The Tearooms at Shamrock Cottage

We just had the most amazing birthday high tea for my 7 year old here! Amazing food, people and atmosphere! The kids had a wonderful time telling stories and eating cakes. Thank you Judith for giving the little girls a real tea party.

Ordered egg benny but disappointed with the poached eggs came with the well-cooked boiled eggs, not sure if we went on a very busy morning on that day or not but saw the other table ordered the same dishes but the poached eggs looked fantastic. Otherwise the omelette was awesome with great portion size.

A house modified cafe. Good customer service and Ambience. All the dishes were good. Very good experience overall.Also, Howick beach is very close to this place.

Enjoy a lot sitting outside at the backyard on a sunny day. Lovely cafe.

I haven't been to Howick in years, and must admit drove past the tearooms because it blends in to the residential homes on the street. It is a historical site, one of many in Howick, and as such was quite tight in terms of tables, and chairs. It felt like visiting a friends home who invited all the neighbours for brunch and tried to accommodate us all by puting as many tables, and chairs in each room as one could. This meant manoeuvring around the tables was awkward at times and in our case the whole table having to get up to accommodate a guest who needed to use the amenities. Conversation was kept light because of the layout also. The food was excellent I opted for the French toast, from memory it had a few macaroon type swirls that I personally didn't like the texture of, and didn't add anything to the dish for me. The coffee was hot, and strong, with the service being a bit disjointed because of the mid morning rush, as a result our table ate at different times. Living in Central Auckland where you are spoilt for choice in terms of excellent cafe food, by the time you left this place it had cast the spell of feeling that you were in a friends cottage who cooked your food with love, which makes you want to visit that friend again, and again despite the close quarters.

After finding the howick cafes packed we decided to take a bit of a wander to see what these tearooms were like. It was well worth the extra walk and the location is perfectly placed for views and the lovely garden around the front and back. The front balcony was a lovely cool spot out of the sun. The food options are equally fabulous with awesome menu and a cabinet full of great cakes and savoury options. We stuck with the cabinet as it was morning tea and enjoyed both a caramel slice and apricot and date slice. The coffee was also tasty and meant we thoroughly enjoyed this stop. We will be back to try the other options soon Edit: have come back many times and the food is always great, finally took a photo before starting to share

Shamrock cafe is housed in an old fencible building with smallish rooms filled with tables it has a large courtyard which is gorgeous when its warm. The food is home made and a cut above standard cafe fare, but the small rooms do tend to make it very loud when its busy.

We go here for breakfast regularly. Coffee is good and breakfast is filling. Their Chelsea buns are delicious! It's also dog friendly which we love!

Always consistently good food here! Staff are friendly, food is well-presented and there are vegan & gluten-free options available. Relaxing courtyard area out back and if you sit out there, watch out for those cheeky hungry sparrows!!

I was looking forward to a step back in time, and the place looks lovely, but it’s a bit too cramped to get the full experience. It’s cozy though, the pie was nice and the coffee was the best I ever had!