This was one of my favourite cafes back in the day. Great atmosphere, great coffee, and you can get your gardening supplies while you're here!
Today's 4 stars rating is all for its environment, staff and amazing coffee.
Went there this afternoon and I must say I was disappointed. Everything seemed normal, but there was a bit of sneakiness that completely turned me off. The lemon tarts showing on display is not what you'll be getting, in fact, you'll get exactly half a slice of what's shown. Yes they did display each "slice" in a zigzag fashion, so seemingly you're gonna get what's shown, except each "slice" shown is actually two extremely thin slices with no noticeable separation, and I hate hate hate these kind of deceptions, ruined my whole mood. Granted the lemon tarts are delicious and that thin thin slice is actually a good serving size, I just can't get over the fact that they have to use such low and distasteful trickery. The waiter/barista was awesome and super understanding when I clearly had confusion and hesitation written all over my face. (It's not the first time a customer got put off by this)
Now now, with the rant out of the way, their coffee is superb and the barista made one of the best cups of mochas I've had, mum's flat white was awesome too. So extra kudos for him ;) on the note of the coffee, they had two sized mugs, one slightly too big and one way too small for most customers. Yep, I believe a large and a small is all there is. ( I might be wrong in this note because I overheard the conversation when I was waiting in line and a gentleman asked to see the sizes of the mugs.) My little guy tells me that this might just be another tactic they use to get people to go for the larger cup, since no one wants to go to a cafe and not have enough coffee. But since the coffee was so nice I'm not complaining...as much. My sneaky suspicion is that a new owner took over and made these changes, but I haven't been here in so long that I can hardly remember the details of my last visit. I'll need word from my friends to be sure ;)
All and all, it's still one of my favourite places to enjoy a summer afternoon and I'd hate for it to go to ruins. Its a hidden gem in Remuera and I'll head back soon... maybe just for the coffee this time. read more