Little Luscious Cafe

08/11/2026

Delivering coffee to our lovely neighbors, .
Keep your eyes peeled for a very special 10th birthday celebration on Saturday, December 5th, to celebrate our decade in Ellerslie and 's very important mission providing much needed hospice care 🩵

06/11/2026

06/11/2026

Tried our icon yet? Any time is the perfect time for this creamy, crispy, sweet and salty stack of everything good about brunch.

Bacon Hash. Eat it.

05/11/2026

Find Out Friday 🤔

You probably didn't know, but the first dish on our brunch menu is our signature dish: the Bacon Hash.

Ping and Brandon first tasted it's glory as teenagers when they worked in their cousin's Ponsonby cafe. When the partnership bought our first cafe back in 2012, it was essential to add this icon! The siblings obtained the recipe from their cousin nearly 15 years ago and we brought it to life. Obviously, it came with us when we set up Little Luscious!

To bring the dish full circle, Abi carried that same cousin's baby as their egg donor and surrogate in 2024. Now they bring their son that *we* helped create, to enjoy the dish that they helped *us* create!

02/11/2026

There’s something about the familiarity that comes with years of serving daily coffee to our fave regulars ☕️🫶

02/11/2026

Lady-latte 💁‍♀️

And yep, this was a morning shift customer's coffee so perfection wasn't the aim. Nobody wants a cold coffee, even if it's cute! ☕️💃🔥

01/11/2026

POV: trying to avoid eye contact with that girl through the cabinet… 👀

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29/10/2026

Find Out Friday 🤔

You probably didn’t know this, but Arena has a degree in education specializing in fine arts. After graduation, she taught art for a year before moving to New Zealand (and joining our team!).

Life has pulled her away from her artistic pursuit for now, but Arena is certain she’ll find her way back to it. For as long as she can remember she’s always been in love with anything art related, from anything from painting, sketching and drawing, to recycled art and ceramics.

*We* know that Arena is brilliant (and lovely!), and we are so excited to share some of her talent.

P.S. Arena arranged our artsy Little Luscious girls-only Christmas party last year! Let us know in the comments if you want a peek 🎨👩‍🎨

28/10/2026

28/10/2026

27/10/2026

Trying out homemade pumpkin spiced syrup made by our lovely Arena 🎃👻

27/10/2026

on the machine 👯‍♀️

These two have been business partners for nearly 15 years, and sisters in law for longer. It’s a match made in espresso heaven… even if Ping took a decade to enjoy coffee 👀

26/10/2026

Just got this in the post, Hummingbird Coffee 👀

We’re loving the design (by Christchurch artist Nathan Ingram), and our staff always love coffee goodies 😍

24/10/2026

Just a reminder that we will be CLOSED on Monday, October 26th, to spend time with our babies and give our staff a wee break (from us...? 👀🤭)

Have a safe and relaxing weekend and see you on Tuesday!

❤ LL Team xx

22/10/2026

Find Out Friday 🤔

You probably didn’t know this, but the Covid-19 lockdowns were a tough time for our little cafe.

Feeling like we were facing an unknown apocalypse, and later with our half our partnership locked in Auckland, and the other half locked out,, we didn’t know if we’d be able to survive the end of the year.

Our AMAZING Ellerslie community were what got us through. So many of our lovely regulars messaged us to purchase vouchers, bulk in-advance coffees and to offer their support. It was overwhelming. Abi (and probably Ping) shed tears!

Whew. That was a rough time! 😷

22/10/2026

Boss Abi takes a break with a B.L.AT. 🤌

20/10/2026

Hot take: hospitality highlights humanity 🫶

Graham comes to visit everyday for his coffee and has become part of *our* daily routine.

Ping’s care and hospitality shows in every interaction, and Graham’s grumpy-but-lovable character shows up each time they interact 😍

18/10/2026

Michael’s on the machine pouring himself a quick cafe brekkie ☕️👨‍🎨