River Cottage Cafe

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River Cottage Cafe is your local coffee shack and beautiful garden set in a historical building in Otaki.

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Coffee, standard fare, fully licensed, great area for kids, great cheap food.

"The River Cottage story began in 1999 when Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall launched himself into the joys and challenges of growing his own food in the glorious West Country. Since then, there have been 15 River Cottage TV Series and 13 books. At the heart of it all is River Cottage HQ in Devon's lovely Axe Valley.Today, RCHQ is a place to stay, learn, eat and be inspired and the home of the talented River Cottage team. It's the venue for private events and courses covering everything from making pies & pastry, to mushroom foraging. It's also the base for unique dining experiences and regular events in our 18th Century threshing barn. For a more casual visit, the River Cottage Kitchen & Store, opening April 22, offers breakfasts and lunches."

Address: 3 State Highway 1, Otaki 5512, New Zealand

Phone: 06-364 6359

zn.oc.liamtoh@efac_egattoc_revir

State: Wellington

Zip Code: 5512

Opening Hours

Monday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

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Reviews

We had the “Seasonal Feast” with our excellent host, Hugh! Really beautiful experience that we both thoroughly enjoyed, we had the chance to ask a few questions, sample the delights cooked by his team, which was just amazing and share the evening amongst some wonderful guests. We are no looking to come again, whilst Hugh made our evening memorable the food tasting experience was just so pleasurable, thank you to all involved.

My partner and I were recently married at RCHQ and we had the most amazing day. We booked the venue for exclusive use with the wedding ceremony onsite. Fortunately the weather was gorgeous as it is predominately 'outside venue' although there was a wet weather plan in place. We were assisted in the process by Lucy who was our wedding coordinator, although initially at booking the communication was sparse by the time of the Wedding we were confident that everything was in place for a stress free day.  The food was superb. We had discussed the menu with Gelph, the culinary director, and our desire to have a seasonal and local menu was fully achieved. The quality and quantity, freshness and taste of the food was as expected from chefs with this sort of pedigree. We had innovative dishes that utilised produce directly from the gardens and our guests thought the food amazing.  Throughout the day the staff were attentive, polite and kept our glasses filled and our plates full.  There were a couple of minor flaws, however.  The beef for part of the main course was perhaps a little tough and the availability of vehicular transport up the hill to the car park at the end of the day was not as plentiful as promised.  However, all in all we had the most amazing day with all our guests commenting on how much they enjoyed visiting this iconic venue.

A brilliant wedding venue with so many options for beautiful wedding photographs. The team at River Cottage are such wonderful hosts. We're looking forward to photographing there again! Many thanks, Craig and Kez  hellopictures.co.uk

Great fresh local produce, with a wide variety of British farm fusion dishes.  The cafe is a modern building, set just off the road and about a mile above the farmhouse.  Kudos to Hugh.

Really great food, fresh, local ingredients. Just a shame we went on an overcast day as the view must be amazing in the sunshine.

Visited the River Cottage Kitchen on a hot, sunny day for afternoon refreshments. No shade outside, just hot furniture; nothing against windows to create shade indoors and warmer indoors than out. The cakes were in full sun and very dry on serving. The table tops are repurposed and uneven meaning a drink split. This could all be forgiven, but not easily when it's this expensive. I have been looking forward to visiting as we attended a family wedding here, but I was sadly disappointed. Perhaps we'll try again when we're local next year when there's been time for improvements.

Dropped into the new River Cottage venue for coffee and cake and all up to the standard expected. Great views from the patio area and worth the visit. Very welcoming staff, even though it was end-of-day. Just a pointer, it would be better to keep the cakes out of the sunlight by shading the display area, or just moving it; my cake was warm and served on a serviette, on the plate rendering the serviette unusable. Why do so many cafés and restaurants do this, is it just a presentation thing? Oh, the cake was fine and tasty and the coffee very good. Best not complain about the sun that was shining!  The menus are interesting, as before, and quite varied, suiting most tastes and dietary needs. Prices are fair for the area and standard of cuisine. It is modern and well appointed; it looks a little smaller than Axminster but with a large outside space for dining or just taking tea in good weather. One star docked for the parking area that has always been an issue here, with traipsing white chalk dust or mud into your car and onto your clothes. On wet days it may be an issue for the bistro too. I will miss the Axminster setup and the town has lost an important attraction but I appreciate the economics that may have caused the move. Nice one Hugh!

First visit to River Cottage for lunch, great, friendly service, the mackerel nicoise salad was absolutely delicious, and Chelsea bun bread and butter pudding, and chocolate torte excellent, plaice was fresh but the cauliflower puree not quite so tasty

Excellent location with stunning views. Superb food with lovely and friendly efficient staff. Fair prices too. This new Kitchen also has very good outside dining but may need parasols over the tables on a hot summers day.

Excellent coffee, the barista can actually foam the milk according to the drink, we had a flat white, latte & cappuccino and all were in the same size cup but the milk frothed accordingly. Lunch was also delicious and the puddings topped it all off. The only negative was the slow speed of food to the table, we arrived at noon and the place was only half full at that point and a lot of the other customers only had drinks, we were here an hour & a half, whereas at other places that we normally stop at only require for an hour for lunch and they also cook to order, which I was surprised at because they had one member of staff at the door, 3 waiting staff, a chef and one other employee that popped out from the kitchen every now and then, with possibly others in the kitchen. Overall a good experience priced as I expected. I don’t think it fair to rate at only a 4 for the slow service, so marked as 5.

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