Lei

My partner and I had a first visit here. With no doubt, enjoyed our meals a lot. Generous portion. Good presentation. Just suit our taste best. But sadly can’t score 5/5 albeit friendly service. Should work on cleanliness and hygiene. I wasn’t comfortable with having a water cup which wasn’t clean enough. Our table was sticky and messy with bread crumbs.Every table already had knives and forks in a tin. I literally hesitated to use one of them because anyone could touch them randomly.

Amazing food, amazing staff in an amazing location. It's such a refreshing feeling seeing a place bring some of that Polynesian flair back to Ponsonby. The food here is delicious; try it for yourself and see. My fav is the Panipopo and Raw Fish . Also if you want to have awesome coffee go here; I am a huge critic when it comes to coffee because I like mine a certain way - best Mocha I've had in NZ this place is definitely recommended. The little details you notice in everything here - the food, the decor and the people who work here; you can definitely feel the love and this is what makes someone want to come back time and time again

Beautiful cafe, good sized venue, heaps of cabinet food to choose from, plus a kitchen menu to order from til 2pm each day, and great coffee served by one of the owners. We only stopped in for coffee and a raw caramel slice today, but will be back for something more hearty because we love the joint and the staff are lovely. Malo 'aupito!

Provides various snack and coffee, like cake, salmon bagel, roast vege salad, caesar salad, breakfast wrap, free wifi, nice place for chit chat and toilet available.

Yummiest Scrambled Eggs, no seasoning required. Nice English Breakfast Tea. Staff were super friendly. Open early.

Lovely place. Great environment. Only down side - I had to wait about 25 mins for my meal to come out where as my partners came out within 10. Would have been better for us to be told there is a wait and for both meals to come out at the same time. In saying that, they were quite busy. The lovely lady at the counter offered me a free coffee because of the wait. Our meals looked very good, proper portion size and tasted great. Over all not a bad experience and I would definitely go again :

Overrated. Staff lacked energy. Cabinet food bit average, smoothies over priced. Colourful feature wall but tables and seating needed a good wipe down. Plenty of other cafe options in Ponsonby.

Had ice mocha, was delicious. Ordered Fijian curry, everything on the plate was delicious. Also ordered salmon eggs Benedict which was also yummy. And lastly we ordered a big kahuna breakfast and everything was delicious except there was a bit of rock or gravel amongst my mushrooms ?? Didnt want to make a scene and send it back because I'd almost finished my plate anyway, but instead took a photo and video stacked my plate then left. Was all 5 Stars for me till the gravel bit.

My daughters and i had a first here and what a delightful cafe atmosphere.Have a look at my photos for more of an insight. I ordered egg with toast hot chocolate cocnut buns.Absolutely stupendous. They have toilet facilitates not sure on the baby chairs.Im coming back for more.

Food was a 7/10 and service could of had a bit more energy. Our table was sticky and utensils were dirty. Also maybe clean the cups you offer with water.

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