Kereru Korner is a little rural cafe on 20 Mile Bush Road in Pukekawa, Franklin, rated 4.8 from five Google reviews. Reviewers praise affordable food made with care, warm service, the parrots and aviary on the property — one guest was given an impromptu tour — and art on display that is also for sale.
Out in the Franklin countryside, a good cafe is as much a destination as a pit stop: coffee worth the drive, cabinet food made on site rather than reheated, and often something extra — gardens, animals, local art — that turns lunch into an outing. Rural cafes also tend to keep limited or seasonal hours, so it pays to check ahead before a long trip. Regulars judge them as much on a friendly chat and consistency as on the menu itself.
With its parrots, art and home-style food, Kereru Korner reads as exactly that kind of stop for anyone passing through Pukekawa.