Benger Garden Cafe & Chalets

  We will be back! – Very welcoming staff, beautiful accommodation. We had a lovely stay, exploring the Clutha Gold trail, and the breakfast was the icing on the cake!

  Benger Cafe long weekend – This cafe has the best assortment of cabinate food I have seen in a long time. The atmosphere is chilled, and service amazing. We stayed at the chalets onsite for… read more two nights, and can’t find any fault with anything. Even the loos for the cafe are amazing, it has to be seen. The hosts are friendly and chatty, will definately come back.

  There aren’t many places to eat breakfast on this stretch of road so we gave Benger a go. Lovely gardens have to have a mention and an outdoor meal would… read more be really nice. However it was cold and dull. Breakfast was ok, coffee not great.

  Lovely gardens, food average. – There aren't many places to eat breakfast on this stretch of road so we gave Benger a go. Lovely gardens have to have a mention and an outdoor… read more meal would be really nice. However it was cold and dull. Breakfast was ok, coffee not great.

  Clutha Gold trail – Very welcoming staff, beautiful accommodation. We had a lovely stay, exploring the Clutha Gold trail, their evening meals were fantastic. The chalets are very lovely decorated extremely warm Lee &… read more John are superb hosts we would definitely stop off the again.

  Benger Garden Cafe is a hidden gem. The owners go above and beyond to satisfy your experience. Amazing garden area with exotic and native birds. Food and coffee awesome

  Great little cafe – Worth a visit. Good food and coffee, friendly staff and the place has had a real facelift. Outside area be great on on a fine day or night. Caters for… read more locals and travellers and I bet the locals are happy having a place to go in the evenings. If you haven't stopped by in a while suggest that you do so.

  Really tasty food. Stopped off here on the way home to get a milkshake. Amazed at how many different flavours. Tried for the first time rum and raisin. The food… read more in the cabinets looked absolutely delicious and it was a tough choice. I had a scone. It was a nice spot outside in the garden

  Highly recommend 👌 – Great selection of cabinet and freshly cooked food.
I had an omelet which was perfectly cooked and had lots of filling.
My flat white coffee was the perfect temperature.… read more
Indoor and beautiful large outdoor garden options.
I think this place is the best food option between Dunedin and Queenstown.

  24 of us booked for lunch at the Benger cafe when we were travelling through Roxburgh. We had the outside tables in a pretty courtyard surrounded by beautiful gardens. The… read more staff were very attentive and served us beautiful sandwiches, scones and yummy slices. We also had the choice of a delicious chicken salad. The coffee was excellent and we all came away buzzing from the lovely lunch. Thoroughly recommend this destination for a lunch stop!!!!!

  Absolutely magical cabin – Oh my word the Benger Cafe cabin experience was total magic . The guys have done the cabins up to such a high standard, better than some fancy hotels… read more . Lee was such an amazing host too, I really mucked him about with dates but nothing seemed too much trouble , you totally deserve the success of your obvious hard work and efforts . The cafe was also great, a stunning garden and play area for the little ones . We will be back !

  Amazing !!!! Right from the very start we had a great experience. Arrived after the Cafe was closed, rang and was greeted by a friendly owner.
Heat pump was on… read more and we were made to feel at home from the start. The morning breakfast was amazing and so was the meal at night. We were informed of the attractions nearby. Totally enjoyed the ettrick and surrounding area environment. Definitely reccomend and can’t wait to return. Great value for money
Thank you John and Lee