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Tuesday to Saturday 6:30am to 2pm · Sunday 7am to 12 noon · closed Monday

Kōwhai Corner Bakehouse

Baking from three. Bread from half six.

A bakehouse and café on the corner of Mill Road and Sefton Street, Two Rivers. We start at three in the morning so the town can have bread at half past six. The café side does coffee and a cabinet until two.

Rows of tin loaves with golden domed tops cooling on dark timber shelves behind glass doors, in low light.
Real bakery Tin loaves on the shelf, cooling. On your build these are your own loaves, your own counter, your own oven.
The stone floor of a bakehouse before dawn, with a long wedge of orange light spilling from the closed door of a cast-iron oven and an enamel bowl upturned in the shadow.
Made for this page The floor at four, with the oven up an hour. On your build we swap this for one of your own photographs.

What we always have

The board on the counter changes every day, and it’s on our Facebook by seven. This is what we always have.

  • White tin loaf
  • Wholemeal tin
  • The Two Rivers sourdough Baked Wednesday and Saturday.
  • Mince and cheese pies, steak pies, a vegetable pie
  • Cheese scones
  • Custard squares

Prices are on the board. Sold out means sold out; we bake once.

The whole list

A small cafe table against a tall window in early morning, with one cup and saucer on it, a spoon beside them and a wooden chair pushed back; low sun cuts a band across the table.
Made for this page The window seat at seven, before anyone gets to it. On your build we swap this for one of your own photographs.

The room at seven

The café side exists because people kept waiting for the bread with nowhere to sit. So now there’s a room. Coffee from seven, the cabinet until it runs out, and the window seat if you’re quick.

Dogs are welcome outside. Cash and card. If the loaf you wanted has gone, it has gone; we bake once, and the next one is tomorrow.

A custard square on a white plate: thick pale custard between two layers of flaky pastry, with a thin layer of icing on top.
Real bakery A custard square, the cabinet’s regular. On your build these are your own loaves, your own counter, your own oven.

Find us

The corner of Mill Road and Sefton Street, Two Rivers. Park on Mill Road.

Tuesday to Saturday6:30am to 2pm
Sunday7am to 12 noon
MondayClosed

Hours in full, parking and public holidays

The corner of Mill Road and Sefton Street Mill Road runs left to right and Sefton Street runs top to bottom. The bakehouse is the square on the corner where they meet, on the upper right. Sefton Street Kōwhai Corner Mill Road
A diagram, not a map. Two Rivers is fictional.