, vegetables and nourishing ingredients into smoothies, wellness drinks, plant-based milkshakes and floats, with a wide range of alternative milks available for anyone with specific dietary needs. Coffee drinkers are looked after too, with Wild Pear Kitchen proudly serving locally roasted IncaFé organic coffee, made just the way each customer likes it.
Beyond the café itself, Wild Pear Kitchen provides plant-based catering across New Plymouth and the wider Taranaki region. The catering range includes fresh salads, hot dishes, platters, sandwiches, sweets, slices and celebration cakes, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options built in — useful for events where guests have a mix of dietary needs. Celebration cakes can also be delivered within city limits.
Wild Pear Kitchen puts a strong emphasis on where its ingredients come from, working with local producers including 6 Acres Farm, Black Gates Farm, Baked By Blanche, Natural Fare, Surrey Hill Flower Farm, Century Hill Citrus, Coastal Market Gardens, Little Liberty Ice Creamery, Peihana Farm and Cracker & Graze. The café has also taken steps toward more sustainable operations, focusing on plant-based products, reducing single-use plastics, and rethinking how and where food is sourced and produced.
Guests can dine in, order ahead for pickup through the online ordering app, or arrange delivery — handy for anyone wanting to beat the queue or skip parking hassles altogether. The café also runs a loyalty rewards programme and sells gift vouchers, and has hosted community events including a Coffee Rave, which was featured on TVNZ's Seven Sharp.
Wild Pear Kitchen is open Tuesday to Saturday from 7:30am to 4pm, with breakfast served until 2pm and lunch from 11:30am to 2pm. The café offers wheelchair access, highchairs and outdoor seating, making it a practical stop for a wide range of visitors. Whether it's a build-your-own Wild Salad Bowl, a smoothie from the bar, a coffee, or catering for a larger event, Wild Pear Kitchen continues to be one of New Plymouth's go-to spots for fresh, plant-based food.