The café · BYO country dining
Breakfast worth the drive
Coffee LaLa organic coffee, cheese boards using our tasty award-winning cheese, pizzas, homemade pies, sausage rolls and plenty of gluten free options, and a big cooked breakfast on the weekend. Eat inside the barn or out under the trees.
✓ Coffee LaLa organic coffee
✓ Cooked breakfast Sat & Sun, 9am to midday
✓ BYO
✓ Kids’ platters and our own ice cream
All day
From the counter
- Cheese boards using our tasty award-winning cheese
- Pizzas
- Homemade pies and sausage rolls
- Plenty of gluten free options
- Kids’ snack platters
- Our own gelato and sorbet, made with organic milk and cream
- Coffee LaLa espresso, tea and cold drinks
- Real fruit smoothies
Weekends
Cooked breakfast
Cooked breakfast is served on Saturday and Sunday from 9am to midday. Think big barn breakfasts and eggs benedict, with our own halloumi making regular appearances.
BYO
The café is BYO. If you bring a bottle of wine there is an $8 corkage fee per bottle, and if you bring a cake there is a $10 cakeage fee.
The menu changes with the season. Call ahead on 07 868 1284 if you are after something in particular, or have dietary needs we should know about.
Our menus
See what is on today
Breakfast menu
Café menu
Groups and parties
Bring the whole crowd
Children’s birthday parties can be booked with us, menu and cake included if you would like. Big groups are welcome, a booking is appreciated. We also do cheese tastings, talks, and tea and coffee for groups and clubs of 20 or more.
Email Cathy at info@thecheesebarn.co.nz or call 07 868 1284.
Café hours
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday to Sunday | 9am to 3pm |
| Cooked breakfast | Saturday and Sunday, 9am to midday |
4 Wainui Road, Matatoki 3578
07 868 1284
While you are here
Make a day of it
Watch the cheese being made through the viewing window, say hello to the alpacas and Pippin the goat, and take a wedge home from the cheese and ice cream shop on the way out. Cyclists on the Hauraki Rail Trail are always welcome.