Daydream Delicatessen Café exterior on Waimairi Road

Your little corner of Ilam

Daydream Café

Coffee, all-day breakfast and a little time for yourself.

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Our neighbourhoodIlam, Christchurch

Come on inEvery day from 7:30 am

Our café in Ilam

A window seat.
A slower morning.

A little room in your day
for something lovely.

Step in from Waimairi Road and take a seat among the greenery. There’s coffee to settle in with, an all-day breakfast menu to explore, and a cabinet of sweet and savoury things to catch your eye.

Make time for a plate of breakfast by the window, catch up over cake, or choose a little something to take away. However you spend your morning, there’s a place for you at Daydream.

All-day breakfast
Dine in & takeaway

Find your way here

Window-side tables, plants and pendant lights inside Daydream Café — Window light, greenery & a place to pause.

Find your favourite

A coffee to start. Breakfast at your pace. Something from the cabinet, just because.

A moment for breakfast

Breakfast,
at your pace.

From eggs on ciabatta to an omelette with your choice of fillings, find your kind of breakfast on our all-day menu.

Pull up a chair.
We’ll put the coffee on.

Explore all-day breakfast

A golden fried roll served with creamy sauce at Daydream Café — A little time for a sit-down breakfast.

At the café

A little look around.

From the first bite to your favourite seat.
Get to know our corner of Ilam.

A warm bowl topped with greens and served with toasted bread — A warm bowl and toasted bread

A display cabinet filled with pastries, sandwiches and savoury food — A cabinet full of sweet and savoury

Bowls of food topped with soft eggs, greens and chillies — Bright bowls, finished with a soft egg

Sunlight across tables, hanging lights and plants inside the café — Light through the café

A quiet coffee corner with plants, wooden stools and shelves — Coffee corner, leafy and quiet

A colourful plate with toast, avocado, salmon and greens — A colourful brunch plate

Guest reviews

4.3317 Google reviews

“The eggs benedict was hands down the best I've had in Christchurch.”

Tom Forsyth

“We had breakfast there. Food and coffee are good”

Coco Liu

“Great experience for a meal for 2 parents and 2 kids. Well spaced seating.”

Alistair Lock

See you in Ilam

See you on
Waimairi Road.

247 Waimairi Road
Ilam, Christchurch 8041
New Zealand

Opening hours

Monday to Friday: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 7:30 am - 2:30 pm

Free parking
Dine in
Takeaway

Daydream Café on the corner of Waimairi Road, with its mint-green sign — Look for our mint-green sign at 247 Waimairi Road.