Share Kai Café.
Lunch with a purpose.
We use kai to bring people together and help remove barriers to participating in our society.
The Share Kai Café connects customers with the cuisines of Afghanistan, Eritrea, Morocco and Nepal one Friday lunchtime every month in the heart of Ōtautahi.
Run by the Share Kai Cooks Collective the café is an incubator for members, providing the opportunity to build hospitality skills by taking turns operating the café each week and keeping all proceeds made.
Each Monday we release a new lunch menu featuring traditional dishes from one of our four groups: Afghan, Eritrean, Nepali/Bhutanese and Moroccan.
We’re currently closed for summer but join us for our opening on Friday Feb 14 2025! Then from March drop in to our café on the first Friday of every month.
We’re in the dining space at Canterbury WEA, 59 Gloucester Street, we accept cash and paywave, or order online (help our cooks plan!).
How our online order system works:
Order and pay for your lunch online by clicking on the images below by Thursday 11am please!
Dine in or take your order away (for takeaway we appreciate it if you bring your own container!) at WEA Canterbury.
Cafe open hours:
Friday 14 Feb, 7 March, 4 April, 2 May… (and the first Friday of every month in 2025) 12 - 1.30pm, WEA Canterbury, 59 Gloucester Street