Welcome you to Poppies Café, Twizel.
Poppies cafe uses only the finest, freshest, locally sourced ingredients in their dishes. All our breads are homemade as well as most of our small goods. All dressings, sauces and condiments are made on the premises from local produce. Where possible all our vegetables and salad ingredients are grown in our own gardens. We are proud to be able to offer you our exceptional cuisine and our outstanding service and hope that you enjoy your dining experience with us.
‘Bon Appétit’ from all our crew.
Sit, relax and unwind at Poppies Café, Twizel New Zealand, and enjoy stunning food and fabulous coffee in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
Poppies Café is a contemporary, funky fully licensed restaurant where the emphasis is on high quality café food using organic vegetables from their own gardens and the finest produce from local growers wherever possible. All the food is made in our purpose designed kitchen, including homemade sausages, freshly baked bread, pizza bases, relishes, jams and pickles, and we have an excellent range of carefully selected local and New Zealand wine.
Poppies Café, Twizel is the perfect place to stop when travelling to or from Queenstown and Wanaka from Christchurch. With extensive gardens and alfresco dining with superb views of the Southern Alps, and plenty of parking, Poppies Café is the ideal spot to dine at a big table with a group of friends, or just sit back, relax and enjoy a leisurely coffee in hassle free and welcoming surroundings.




The café caters for 100 people inside the restaurant with seating for 70 in the outside dining area in the summertime. Poppies chefs, Mike, Fabian and Charles have extensive experience in a range of top class kitchens in both New Zealand and Europe. And they, along with your hosts Kieran & Lyn, and Sarah, and the front of house staff take pride in delivering superb food and an excellent dining experience.

