Takapuna Beach Cafe

We arrived during a very busy lunch service. The tables were turning over quickly though. We only waited a minute for an inside table.nWe thought our drinks and food would be some time but it all came very quickly. We were both impressed with the food and service. It was quite noisy due to the whole place being packed.

Really great place. YES! The prices are big but the portions won’t disappoint. High quality everything. Their burgers are great and their breakfasts are great. I saw a bald man reading a newspaper eat porridge and he seemed really happy.nnTheir chips are perfect.nnTheir staff are all so lovely too. And they look real and unfiltered, not some overly young person just out of high school who doesn’t know what poached egg really feels likes

I visited in the morning. The eggs benedict was decent, but the daily special was surprisingly spicy and very flavorful.nThe prices are a bit on the higher side, but overall, I was satisfied.

Visiting Auckland and friends suggested we have brunch. A beautiful place and the food was over the top! It was our first meal of our trip and what a way to kick off our vacation! Not your ordinary brunch menu at all. Quite innovative. Great service too !

This evening Sunday 18th May 2025 we visited Takapuna beach cafe around 6pm on a rainy Sunday evening. After the well marketed enticing web page advertised fish and chips.nnThe fish as marketed online is Tarakihi or snapper no option was offered at point of sale, or catch of the day…nnWhen we opened the takeaway we were visually disappointed in the heavy batter and heavy hard crumb which were overly golden, the batter per portion weighed 200g and the fish itself 100g.nEven the lemons had seen better days a little dry and chopped days prior.nnWe were told by one of the team when ordering that our order would be approx 10 mins because they weren’t overly busy - the reality was that our order took closer to 25 mins.nA staff member kindly brought our order out to where we were waiting and advised that cutlery and serviettes were in the bag……. Ummmmm nope, neither were enclosed with our order.nnWe peeled back the hard almost burnt crumb and batter glug and ate the fish itself and the small amount of chips.nnA few weeks prior we ordered fish and chips during lunchtime mid week and it was excellent … in quality and execution of culinary skill, freshness and service.nnFor $48 it was overall disappointing.nnOn a somewhat positive note - the cheesecake was excellent but there was no prices on their cabinet and when we went to pay we were rather surprised to be asked to part with $25 for 2 slices take awaynnOverall, The wheels seem to have unfortunately fallen off the cafe over the last month or so … a real shame.nnFollowing owners response:nThanks for your response and offer to remedy the issuenOne point I’d like to make is you say that you stopped serving fish and chips from your pop up on the 11th May 2025… this may be a date typo error as we ordered takeaway fish and chips from your cafe last night - being the 18th May 2025…

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