I go to this café every day for a coffee as it is the closest one to where I work and it is generally quite good. The staff are exceptional, service is very friendly and fast and the even open the doors for you if they are anywhere nearby.

The only thing that let them down really is that their coffee is very hit and miss. Sometimes burnt, sometimes over-extracted and sometimes the milk is horrible.

If there was a closer café to me then I would probably have switched by now for coffee but go there for the food!

Fantastic food, warm, friendly, bustling environment.
I loved the roast beetroot salad with cress, mint, almonds and grilled haloumi.
As my lunch companion, the esteemed food critic Ewan McDonald said (NZ Herald 29/4/09), “We agree that cress – the grown-up sort, not that ridiculous mini-me – adds flavour and character as a salad, but when you’re meeting someone for the first time, it’s damned difficult to nibble with dignity. Just try to murmur business intimacies with a lengthy stalk hanging from a corner of your mouth.”
Tee hee hee. That’s how it was.

the coffee was bitter for the first few times i went their but it has gotten better
i have had the eggs bene salmon srambled eggs which i love the service of your staff r excellent they r always checking to see if you are ok or need something else which is lovely and i love the freshly squeezed juices i always have one when i have time to eat over all i would recommend richmond road cafe to everyone