Gibbys Cafe sits at 194 Palmerston Street, Westport's main street in the Buller district on the West Coast, and holds a 4.5 Google rating from 631 reviewers, with an online menu to browse.
In a small Coast town a cafe does more than pour coffee: it doubles as the town square, serving local flat whites, road-trippers off State Highway 6 and everyone in between. Menus are typically all-day and unfussy — cabinet food, cooked breakfasts, soup and sandwiches — and counter service is common, so it pays to check whether you order first or wait to be served. Timing matters: seats vanish on wet days and holiday weekends, while regulars know the quiet mid-afternoon lull and what's worth asking about beyond the board.
For anyone travelling through Buller's main town, Gibbys Cafe makes an easy, well-liked Palmerston Street stop.