The prices are too dear compared with other cafes around the town. Staff were lovely.read more

Had a great evening at Stumpers. Live music, locals and tourists all singing, dancing and drinking…read more Loved it!

Popular cafe, excellent coffee! This popular cafe has a very…read moretempting display cabinet, an appealing menu and a wonderful cheese room. We didn't end up eating there but we went there a couple of times for coffee. The coffee was excellent - nice and strong with no bitterness!

We were looking for a nice restaurant for lunch and noticed that this place had more patrons than…read moreany other restaurant nearby, which is always a good sign. Besides, the dining room looked big and airy. so we decided to give it a try. The canon Smokey chicken fettuccine I ordered was very tasty and to my pleasant relief the sauce was creamy but not heavy.

This was our favorite meal in New Zealand. I'm not kidding…read more We weren't expecting much of a town in Hokitika, but ended up loving the town - and this incredible meal was the cherry on top! We got the beef curry pineapple fried rice and the chicken pad Thai for takeout and were floored by each. Flavorful, hot, fresh, with nice portions of veggies and meat. We are still dreaming about that curry flavor of the fried rice and heat on the pad Thai! The restaurant is small, but we recommend getting it to go and posting up on a picnic table near the beach for epic views and food.

Really amazing summer dinner spot. Came in close to 5:30pm and was able to choose patio or indoor…read moreseating. The patio was so refreshing. The restaurant did fill up a lot around 6pm. Really nice servers and even better food. We got the sirloin steak and the catch of the day (Hake) followed by the scrumptious Pavlova. Great meal and experience.

Well it was a typical rainy spring day on the West Coast, but if you are up here then why not take…read morea walk along the water and then duck into the Ocean View? This is part of a hotel and it is one of the only places with a view of the water. Most of the other places in town are on the Main Street but this is elevated just enough to see the waves crashing in. We had a nice cocktail of the house red and a Syrah as we enjoyed the waves and the wind lashing the coast. We also had a whitebait fritter as they were in season. The entree came with a fresh salad which was great. The fritter itself has so much egg though that it really overpowered the whitebaits delicate flavor, so yuh might want to find another spot that does it as a cake or perhaps another way. Anyway, there aren't a lot of choices in this town, but this is a nice spot for a quick bite and contemplating what winter must have been like a hundred years ago :-)

Seemed to be one of the better spots for breakfast in town. We got into town late and everything…read morewas closed, so we wanted a hearty breakfast before driving up the coast to the Picton ferry. Workers were very nice. I ordered the French toast, which was decent. It came with a banana that was cooked, which was good but different for me. It also had two strips of bacon and chocolate sauce. My husband ordered a burger and had them add as egg on top. The cook initially got his order wrong so his food came out later than mine, but his burger was fine and it came with a mountain of fries. I got an Americano with milk, which was decent. New Zealanders love their espresso!

So after doing a bit of travel around the country side and still not seeing a kiwi it had left our…read morespirits low and needing breakfast, so we thought we would try this little happening place. It had a pretty good location on the corner Awesome coffee great food friendly service 5 out of 5

We spent the night in a hotel nearby to visit Hokitika Gorge and spotted at Stone Oven Bakery for…read morebreakfast. There's street parking avaliable right by the cafe. What we were super happy about is that this cafe offers traditional diner/breakfast-y foods but they also offer Filipino breakfasts!! Matcha Latte 1.5/5 okay so,, there was negative matcha in this. However, it somehow ended up tasting like a chai latte?? Which I also like so while I did not mind it my rating is based on the lack of matcha Eggs your Way 4/5, solid egg breakfast, nothing super special but not bad and enjoyed the filling meal Filipino breakfast dish 5/5, ok so my friend forgot the name of this specific dish but, please note the photo below and show some staff if you would like to order. This was one of the best meals he had in all of NZ so yes, we absolutely recommend!!

Driving the west coast of New Zealand is an experience. Most of the time you go through narrow…read morewindy mountain roads, and after hours of driving like that you see this coastal town, Hokitika. Unfortunately it was raining so didn't get to truly walk around and explore, but it is a quaint place with plenty eateries. We decided on Stone Oven bakery and cafe since it looked like a lot of locals were dining. I am so glad we came to eat here! The service has been so good and friendly. Chatting with the employees made me feel very welcomed. We ordered Hoki Breakfast (their version of egg's Benedict on sweet potato rosti), Fish and Chips, and Jenny Craig (Rich whipped cream in a bun that was covered in cinnamon sugar). Hoki Breakfast's sweet potato rosti was very nice! A wonderful twist to the traditional Benedict. Fish and Chips was so delicious! Fish was crisp, and really tender inside. Jenny Craig, surprisingly not that sweet, but very satisfying to eat. Loved the service and the food!

Very nice restaurant up above Hokitika a bit. Seems to be off the beaten path, given that it's not…read morein Yelp (until I wrote this review) and is also outside of the city proper. We we advised to visit by the owner of our Airbnb, and we made reservations (that didn't seem necessary, it was just us and one other party) before visiting. Your mileage may vary on reservations. Their menu is small - only about 5 mains. They have quite a few accolades on their website regarding their beef and lamb offerings, so I went with the lamb fillets, which were three smaller pieces of lamb, ordered medium rare, rubbed with some middle eastern spices and served over some greens and cumin infused feta. The lamb was good - although came out borderline cool in the center, more rare than medium rare (although this was fine with me). Good although mild flavor, and I liked the spice rub. The salad was a little boring - there wasn't a ton of feta, but it was a nice accompaniment. There was also a little mashed potato croquette thing - a nice little crust on it, quite tasty. We also ordered a side of the cucumber fennel salad, which was exceptionally boring. Needed salt, vinegar, something, anything to bring out a little flavor. There was also very little fennel - I was imagining sliced or cubed fennel bulb, but it was really just fennel greens. But all in all, quite tasty meal. Others had the filo chicken - sort of a chicken roll with bacon, peppers, cream cheese, and almonds, wrapped in filo dough. This was really excellent, tender and moist, good balance of flavors, with a great kind of yogurt dressing. The location is pretty picturesque - not quite overlooking the ocean, but the sunset was really lovely on a nice weather day. The hotel/restaurant are set on some almost pasture land, with a scenic little water wheel...just kind of an idyllic setting. I would recommend this to anyone in the area looking for a little nicer meal than some of the spots in town (not that there's anything really wrong with what I had from restaurants in town).

Phenomenal. Would give more stars if I could. The staff is helpful and cordial as well. Definitely…read moresuggest going if you like fish and chips.

This local fish & chip shop cooks good fish (battered only) & delicious chips. Don't expect lemon…read morefor your fish or salad - but it's all good and the staff are very friendly.

Definitely an acquired taste, whitebait pizza is an unique flavor that many might like but we were…read morenot blown away by. First we realized the restaurant closes at 9PM on most days... and thought that was early until a quick Yelp search shows that most places don't even open past 6PM in Hokitika. Given the lack of options, I'm not surprised that this is a default eatery for most. We had to pick whitebait because that seems to be what all the other reviews point toward. It wasn't disappointing. Having the tiny eyes from the white fish staring at you isn't exactly appetizing. Ultimately, it just wasn't flavorful. The lemon helps. The capers help. It's a white pizza. We kind of wish we got a red sauce pizza instead. I would've given it a 3 star but who wants to go to a 3 star restaurant? What am I saying, you don't have a choice. Nothing else is open. Just come and enjoy it and don't think too hard about it!

Ok yelpers let's be mature about this.. Fat Pipi was good but it wasn't as good as all the hype led…read moreme to believe. I was traveling around the entire south island with some friends and Hokitika was our first stop. When you come to Hokitika this place is on everyone's go to list. They are famous for a white bait pizza but it wasn't available the night we went. We ordered a half/half Mariner(seafood) and T-Rex(meat lovers with bbq sauce) and as well a veggie pizza. They put meat on our veggie pizza so we had to send it back and have it remade. Some of you might think seafood pizza sounds weird but it's actually really good! Mariner is a must try if you go! Prices are for sure high but it does match the quality of the pizza. Medium $22 Large $28 Half/Half $32 This was my first time trying Fat Pipi and I did enjoy it. I'm just not sure I would make a trip back if I ever went back to NZ. One Fat Pipi is enough for me! There's a really nice sunset spot in Hokitika right behind this restaurant so you can stop there first and eat pizza after. Or eat it with the sunset. But I was there in the winter and it was a bit too cold for that. 4 stars. Staff is a little edgy, the pizza was good not great. Try if you're around but don't go out of your way for it.

A real surprise. A very excellent meal in a very down home, comfortable atmosphere, with served…read morewith typical New Zealand friendliness and hospitality. You will not be disappointed with Genevieve Bainbridge in the kitchen.