My new favourite local eatery…read more Oozing with charm and tranquility, St Margaret's Cafe is a perfect way to unwind with a stunning garden outlook (I imagine especially so in Spring), warm and inviting service and the food..., the food was just amazing! So good in fact, that I had to have dessert with my breakfast (and I would totally recommend the season fruits with mango sorbet and nut brittle to all).

A friend of mine recommended this place, and since I was on holiday, a drive out to the Karaka…read morecountryside sounded like a nice lunch excursion. And WOW! Am I glad I made the effort! This place is seriously one of Auckland's hidden gems. The name "Country Cafe" does it no favours. We turned up on a stunning spring Friday, and discovered the most gorgeous country garden setting, complete with lake - St Margarets is apparently such a popular wedding venue during the summer months that Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays are mostly fully booked. I can see why. Entranced by the scenery, we sat down & got just as engrossed in the menu! A delicious selection of salads & more substantial main dishes made it really difficult to choose. We opted for the Chargrilled Smoked Chicken & Candied Walnut Salad with potato & bacon & dressed with maple aioli, as well as the Oriental Sticky Slow-Cooked Pork Belly Sandwich with salad & spiced pineapple chutney. I learnt a while ago never to go past pork belly on a menu, and I haven't been disappointed yet. Both meals were stunning - visually gorgeous & utterly delicious. Well worth the drive, and with such picturesque surroundings to walk off your meal, you can bet I'll be making the drive again.

I've only just started frequenting this establishment in the last couple of months…read more Don't let the shop front fool you, the dining area is an extension to the old building. There is even a fenced outdoor garden area with dining tables, chairs and potted plants in full bloom at the moment. The indoor area is large with a children's corner. Plenty of room for two diners and a couple of larger tables for dining groups. Since frequenting this place, I've only ever had their Butchers Big Breakfast. I absolutely love it. The poached eggs are just the right runny. The streaky bacon is crisp and the sausage is a good gourmet sausage which I would guess as being a Cumberland sausage. I usually buy their iced tea but on this visit bought their antioxidant tonic drink. If you have a sweet tooth like me, then you must try their caramel oaty slice. It is absolutely dee-lish. It is buttery, the caramel is well made and the oats give it a chewy texture...and is freshly made on site. I hate when I bite into a stale sweet treat which has been in the refrigerated cabinet too long. That has never been the case here at Butchers. As cafes go, this is moderately priced and well worth it. Their food has been has been made with care and attention. Highly recommended.

In the area already after visiting Wright's beautiful watergardens, we made a lunch stop in the…read morePatumahoe town and found this cute cafe along the main road. We all ordered from their cabinet and got the savoury muffin for myself and had a bit of my sister's vegetarian stuffed kumara as well as tried a bite of their bacon and egg pie. Was great to have all of these heated and plated with a stick of butter with my muffin and mayo/ ketchup with the kumara. The pie was stuffed with egg and bacon pieces which was great and the muffin was soft and also packed with vege pieces. The portions were fantastic- huge and very filling even though it wasn't a complete meal and was all tasty. They have self serve water in the corner if you aren't ordering drinks which is handy. They have great indoor and outdoor seating just behind the counter found in the main building. Small and large tables with backed chairs available for groups of several sizes and a lot of them were taken by the time we'd arrived. Looks like quite a popular place. Decent sized car park next to the seating area that you can enter through if not through the main butchers shop entrance door. If you're in the area, this is a good spot to take a break for re-fueling.

Good food. Friendly staff. Decent coffee. Funky sort of ascchetic without being overread more

Nice cabinet salads.meal was made to order portion a bit small but very nice.would definitely go…read moreback. Price ok

I usually order the scrambled eegs on toast and it's always good , if you order this with bacon you…read moreget served plenty of bacon. The coffee here is good too

We have got fish and chips from here before it's great to support local business it's good to…read moresupport local business close to Bob bye so you don't have to come all the way to Pukekohe

We were going through Tuakau quite late in the day and thought we'd chance our arm at a few pies…read morefrom the Fresh Bun Cafe before we shot through to the local park and were surprised to see it open. Pies weren't anything spectacular to look at, but damn!!! Butter Chicken pies... Yum!!! Nice big chunks of white chicken, not brown bits you'd guess might be frogs from a local creek like some places seem to stuff in... Mince and Cheese... Yum!!! Sausage Rolls... Yum!!! Going to go there early next time and grab a few fresh out of the oven. Yum!!!

This building in the middle of Karaka has had a number of different owners and been a number of…read moredifferent businesses over the years. Now it has been fully revamped and made into a bakery and general store. It's a very nice looking bakery too, the building has been beautifully painted and decorated, and it's so convenient for locals too seeing as there isn't much else in the way of shops out here. But the food itself is not the best, and there is quite a poor selection. Quite pricey too, it's hard to justify paying so much for pretty average food. The pie that I bought was barely warm. Quite disappointing. I would be happy to pay the price if they stocked some better quality food, and a greater variety of it.

I couldn't chose 0 stars!! Absolutely gutted I brought myself to try their takeaways again. The…read morelast time I tried their so called $8 gourmet burger & was greeted with what can only be described as a sad looking MacDonald's equivalent hamburger..... Tonight, My wife & I ordered 2 fish, 2 spring rolls & 1 scoop of chips... $23. The 2 pieces of fish were the size of my cell phone...$5.50 each. I'm so angry with myself. My family & I will never be back!! not even to by milk!!

A nice friendly place coffee from $3.00 small but very tasty ( dirty chai )…read moreFood pleases all of our friends .

A great addition to Pukekohe eating out, great coffee, such a yummy looking range of tempting…read moredishes. We enjoyed our light snacks, can't wait to go back again. The decor and lighting were pretty cool too !

If there is one thing all dentists hate in the world.. It would have to be sugar!…read more But thankfully, I only have to see mine once a year and spend the next hour getting dressed down for not brushing properly or flossing incorrectly, and that I should lay off the sugary drinks.. Then charges me a $150 to prove his point. The Sugar Shed in Pukekohe, will do nothing to help my dentist along with his preaching.. in fact I might even be a regular! Sorry Mr Dentist, but Sugar is too good to pass up. A recently new addition to Pukekohe located by the old library behind the BNZ, the Sugar Shed is a little boys dream and a big kids heaven. There are deserts galore on offer. The menu on offer is quite impressive and has a good coffee list to match. The decor matches their theme of being in a shed. The staff there are warm & friendly and provided me with lots of recommendations. I decided to stick with the Mars Bar Cheese Cake & an Iced Coffee..Yes summer maybe over but it is still pretty humid outside. The cake it self looked impressive on its own and tasted just the same, right to the very end. The Iced Coffee very well made & not put together like other places, where it's just coffee & milk with lots of ice & then charge you six dollars. What I found more warming and surprising was being offer the rest of the mix in the shaker as there was only a "little bit left over". This little bit left over turned out to be 3/4 full of another glass! so in fact i was given nearly two iced coffees for the price of one!. Clearly the staff here know a thing or two about customer service & keeping customers coming back. I guess they would have too, they are locked in a battle with Mr Dentist and he would love it nothing more for them to pack up and head out-of-town... *sigh* That's his job, although we may not like it, I still respect him for it. I find it hard to find fault here, with what the Sugar Shed have produced here, Good Food matched with Good Coffee & great customer service. I'll be seeing you soon, right after my next dental check up ;-) Food 4/5 - Excellent - Service 5/5 - Warming & Friendly Atmosphere -3.5/5 - A shed it is Overall 4/5 - A Dentists worse Nightmare, but all my dreams combined.

Just the place to get your sugar or coffee hit. It's not the biggest cafe or has the widest choice…read moreof treats, but has good full bodied coffee and a fair selection of treats. Softdrinks also available. It's in an ideal location if visiting the local Saturday market or if you waiting for a bus.

Great food, we always stop for a meal on the way to Auckland…read more I highly recommend it for anyone traveling from or to Auckland. The food is good service is good, there is nothing to complain about.

Grabbed a mocha the other day , not he best unfortunately;( maybe I got a bad one ... pretty burnt!read more