A neighbourhood café on Colombo Street, Sydenham
Sourdough, scored and baked fresh every morning
The bakers behind your morning coffee
We bake sourdough every morning, pull coffee all day and fill the cabinet before the doors open — for locals, families and the office crowd from down the road.
How we started
Baked from scratch, every single day
Little Fern started with one oven and a belief that Sydenham deserved real bread — baked here, not trucked in. Every loaf still begins before sunrise, proved slow and shaped by hand.
We kept it small on purpose: a café where the coffee's good, the cabinet's full by eight, and there's always something gluten-free or vegan on the shelf.
What we always do
The two things we never skip
Sourdough baked on site every morning
Every loaf is mixed, proved and baked in our Sydenham kitchen before the doors open — never trucked in.
Vegan and gluten-free options
The cabinet always has something vegan and something gluten-free, baked fresh alongside everything else.
Sydenham, Christchurch
Come taste it yourself
Fresh sourdough, good coffee, and a table with your name on it.