Crater Cafe Akaroa — Restaurant in Banks Peninsula Community

It was Father’s Day afternoon and I wanted to treat my husband with coffee and treats and we stopped by Crater cafe. When we walked into the cafe we haven’t been greeted by staff member( the older lady), we were in a good mood until we started ordering treats for ourselves. The lady was quite rude and impatient, we had to tell her few times about not to put an ice cream in the cone, which eventually she did… Then my husband ordered toasted sandwich, which he was waiting for the whole time we were there. Just before we were about to leave the cafe, she realized she forgot to put sandwich on the hot plate to toast, didn’t apologized or say a word to us🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️, the young guy- staff member was quite polite and urged to tell us about it, we said we wanted a refund as it was too late. The lady didn’t say a word and brought us refund and literally dropped the money on the table and walked away😲😲😲. Won’t be coming back at all. Ruined the whole...

Went 2 weeks ago for the first time. Honestly very average food and coffee. The customer service was below average. As soon as we walked in we looked in the cabinet for 1 minute and the older lady behind the counter huffed loudly and walked off and muttered something about us needing longer to decide, like we were putting her out for waiting while we decided. That should have been our first warning sign to leave. Same lady bought out our drinks and food with no enthusiasm. Service with a smile goes a long way. A couple behind us looked like they had an average experience too. Barista made the wrong coffee, so bought out a bottle of chocolate sauce and showed them how to turn their coffee into a mocha. Unbelievable. They should have just remade the coffee like any other cafe would do. Will...

Undoubtedly the BEST COFFEE in Akaroa, with warm friendly service, delicious and freshly made cabinet options suitable for breakfast, lunch or a quick bite to eat.

You know it’s good when you see the locals going here every morning for their regular coffee! 😉

A great place to hang out, people watch or chill inside for a couple hours working on your laptop, sipping on seriously well made coffee.

Great selection of cold drinks too, including smoothies, iced drinks and even ice-cream (if that tickles your fancy)

Don’t skip out on the baked goodies too, Cheryl is an incredible baker and her carrot cake is...