A cafe at 214 The Strand in Whakatāne, which serves breakfast and lunch from 7am to 3pm every day. The menu includes honey toasted granola with Greek yoghurt, a bagel with eggs, bacon and mushrooms, and a pulled pork plate with garlic sourdough, spinach and poached eggs. Other choices include a savoury beef mince with bacon, eggs your way, a salmon omelette, pancakes with a deconstructed pavlova, and beer-battered fish and chips. Add-ons and build-your-own plates are also listed.
The cafe uses Kokako Organic Coffee Roasters, and the menu offers flat whites, long blacks, chai lattes, hot chocolate and iced drinks. Non-dairy milks are offered, as are a few local beers and wines. The website says the cafe does weekday corporate catering. Open Locally lists nine other cafes within a kilometre, including Volk and Co, The Bakehouse cafe, Poppys Cafe and Cafe Coco. Our pick in Whakatāne for a weekend breakfast with a coffee.