This Saturday, Boho Café will be closed. No coffee, no cabinet food, no dogs in the sun — just a quiet day for our whānau to be with their loved ones.

We don't take that lightly. Closing the café means a day without trade, and in hospitality, every day counts. But Anzac Day is one of those rare occasions where we feel strongly that some things matter more than being open.

A day for whānau

The people who make Boho the place it is — our team, our regulars, the familiar faces who've become part of our story — all of them have people they love and memories they carry. Anzac Day asks us to slow down, to be present, and to remember.

We want our Boho whānau to have the space to do exactly that. To sit at a table with the people they love. To attend a dawn service if that's meaningful to them. To simply pause in a world that rarely stops moving.

To remember those who believed in a better world

Anzac Day is many things to many people. For us, at its heart, it's about honouring those who gave everything because they believed the world could be kinder, safer, and more just than the one they inherited. That kind of belief — the courage to act on it — deserves more than a moment's pause.

At Boho, we talk a lot about community. About being a place where people feel welcome, where the dog is as celebrated as the guest, where a coffee comes with a conversation. None of that exists in isolation from the wider story of who we are as New Zealanders. Anzac Day is part of that story.

We'll see you Sunday

We'll be back Sunday, refreshed and grateful — with good coffee, good food, and plenty of room for four-legged friends. We hope you get to spend Saturday somewhere that feels like home, with people who matter.

Lest we forget.

With love from the Boho team 🌺