Beach Road · Kaikōura

Legendary breakfasts, forty years in the making.

One of Kaikōura's best-rated brunch cafés, in the old Hislop's Wholefoods building.

★ 4.7 · 400+ Google reviews

Ham Hock Benedict ✦ Fig & Pistachio French Toast ✦ Seafood Chowder ✦ Peoples Coffee ✦ Karaage Chicken ✦ Kombu Miso Ramen ✦ House Stone-Ground Bread ✦ Burnt Basque Cheesecake ✦ Ham Hock Benedict ✦ Fig & Pistachio French Toast ✦ Seafood Chowder ✦ Peoples Coffee ✦ Karaage Chicken ✦ Kombu Miso Ramen ✦ House Stone-Ground Bread ✦ Burnt Basque Cheesecake ✦

House favourites

Sime's signatures

Long-standing favourites rather than season-exclusive dishes. Availability and price may change with each menu.

A Sime's staple

House-made cornbread

Streaky bacon, two fried eggs, apple, lime & jalapeño relish and chipotle mayonnaise.

V*GF

A Sime's signature

Braised ham hock Benedict

Ham hock, poached eggs, Kaikōura spinach and Esses cuvée hollandaise.

GF*

26.5

The seasonal menu

Spring at Sime's

Fresh days, local flavours. Dishes shaped by the best Kaikōura has to offer right now.Fresh days, local flavours. Kaikōura at its best.

Our story

Forty years of baking,one new chapterby the sea.

Sam McConnochie

Food as pure as possible.

40+ years Dunedin
The McConnochie whānau runs Sime's bakery. The name and the recipe book begin here.The recipe book begins.
2022 Beach Road
Sam opens Sime's Kitchen inside the former Hislop's Wholefoods Café.
Today Kaikōura
Old recipes meet karaage, bibimbap and New Zealand kombu
miso ramen.

The coffee

Peoples Coffee, poured properly.

Organic, Fair Trade beans — the same care we put into the bread goes into every flat white. Reviewers keep saying it: "very good coffee."

grab one for the deck, watch the world go by ↓

Two coffees served in Sime's Kitchen's blue ceramic cups

Sime's Kitchen barista Victoria presenting a blue cup of freshly poured flat white

What people say

Word travels down SH1

★★★★★ 4.7 on Google · 400+ reviews ★★★★★ 4.8 on TripAdvisor · #6 of 48 in Kaikōura

Our new favorite addition to our dining options in town is Sime's kitchen. We love to go for lunch and sit on the deck outside watching the world go by.

Alpine Pacific Holiday Park · local blog

My favorite cafe in New Zealand… eggs perfectly cooked… chimichurri was amazing.

★★★★★Taylor V. · Google review

Delicious breakfast here… Everything was fantastic and fresh with high quality.

★★★★★Sarah C. · Google review

Great breakfast, friendly and engaged waiting team, very good coffee.

★★★★★Murray Rosser · Google review

Superb food and coffee and great service… Great vegan/vegetarian options too.

★★★★★Lorna Archer · review

Find us

On the way into town, right on Beach Road

Right on the main road in from Blenheim (SH1) — look for the rusted steel sign. Walk-ins welcome; parking nearby.

Address

33 Beach Road (SH1)
Kaikōura 7300, New Zealand

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Hours

Wednesday – Saturday	8:00am – 2:30pm
Sunday	8:00am – 2:00pm
Monday	8:00am – 2:30pm
Tuesday	Closed

⚠ Winter hours to be confirmed — check our Facebook for this week's hours before you drive out.

Contact

Phone: 03 424 9994 to confirm
Email: hello@simeskitchen.co.nz
Social: Facebook · Instagram

Morning light across the dining room inside Sime's Kitchen

Colourful bottled drinks displayed on timber shelves at Sime's Kitchen

Guests seated on the covered outdoor patio at Sime's Kitchen

inside, outside — the little details that make Sime's feel like Sime's