This cafe is south of the main town centre and near most of the accommodation on the waters edge. The staff are friendly and efficient. The food was fresh and the price reasonable. Oh! and the coffee is great.
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Perth, Australia
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Cafe Encounter, Front Office Manager at Cafe Encounter, responded to this review
22 May 2012
Hi there and thank you so much for taking the time to write your review. I passed on your comments to the cafe team and you've made their day! I'm with you on the coffee if I don't get my daily fix the day is never quite as good! :-) Best regards & thanks again :-)
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New Zealand
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Excellent food, service with a smile and a great view out to sea what more could you ask for.
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10 May 2012
Hello and thank you so much for taking the time to write your review! It made us smile again! :-)
We appreciate you may just have been passing through Kaikoura; but we do hope you can make third and fourth visits at sometime too! :-)
With thanks and regards from the Cafe Encounter team
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Canton, Michigan
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Went a couple of times for breakfast. Crossaints with fresh butter and jam were great. Service was unfriendly.
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Cafe Encounter, Front Office Manager at Cafe Encounter, responded to this review
4 May 2012
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are sorry to read that that our service was unfriendly, as we pride ourselves on delivering great quality customer service as well as great food. But as we are constantly striving to maintain and improve on our customer satisfaction we really appreciate your feedback to help us to achieve...
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Kaikoura, New Zealand
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Think the header says it all! Great location on the Esplanade with friendly staff and a nice choice of menu.
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Cafe Encounter, Front Office Manager at Cafe Encounter, responded to this review
27 April 2012
Thank you for your review and glad you enjoyed our lovely location overlooking the sea. I have passed on your praise to the rest of the café staff and you have made our day. Kind regards and safe travel from the Encounter Kaikoura Team
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Bielefeld, Germany
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The place was well positioned next to the seaside but the quality of meal was not what we were expecting after reading previous reviews.
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Cafe Encounter, Front Office Manager at Cafe Encounter, responded to this review
20 April 2012
Thank you for taking the time to post your review, we were very sorry to read that that our food didn’t meet your expectations. This is exactly the sort of review that we hope not to receive; as we pride ourselves on delivering quality casual cuisine. We are constantly striving to maintain and improve customer satisfaction; so we really appreciate...
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Kaikoura, New Zealand
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We thoroughly enjoyed our generous breakfast of creamy scrambled eggs, crunchy hash browns and bacon cooked exactly as ordered. It was hot and delicious. We eat here regularly and have never been anything except impressed.
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11 April 2012
Thank you for your review it is very much appreciated and you have made the chefs day.
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Hertfordshire
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We went on the Dolphin Encounter experience fabulous) and thought we would try the cafe the next day. Good choice of food and cakes, very good coffee and pleasant helpful staff.
No fault of the cafe, but several of presumably local parents using the wifi there so there was a lot of noise (and some runnig about) from young children...
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Cafe Encounter, Front Office Manager at Cafe Encounter, responded to this review
7 April 2012
Thank you again for a second review Linzini! Very pleased to read you enjoyed good food and a nice ambience. Kind Regards EK :)
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Singapore, Singapore
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was recommended to come here for lunch by the Sails motel owner and she was right about it.
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Cafe Encounter, Front Office Manager at Cafe Encounter, responded to this review
7 April 2012
Kia Ora and thank you for taking the time to review our cafe. Great to hear a local reccomendation too! :)
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Nahariya
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We had twice breakfast at this place, nice and with a good choice for breakfast, you get free password for wifi connection too. The gift shop is nice with all kinds of high quality items.
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Cafe Encounter, Front Office Manager at Cafe Encounter, responded to this review
4 April 2012
Hi Shelia, Thanks so much for taking the time to write a review and it's great that you made a return visit! Loved reading that you enjoyed the shop too; we don't often get feedback about our retail environment so that's much appreciated!
Cheers, all the EK team! :-)
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Blenheim, New Zealand
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Great spot on the sea shore - has a nice outdoor eating area as well as a cosy indoor section attached to a gift shop with some nice local items - can get very busy - so pick your time to visit well.
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Cafe Encounter, Front Office Manager at Cafe Encounter, responded to this review
30 March 2012
Kia Ora and thank you for your review! Good to hear you had a lovely time at our cafe. Kind Regards, Encounter Kaikoura crew :-)
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