Bobby
Franks

Good people,
good food.

A villa on Tasman Street, one of Nelson's busiest breakfast tables, and the beans we roast ourselves down the road. Come as you are — dogs included.

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Full breakfast plate with bacon, black pudding, halloumi, hash brown and poached egg

the good stuff, plated most mornings

Mushroom toast with pesto and microgreens

Around the album

Scrambled eggs, quesadilla, salsa and pickled onion plate

What's on the board

Brunch, plates and the coffee, as photographed on the day.

The Bobby Franks sign on the villa's black awning

Byron Bay to Nelson

Marc and Kiera's story, the villa, and the roastery in a shipping container.

Inside Bobby Franks, timber tables and the chalkboard menu

Find the villa

40 Tasman Street, The Wood — hours, address and how to reach us.

4.7 ★Google rating

474Reviews and counting

Closed TuesdayEvery other day, open

Dogs welcomeWheelchair accessible

Original floorboards and timber tables inside Bobby Franks, chalkboard menu on the wall

The villa

150 years of
mornings on this corner.

Modern fittings sit next to original floorboards and walls — this building has been part of The Wood a lot longer than we have. Marc and Kiera took on the lease within their first year back in Nelson, and it's become one of the busiest breakfast tables in the region.

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The coffee we serve

Soul Arch Coffee Roasters

Every cup here is Soul Arch — roasted by Marc himself, batch by batch, in a shipping container on the family's own property just outside town.

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