Very nice place and the cakes are amazing! Highly recommend!…read more Service is amazing as well

Was asked to add ten dollars to the bill if I wanted to share a meal with my kids from the kids…read moremenu. Not impressed.

Good Allpress coffee and a great atmosphere, nice find while we were out for a drive…read more Only criticism is that the coffee was made a bit too hot, killing some of the flavours. Otherwise well recommended, the menu looks good.

I returned to New Zealand a few weeks ago and instantly wanted a good Kiwi coffee. I stopped by…read morehere after landing and was impressed. I've been back several times and each time the coffee has been exceptional. I've not had the food, but it always looks delicious and is not too expensive. They have a range of pastries, as well as sandwiches and salads, and generally, they are very creative, with good ingredients. I definitely would go here for breakfast or lunch, but generally just end up going for 1-2 tasty coffees! I also went back last week and had a cinnamon scroll, it was AMAZING. It was like a pastry in a muffin, and I would go back any day to get it.

Amazing coffee, amazing food and amazing service nuff said…read more Amazing selection of domestic espresso equipment. If ya want coffee at home this is the place !

I wish I could like this Columbus cafe, but I really just do not…read more Looking at the cafe already makes me sad, becouse it has so much potential that it just doesn't live up to. It is perched right outside the Albany mega centre are on this massive courtyard space, and is overlooking a pond. So it is in a great location in comparison to some of the other cafes around. But several things let the cafe down. First is the cleanliness, now this is a major issue especially becouse it is a cafe. All of the outside seating areas, benches, chairs, outside couches, parasols and so forth, all had old bird poo on it. So disgusting. You could tell the staff just did not care enough to clean it, ever. Then there is the staff, whom although polite, are not friendly at all. Being lactose intolerant, our coffee orders were deemed fussy once again, and they also didn't explain the coffee cup sizes properly and so my mother was presented with a giant bowl of coffee, needless to say she was hyper the rest of the day. All this service was presented by a stony faced barista. Disappointing.

Very average, took 30 for two coffees, server looked like she has just crawled out of bed, and do…read morethey even smile at customers anymore ?

Love this cafe it's the best. Used to have the best view in the world before they built houses on…read moreit now you can't see much of anything. I used to enjoy climbing the hill to wail into yonder valley like a banshee, alas no longer, but sentimental to me all the same, as now I may enjoy a beverage with someone special as I reminisce. Convenient and super dog friendly.

We have lived in Torbay for a year and finally got around to going to the Long Bay Cafe for brunch…read more We arrived to a pretty full cafe, no outside tables which was disappointing as the lawn is pretty big so could have accomodated more. There was a bit of a wait on food but we were told this when we ordered so that was ok. The food was actually pretty good which we were really pleased about as it's kind of our local cafe. The prices were a little high would be my only criticism. Great view of Long Bay

This place is CRIMINALLY underrated, so much that it's almost upsetting. I just ate the best…read morechicken mushroom filo I've ever had in my life, genuinely almost cried. The food is well seasoned and there are plenty of choices. DELICIOUS

A coffee fix was the order of the day before helping my team out on site, so stopped in and…read moreordered. Mocha and 2 pies. Pies $4.80 each tasted nice with decent meat but had the dry yesterday pie aura about it. All the other food looked freshly made though. Gotta add that I got shouted so didn't pay. But now for the coffee... Tasted alright. But no matter how hard I looked I couldn't find any hint of gold flakes or evidence of any gold dust in it to justify the $6 price tag. Next Albany visit it's gonna be Maccas all the way for a Mocha and a pie. Oh Yeah, have to add that the service was good. Nothing wrong with that side of things.

I have been back This awesome…read moreHidden cafe about three times in one month, it's not In my area but due to the cute and elegant decor, amazing customer service, delicious coffee and yummy food I will always remember and return to this spot! Thank you

Super delicious. They have fluffies for kids which are just warm milk with cocoa sprinkled on top…read moreand a marshmallow. I had the spicy labneh with two poached eggs. It comes with spicy bell peppers on delicious toast. Super good! Service is great and quick. They have free WiFi. Also the almond croissant is the best. The best Jerry! Oh and it also has a great kids playground right next door that the kids can play at while you eat! It's not completely closed off so small kids would need supervising. My kids (6 and 4) didn't need supervising. Plus a changing table in the bathroom.

Good food.But service can do better. Very slow. They pick on who to serve. Servers no energy at all…read moretaking orders. Took us 30mins waiting for someone, until we got up and just walked out. Hopefully this will change.

Walking into T2 is a bit like stepping into Aladdin's cave! This little store offers a treasure…read moretrove of traditional blends and exotic loose-leaf herbal tisanes. The teas are stored in brightly coloured canisters - faithfully lined up like tin solders on guard, along tall black shelves! You'll also find enough teapots and teacups to host a mini "Boston tea party"! I bought a 120g tin of Just Chamomile, which, when brewed properly, has a pleasant mix of earthy and floral sweetness. I prefer the DAVIDsTEAS Chamomile but this is a -- not too shabby -- replacement and a heck of a lot closer to home. I need to sample more of their teas but I'm already a fan of this place - it's just so damn nice to have a tea shop in my backyard!

I love tea & T2 has a great selection & lots of tasting. What I really love is their staff - they…read moreare always super friendly & helpful & know their stuff. I popped in the other day & was being a little fussy (I can be a bit picky about my tea) & I think it was "Gemma" was so attentive, patient & helpful with suggestions for what I would like. A pleasure to shop there!

From the lovely young couple who brought us The Grassy Knoll (RIP), this new addition to the Shore…read moreis already becoming popular with the locals. Just a mere hop, skip and a jump from the motorway exit, Willow is easy to get to - even for city dwellers. The only downside to it's location is that it's in the middle of a block of office buildings so it's somewhat lacking in the view department. However, with such great food and service, the view, or lack thereof, is pretty easy to get past. As for the menu, it's full of modern takes on brunch classics. For example their porridge, which is served with chia seeds, steel cut cinnamon, fruit jelly and fresh cream. Yum! I, however, couldn't go past their eggs benedict, which they serve with a savoury Japanese pancake instead of an english muffin and a wasabi hollandaise. The pancake was full of herbs and spring onions, and the wasabi hollandaise was lemony with a subtle kick. If I had one complaint it would be that the pancake batter was a little stodgy. Mention must also be made of the coffee. It was absolutely perfect! So good, in fact, that I couldn't help but order another one after my meal. I never do that.

Willow opened three weeks ago and is a welcome addition to the North Shore cafe scene. The cafe is…read morelocated literally just off the Greville Road off ramp on the Northern Motorway, at 42 Tawa Drive. I arrived on a crisp winter morning with a craving for good coffee and scrumptious food. My companion and I were promptly greeted and our coffee orders taken, two soy flat whites which arrived in record time. Coffee was great, however it was served in very small cups. It was so good I almost ordered a second cup when offered but I had a grumpy toddler in two & didn't feel like tempting fate. I ordered the smoked salmon which tasted like it was house smoked, and it was perched on top of rocket leaves, avocado slices and a charred pea and corn fritter. The salmon was topped with a dill sour cream, and the plate garnished with a sticky balsamic reduction. Unfortunately I could not detect any dill flavour in the sour cream and although the salmon was plump and tasty, it was a tad overlooked for my liking and had two pin bones left in it. These small falters would not deter me from returning to this delightfully bright and airy cafe. Their spacious & picturesque courtyard was screaming out for warmer days to arrive as soon as heavenly possible. Lovely customer service which was very attentive without being at all intrusive.