Blue Rose.

Blue Rose is a Sandringham gem of a cafe with a Pacific Island influence noticeable. Warm, inviting and casual. Food is pleasingly palatable. The Island plate is a nice cultural touch. Staff are engaging and helpful and it doesn't take long for tables to occupy on a Sunday morn. You feel a family atmosphere as soon as you walk in. Street parking only. Must try people.

I pop in here when I can for my favorite cupcakes koko samoa cupcakes and palusami pie. Today I took my mum and sister for a special mothers day treat, we dined in, they loved it. Coffee was great, snickers smoothie, pancakes and big breakfast was delicious. My mums favorite is the hangi pie . Great atmosphere, lovely customer service. Thank you all so much .

This place is over rated based on my first impression. The table is dirty. We ended up sitting on the bench by the window instead. I had a Hangi Pie, which was pretty average and definitely over rated. The pie was rather cold. The pastry was thick and soggy see attached photo. I had to add salt and pepper as it was a bit bland. Coffee was good. I wouldn’t come back though as there are other places offering a much better experience overall!

I always bring visitors here for their specialty food. This time, they didn't have the choice of pies we wanted, and the sausage roll was a little bit dry. Waitress was lovely, and the cashier was a little bit unfriendly. The coffee was very good.

A gorgeous cafe serving a mix of European and island cuisine.nnBusy operation with patrons streaming out the doors either waiting on a table or take away food.nnWe ordered their famous generously portioned homemade pies - fish, bolognese, beef and hāngi pie to eat in complemented by The Island plate- raw fish, 3 pieces of taro, 1 piece of pork and a palusami.nnThere were 4 of us brunching so I added a separate palusami/taro combo to keep us happy. Well me, because taro is my favourite food.nnFor dessert we had a couple of koko cupcakes and a ginger slice, 2 coffees and a soda.nnWe took away a palusami pie fresh out of the oven- because my sister wanted to try it nnMy family visiting from Utah, and nephew visiting from Sydney were full and happy.nnGenuinely flavoursome food, excellent atmosphere and great staff who were run off their feet! It’s that popular!nnI travel from the north shore of Auckland for this treat!nnSimply an eating experience you can’t missnn

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