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Columbus Coffee

Restaurant β€’ Cafe β€’ Coffee shop β€’ Breakfast restaurant

One of the Most Reviewed Caves in Timaru


Address

50 Theodosia Street, Central, Timaru 7910, New Zealand

Website

www.columbuscoffee.co.nz

Contact

+64 3 683 1994

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (571 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: Closed
  • Friday: Closed
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: (New Year's Day), Closed, Holiday hours
  • Tuesday: (Day after New Year's Day), Closed, Holiday hours
  • Wednesday: Closed

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: coffee (10) good (9) staff (9) Nice (6) nice (6)
Reviews are sorted by relevance, prioritizing the most helpful and insightful feedback at the top for easier reference.
  • 3/5 carole margaret K. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice atmosphere cosy place has good selection of cabinet home - baking pies quiches salads and special cook to order menu. Try the coffee mocha yum !
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Kelly S. 1 year ago on Google
    Great food on offer and super friendly staff. Even though they were very busy today, the premises was clean & service very fast. Well done, we'll be back.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 2/5 Samuel G. 1 year ago on Google
    Egg’s Benedict was overcooked and the yolk was hard. Nothing more disappointing than cutting into the poached egg to find it hard. Eggs seemed old and not fresh based on consistency of the white. Didn’t eat half my meal unfortunately.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 2/5 Bing Chen C. 1 year ago on Google
    The French Onion Soup was very salty. The French toast was too sweet as well. Rest of the mains were average.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Roger F. 2 years ago on Google
    Best Short Black! πŸ‘Œ Brings a smile to your face. Perhaps just a bit too long, but then it would run out sooner. I'm torn. The muffins, cakes are perfect sweetness (not too sweet).
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 5/5 Peter A. 1 year ago on Google
    Popped in yesterday to Columbus kāwhe for breakfast. Haven't been to any Columbus Coffee outlet since COVID-19 started. Lovely wee cafe. Kai & kāwhe were wera, tasty and went down a treat. Sat outside to enjoy the morning sun.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 2/5 dale d. 1 year ago on Google
    A week ago - $8.20 for a toastie - can't eat cooked cheese so it was removed from the one on the platter, without an offer to make a fresh one, especially. Thin wafer half slice of tomato in each half with thin ham slice. Bread was dry toasted and not enjoyable. This is far too expensive for the dish I was presented with. Coffee wasn't particularly nice - usually it's pretty good. I am disappointed in the food selection - most of it has cheese which some people can't tolerate. Service was very solicitous which was appreciated. Wrote to manager who made an acknowledgement to look into how the food was prepared, but no follow up, sadly.
    1 person found this review helpful πŸ‘

  • 2/5 Sian W. 1 year ago on Google
    Csme in at 2.30, salads were being removed. Asked if they were closing, was told no, just slowly removing things. Our pizza things zapped in the microwave so were limp and rubbery. First bad experience, but a shame...

  • 5/5 Julie S. 4 months ago on Google
    Always good food and drinks. Friendly staff.

  • 4/5 David S. 4 months ago on Google
    First time here and service was excellent Food selection was also good Coffee nice and hot Yes would go back

  • 1/5 Grant F. 4 months ago on Google
    Nice coffee and all but definitely do not take your kids here 13$ for half a tiny bagel with half a sausage and a little cheese not even a little bit of chips I had to give my son half of my meal definitely not impressed also twice as expensive as anywhere alce in town for average af food

  • 2/5 Clayton M. 1 year ago on Google
    Very disappointing mocha frappe. No cream on top, not even offered cream. Icy product, drained it quickly, little volume. Price is $8.70 for about $2 of value. Last time I was here I paid $8 (offered an extra shot) for a cappuccino. It was a delicious coffee but 8 bucks is ridiculous. The padded seating is nice here and my date scone yummy but expect to have your wallet seriously gouged.

  • 5/5 Susanne M.E. S. 8 months ago on Google
    Wow! First time I popped in it was a minute past closing. The good staff said OKcome in! Got a coffee..yum. And their menu had me drooling so next visit had kumara cake and egg plus plus. Their menu, if you're a coel7ac, is wonderful. New dishes I'd never imagined. So now I need to go back and 5ry them all. Excellent cafe, great food choice and wonderful staff! Tha5s why.. wow. πŸ‘Œ

  • 5/5 Isabella M. 8 months ago on Google
    Have been enjoying coffee here since it opened. Nice staff and good food. There is a good atmosphere, sometimes it's a bit loud but nice to see it busy.

  • 2/5 Michelle P. 7 months ago on Google
    Was abit disappointed with the service. Tables were all dirty and although there wasn't many people in the shop our order got stuffed up with no real apology. I understand people make mistakes but we waited over 30minute for our cabinet food and when I asked about it just got told "oh I lost the docket". Then when we got the muffin it wasn't even heated. Would definitely not go back. On a positive note the chocolate milkshake was nice

  • 5/5 Diane K. 1 year ago on Google
    A great place to enjoy consistently excellent coffee, lovely food and staff... The only thing I would change is the ceiling, noise baffle product would absorb noise levels! But we will continue being loyal customers cz we love it!

  • 5/5 jenny B. 1 year ago on Google
    Great food. Very busy. Made room for us. Nice experience.

  • 5/5 Val W. 1 year ago on Google
    Great coffee, awesome staff and yummy food 🌹

  • 5/5 Rachael M. 1 year ago on Google
    This place speiclaises in every dietary requirement. I recommend. The breakfasts come out quick, friendly staff.

  • 3/5 justin s. 1 year ago on Google
    Probably the first cafe I have eaten at where they reheat (or in this case not reheat) the pancakes rather than making them fresh. Not a fan of very cold lifeless pancakes. I'm the only one in the Cafe at 7am, so not like they couldn't have made them fresh. They taste fine, just wasn't aware that this was a thing cafes do. I could've just gone to McDonald's instead of paying $22.

  • 5/5 Caroline H. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice place for lunch. Very busy but still good food and coffee

  • 5/5 Samantha L. 1 year ago on Google
    Always a good experience here, great food, friendly staff and amazing coffee!

  • 5/5 christine h. 1 year ago on Google
    Really enjoyed my lunch, gluten free options coffee great, nice and hot

  • 5/5 Karen P. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice spot for a bite. Coffee is excellent. The food was fantastic. The Customer Service team are some of the best in town. Keep it up team!


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • βœ“οΈ Free parking lot
    • βœ“οΈ Free of charge street parking
  • Payments
    • βœ“οΈ Debit cards
    • βœ“οΈ Credit cards
    • βœ“οΈ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • βœ“οΈ Coffee
    • βœ“οΈ Quick bite
    • βœ“οΈ Small plates
    • βœ“οΈ Vegan options
    • βœ“οΈ Healthy options
    • βœ“οΈ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • βœ“οΈ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • βœ“οΈ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • βœ“οΈ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • βœ“οΈ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • βœ“οΈ Lunch
    • βœ“οΈ Brunch
    • βœ“οΈ Dessert
    • βœ“οΈ Seating
    • βœ“οΈ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • βœ“οΈ Dine-in
    • βœ“οΈ Takeaway
    • βœ“οΈ Outdoor seating
    • βœ“οΈ No-contact delivery

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