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Cafe Romeo

3_half star rating
17 reviews

Cuisine: A La Carte, Breakfast, Brunch, Cafe

98 Main St
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt City
04 528 0900

Hours:

  • Sun – Tue 8:00am – 3:00pm
  • Wed – Sat 8:00am – 9:30pm
  • Mon – Sat for dinner from 5pm
  • Facilities/Features:
    • Business Dining
    • Children's Menu
    • Private Functions
    • Private Parties
    • Romantic Dining
    • Wedding Functions
    • Breakfast Meetings
  • Payment Types: EFTPOS, Visa, MasterCard, AMEX
  • Price Range: Moderate, $15 - $25
  • Dress Code: Casual
  • Alcohol: Beer, Wine, Spirits, Cocktails
  • Seating for: 50
  • BYO/Corkage: No BYO
  • Parking: Free On-Street
  • Good For Children: Yes
  • Takeaways: Yes
  • Delivers: No
  • Takes Reservations: Yes
  • Dietary Restrictions: Vegetarian
  • Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
  • Outdoor Seating: Yes
  • Meals: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Late Night, Dessert
  • Wi-Fi: None

Cafe Romeo is a European inspired cafe and restaurant specialising in affordable, high quality cuisine.

Proprietor Romeo has created a loyal customer base of locals and foodies from the city, and is especially busy during weekends for brunch due to the diverse menu.

Located in the center of Upper Hutt, Cafe Romeo is unique from in the area in that is has plenty of natural light shining into the eating area and a outdoor seating.

Cafe Romeo is open seven days a week, serving breakfast, brunch and lunch. Dinner is served six nights a week, from Monday – Saturday.

Signature dishes include Romeo’s Big Breakfast (the works, every day!), his creamy Fettucine Carbonara and the XXL Gourmet Burger.

For a limited time: Monday nights are 2 meals for the price of one.

17 Reviews for Cafe Romeo

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13th July 2009
5 star rating
Great Service, Reasonable price, Delicious food. While the wait is probably around 20 mins it is well worth it. Really good for brunch and dinner.

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15th February 2012
1 star rating
My Berry sundae turned out to be trifle!
Had to ask for the table to be wiped properly as it was so sticky.
Coffee & dessert arrived immediately (Why do eateries do that?) and paninis took half an hour to arrive. Had to ask for them as take-out as they took too long! take-out plate was cracked & broken and leaked melted mush on to my lap in the car.
Very disappointing as this was a valentines treat.
Obviously priority goes to phone burger orders in this joint.

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15th February 2012
4 star rating
Went here about a month ago, service was average however food was AMAZING. I had the Fettuccine, omg so delicious. My partner had a chicken burger and he said it was amazing, then ate my left over fettuccine and said that was great aswell. Would definitely go back for a meal.

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sara

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8th December 2011
1 star rating
Good mocha. Friendly, helpful staff. Just not necessarily competent.

They brought my friend the wrong drink. Minor, but a sign of things to come. The menu had no descriptions whatsoever e.g. gourmet burger, hashstack. When we asked we were told the burger was “a patty with salad” no idea what kind of meat, or what on earth made it gourmet.

I ordered the hash-stack after having probed and been told it was hashbrowns, bacon, egg, and a side salad. The hashbrowns were huge, and home made, but tasteless, and fell apart when you tried to eat them. There was no egg, but there was cheese, which I don’t like with hashbrowns. They served the hot hashbrowns on top of the salad which totally wilted it. I ate three bites and set it aside. Just awful, and I LOVE hash browns. They were however extremely polite about asking what was wrong, and if they could re-make it and bring me something else. But having seen my companions chicken burgers (came without cheese, which we were told was included and they actually like) I wasn’t game. Basically the staff were lovely, but in dire need of training, particularly the cooks!

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25th September 2011
2 star rating
I recently went to Romeos for a friends birthday and was extremely disappointed with my meal. I have been there on several other occasions and the meals have been good.
From the menu I ordered ‘braised pork shoulder with crackling’. After having to wait an hour and a half for my meal, I was served an extremely tough and tasteless piece of pork fillet (no crackling) with some near burnt potatoes and steamed vegetables. The gravy that accompanied the meal tasted like something from a packet. On the whole, very, very disappointing. I would have had a better meal at the local roast shop and a whole lot cheaper!

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19th August 2011
5 star rating
Having eaten at Romeos often, I would definitely recommend it. Nothing is too much trouble, the staff are friendly, efficient and know their customer’s favourite’s off by heart, and the food is consistently great and plenty of it. Nice ambiance, comfy seating and good menu selections all make Romeo’s a first choice when dining out in Upper Hutt

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25th June 2011
4 star rating
Romeo’s consistently serves fantastic coffee and delicious food. Last time we were there new items had been added to the blackboard menu. Snack wise, best of the best for me are Romeo’s savoury muffins and sticky date pudding.

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25th March 2011
5 star rating
Having lived in Upper Hutt 20 Years – Romeos remains my all time favourite! Romeo is the perfect host, great food and sensational service.
Don’t even think twice about this cafe – it truly is a gem in the city!

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13th March 2011
2 star rating
I have been to Romeos several times and the food preparation and service is definitely not consistent. Sometimes it is good but lately mostly it truly is not great at all. The last time I went for a birthday dinner with friends I ordered a $32 aged fillet and got a $10 grey tough cheap version and to top it off I asked for a streak knife and got a butcher knife, the only reason I didn’t say anything because it was my friends birthday and wouldn’t spoil the night. The only reason I had continued to go to Romeos is because that seem to be the place where everyone wanted to meet, well no more I have convinced everyone to meet at the Fig tree now and they are wrapped with the food the price and the service!!!

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7th March 2011
2 star rating
Ten dollars for poached eggs that turn out not to be free range even when i asked if they were free range and was told they were, leaves a bad taste for this customer. will definitely never order another meal. If i ask if the eggs are free range i want an honest answer.

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2nd March 2011
5 star rating
Went there for breakfast in the weekend, was the best breakfast i have ever had out. Was a huge plate of food and i though $20 was a decent price for eggs, bacon, bread, mushrooms, sausage, tomatoes and i am sure there was something else too. Did take a while to get my hot choc though.

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24th January 2011
5 star rating
I believe that the ‘French Toast’ at Romeo’s is the best French Toast anyway… hats of to you.

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Rachel

7

21st November 2010
3 star rating
Food is absolutely suburb. Good to average service; depending on the day, with a very friendly, brilliant and consistent cook. 3*

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Chris

6

8th September 2010
3 star rating
Had lunch there. Food was ok. Prices definitely steep. Could do with better lighting.

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mark

2

26th August 2010
4 star rating
great for breakfast, couldnt eat it all. very friendly gorgeous food nicley priced

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5th June 2010
5 star rating
Nice place, excellent food and service. We celebrated a birthday with a huge party and everything was just super.

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5th October 2009
3 star rating
We went here for dinner. The main menu is a bit limited but they make up for that with lots of specials. The food was great, we had a lamb rack and it was cooked perfectly and was really tasty. The service was terrific, the food came fast and our waitress was really nice.. For a cafe meal it had what we thought was quite high prices especially given the meals were small, and the desserts which are just in a cabinet and you pick from them (also small) were $12 each this seemed excessive for what you got. Oversell a good experience but not sure we would go back as we would have to spend lots to feed my husband!

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