Follow the smell of hot batter down Ocean View Road in Oneroa and you'll find a silver vintage caravan with a small crowd waiting at the window, which is exactly what a crepe stand should look like. It's a short walk from the ferry and the Oneroa shops, and everything comes off the iron to order, sweet and savoury, with the batter made from organic flour and a buckwheat option that makes nearly the whole menu gluten-free.
The savoury side eats like a proper lunch: the 'Shrooms Bro' with mushroom, onion, cheese and tarragon, the Popeye with spinach and garlic, the Whole Hog with prosciutto, roasted beetroot and goat's cheese, and the vegan one with tahini, avocado, rocket and olive oil. Sweet runs from lemon and sugar through dark Belgian chocolate to dulce de leche and caramelised banana, and each one is folded into a tear-away cardboard holder so you can walk and eat without wearing it.
The caravan is open Monday and Friday from 11 till 3, and Saturday and Sunday from 10 till 5, with no bookings, so you just turn up, grab a picnic table under an umbrella or find the seats out back, and order at the window.
Written from 207 Google reviews, every one we could get, on 12 November 2026. Rated 4.8 from 200 Google reviews.
These are the best crepes you'll eat in New Zealand, better than the ones you'd queue for in Brittany, and that goes for both the sweet and the savoury sides. One crepe in and you'll already be planning the next, which is why so many island trips end up with two or three visits to the caravan.
Go straight for the 'Shrooms Bro', mushrooms, onion, cheese and tarragon in a shell crisp enough to crack, then work through the smoked salmon ones, whether that's Just Peachy with egg and garlic or Spear Fish with asparagus. On the sweet side, the Karamel Sutra stacks dulce de leche, caramelised banana and cream, and the dark Belgian chocolate Chocolaarght is the simple thing done properly.
The service is friendly and happy to chat while your crepe goes on the iron, and mentioning that you're coeliac or vegan gets you a clean-down and a buckwheat or vegan batter without any fuss. Order at the window and watch it being made, because the cooking happens right in front of you and it's half the fun.
You're at a silver vintage caravan on Ocean View Road, a short wander from the Oneroa shops, with a few picnic tables and umbrellas shared with the coffee shop next door and more seating out the back in the shade. It's street food, so it's casual and quick rather than a place to linger over a long lunch.
The savoury crepes run from $11 for cheese and garlic up to $19 for the Whole Hog, and the big ones eat like a full meal rather than a snack, which is fair going for Waiheke. Vegan and gluten-free bases come at no extra cost, so a proper feed costs somewhere between $16 and $19.
This suits a quick lunch, a refuel after a walk or bike ride around the island, or an afternoon sweet stop, and it works just as well solo as with kids in tow. Grab a table under an umbrella or take your crepe down towards the beach and eat it on the way.
Waits blow out when a queue forms, and you might wait half an hour or even forty-five minutes since each crepe is cooked one at a time. Check the days before you make the trip, since the caravan only opens Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and an early close will catch you out.
Every fact on this page was checked on 8 November 2026 against Google, I Love Crepes's own website and 207 of its Google reviews. The photo is an illustration made for eatout, not taken here, and no venue pays to be listed or ranked. Something out of date? Tell us
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