Have read the other reviews and am astounded at the difference in level of service and food. forty minute wait for food the girl took a long time to take our coffee order thought she was making the notepad. Food was very disappointing after getting there at 10.45 and finally getting our meals just after 12 we were a table of nine and yes it was Mother’s Day but was not that busy. French toast was one piece if brioche with maple syrup and mascarpone as I did not want bacon. There were four little cubes of pumpkin that weren’t even cooked properly and soaked with what I thought was balsamic vinegar. Was left tots starving as was the rest of the table. Won’t be back

Great breakfast, perfect poached eggs on GF toast, good coffee, friendly attentive staff, cafe as it should be done!

Meet a friend for brunch here last Sunday, service was friendly & the food was lovely. Its a lovely little spot to enjoy the morning sun.
My only complaint was that the coffee’s seemed to take a while to come out & they weren’t hot when they arrived at our table.

The menu – fantastic. Great range, little different but I like that.
Staff – outstanding. Attentive. The smiles put me in the right mood for the rest of the day, even from those in the kitchen.
Location, brilliant.
Love the place. I suspect the writer of the negative review has the wrong place.
Best. Hot. Chocolate. In. Auckland. Only reason I haven’t given it 5 stars is because it’s not literally buckingham palace.

I’ve been to this cafe for brunch and lunch many times and every time the service was excellent and the food even better.
Their menu is slightly different from your usual NZ cafe, which I like. Salmon with poached eggs is divine.
The staff is friendly, and patient when coming there with a small child.
I also like the location, quiet but still close to CBD.

What started to be quite a nice cafe to eat breakfast at turns out pretty sour after a group of friends and I had to wait for almost an hour to to be served breakfast (the cafe was almost empty at that time!), and at the end of it, we were overcharged for our food! What was even more disappointing, the owner (or the person in charge) didnt even seem apologetic at all! Seriously rude of her!