The Corner Kitchen is a cafe and pie shop at 1A Pohutu Street in Whakatāne, known for its gourmet pies. Its Tuscan Chicken Pie, filled with creamy chicken, spinach and tomato, made the Top 10 of the 2024 NZ Pie Awards, and its Lamb and Kumara Pie won a Silver Award in 2023.
The menu covers homemade pies, chicken breast fillet burgers that are hand-cut and panko-crumbed on site, sandwiches and sweet treats. Breakfast, lunch and a quick bite are all served, and the shop offers catering for groups, including vegetarian and keto lunchboxes. Phone orders are welcome on 07 308 8046. Ten other cafes are within a kilometre, and the four nearest, The Bakehouse, Cafe Coco, Resilience Coffee Shop and The Strand Cafe, are each 0.3 km away.