Food: tasty breakfast fare and inventive cold lunch dishes. Ordered the First Breakfast - standard…read moreEnglish breakfast with sweet sausages. The muesli yoghurt was amazing: sweet with just a hint of tart, excellent fruit preserves, and delightful muesli. Vegan grain mix: great mix of flavor and texture from the rice, nuts, raisin, and vegetables. The Chorizo + sweet potatoes: delicious, esp the NZ sweet potatoes. Service: excellent and prompt. The proprietress was great at suggesting options among her menu based on your activities. Atmosphere: cheerful little shop with different rooms flowing into each other: quaint cafe, small hobbit-themed backdrop, and the general store.

The nice place for quick lunch! Definitely play into the Lord of the Rings zeal in Matamata, but as…read morea fan myself I didn't mind it ;) Had a really good BLTA and would definitely recommend the blueberry smoothie!

Great service, very attentive and friendly. Food was very tasty and portions were generous. Pricing…read morewas reasonable but when you factor in that I ate my leftover omelette for lunch too, pricing is on the cheaper side! I'll definitely be going to Tuihana again!

Tuihana Cafe is an airy and bright eatery at the end of Dominion Road (Town end). I came here as…read morepart of 'The Bloggers Brunch Club' with a great group of other bloggers from Auckland. What a great experience they offer. We were lucky to have the owner speak to us about the continuity their cafe provides and how tech savvy their cafe is. They offer awesome features such as ordering through email, txt, and twitter (thats a first!). When hiring new staff they ask their current staff what they think of new applicants. I thought this was a great idea, how often do we end up working with complete dummy's or bully's? They offer a large selection of menu items for both breakfast and lunch. I went with the creamy shrooms on toast, as again my other option that didn't have eggs on the menu were the pancakes, and the toppings shouted too sweet for me personally for breakfast. What i thought was a cool point of difference was that they served their dishes with a maori bread, traditional to the owners of which they handmade themselves. It was really delicious and just gave a different texture to your ordinary bread, as I think he mentioned it was potato based. The mushrooms were cooked well, but I don't think its necessary to serve butter on the side, as its already a creamy dish and the flavour could just be a bit more developed with less cream and more sautéing of the mushrooms, maybe a few herbs like rosemary or thyme added too. The banana smoothie I had was nice but it could have been a bit thicker with more banana as it was a bit more milky tasting. Staff were very friendly and the owner is an easy going, down to earth chap. Rating Food: 6.5/10 Service: 9/10 Value for Money: Very Good 114 Dominion Road, Mt Eden Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-4pm Sat, Sun 9am-2pm

We came here for a team building exercise for work. It was a little hard to find but nevertheless…read moreonce we got there the staff members were really helpful and made sure everyone understood the rules and safety procedures before commencing. We found it quite challenging and used up all three of our hints and had to go over time :( however everyone escaped the rooms and no one was miamed in the process :P

What a game! I wish I could just spill all the minute details about why you want to go play this…read moregame but unfortunately I'm sworn to secrecy otherwise you won't be able to enjoy the game or satisfaction of winning Basic premise: ESCAPE from a locked room in 50 minutes using puzzles and clues in the room for the exit door lock- easy, medium, hard/ X-hard level with different themed rooms. You get three 'ask for help' clues. Super interactive, hands-on, thinking and group play. Love the feeling when you find or solve a clue or someone on your team does and you're one step closer to the exit. Highly highly recommend- super great indoor activity for the coming rainy season. Must try at least once, I say!

ESCAPETHEROOMers were really excited to visit Auckland, New Zealand and we've heard great things…read moreabout "Escapade NZ". In Dec 2018 we decided to go and try their room called "The Bach" which focuses on the ongoing argument - who invented the "Pavlova" between Australia and New Zealand. The objective is to find the recipe and the story behind it. The lobby of Escapade was very spacious w/ games to entertain you while you wait. The room itself has a couple of interesting puzzles that challenges you physically as well. There wasn't that much technology involved but it definitely stayed true to the storyline. We had a lot of fun playing the game and the customer service was excellent! *For more info, check out my Yelp profile.

From the owner: Come and experience Auckland's Best Escape Games - #1 on Trip Advisor!…read more Using your observational skills, problem solving ability, street smarts and common sense, you need to decipher a set of tricky clues and puzzles as you and your team race to find the answers and escape - in 60 minutes. Escapade is exciting, challenging, and totally different: just about the best fun you can have in a locked room... and after escaping, you and your team can relax with a drink in our lounge!

Waterworld has deteriorated over the years as management has not maintained the high standards that…read moresuch a facility calls for. The swimming pools have emitted toxic levels of chlorine, the facility has poor ventilation, and the swimming pool area is improperly staffed. There have been several widely publicised emergencies that have occurred at the facility because of the poor ventilation and toxicity of the chlorine, as well as improper staffing of the facility. When chlorine increases on the surface of the water of an indoor pool, swimmers are unable to breathe-in good, clean air. Add to this the improper ventilation of the facility and chlorine levels reach a point where it can poison swimmers. Sometimes, it even adversely affects people walking the deck. Because of the bad press the facility received, I imagine that management has begun to address the staffing issues. And there are signs that management has begun to refurbish the facility to ensure better ventilation and to reduce toxic levels of chlorine. Construction on the swimming pools took place in 2020 and early 2021; however, it is unclear whether the ventilation issue has been fully resolved. My one-star rating should not reflect upon the high standard of customer care exercised by workers in the facility. They clearly are putting in their time and effort to their job. Customer beware, and I urge caution when you use the facility.

We went to Waterworld for the first time today. It's been getting hot and humid here in Hamilton…read moreand was daydreaming about getting in a cool and refreshing pool. I'd seen signs around town for it for ages, but never really knew exactly what all was there. I imagined it would be reminiscent of water parks in the US, and probably a little to "big kid" for our 3-year-old. Thankfully, I was wrong :) First, let me just say, the admission price is ridiculously reasonable. A place like this in the U.S. would easily cost $20-30 (or more) for an adult and half as much for children. We got in for the bargain price of $6/adult, our under 5-year-old children were both free. You can bring in your own food and drinks (but can't consume them by the pool). There are male, female and family changing rooms and lockers for rent. You can also purchase swim diapers/nappies at the counter. There is a cafe on-site with the usual sorts of prepared food and beverages. There is also a gym on this site, with a number of cardio machines that are visible from the pool areas below (I didn't check this out in great detail). It appears that they also do swimming lessons, hydrotherapy/rehab and a number of water fitness classes. (I wish I had known about this place when I was pregnant!). Inside, there is a small toddler pool (0.3m deep) and a large family pool (0.8m deep). They have large floating "turtles" and "frogs" for the kids to use like paddle boards (free). In the next room over are 2 more large lap lane pools and finally, there is a large diving pool (with platforms and such). There are lifeguards/staff members patrolling in the indoor pools (and I suspect, the outdoor pool, but we left before the outdoor pool opened). Outside, there is an enormous outdoor pool of varying depth. The shallowest end has a large awning over it for sun cover. There is also a large splash pad area, with various fountains and showers for the kids to run through and a very tiny "water slide," that is appropriate for very small toddlers. There is a playground, several picnic benches and gazebos that you can reserve. There is an expansive amount of grassy area, plenty of room if you want to pitch your sunshade and sprawl out on the grass. There are also a few large (adult) waterslides (hydroslides). We got here fairly early on a Sunday morning, and it was a little busy, but didn't feel crowded. The indoor pools and outdoor splash pad were open, but the big outdoor pool was due to open later in the morning. My 3-year-old mostly enjoyed the splash pad, but after a while, did come inside for a little splash around in the toddler pool and family pool. Afterwards, he changed into his dry clothes and hit the playground for a while. We filled up on some of the snacks we brought and hydrated. Bring your sun hats and sunscreen and plan to stay a while, for this price and amount of activities available, you really can't beat it for a day out with the little ones.