Probably the best cup of coffee we had in New Zealand. The Steaming Bean operates out of a small…read moretrailer by the lake in Taupo. The owner is wonderfully friendly and the constant lines attest to the quality of her products.

The food was delicious, pizza is gas! Service is amazing, super friendly. Always great to see the…read moreemployees here. I'm from America and this place definitely deserves attention if you are a tourist looking for some inexpensive bomb food! The setting here is such a vibe too. Really cool atmosphere.

The lady at the counter was pretty nice and made some good recommendations until we pointed out…read morethat the pizza was inaccurately made. The cooks were putting on whatever they wanted, instead of what was ordered. Why have a menu if you are going to toss on whatever you want to instead of what was ordered? Neither of the two pizzas we ordered had the right ingredients, but I was ok with mine. Once we got the right food it was pretty tasty. The desserts (cheese cake and brownie/ice cream) were excellent. However, don't look at the prices near the cash register. Pay attention to the prices posted on the wall. One of the two desserts was almost twice the price that was posted on the cash register billboard. There isn't much seating indoors or outdoors, but neither was full the night we visited. Don't think I will be back due to the lack of professionalism shown by both the cooks or the hostess.

That crust.....but really, the crust! The buttery, crispy,…read moredelicious doughy crust gives you just enough grease to say YES PIZZA, but not enough to leave you feeling, ugh that was a lot of pizza. We each ordered a small pie, and were over whelmed with the variety of choices. Super hard to pick, they all sounded so yummy (we took notes for pizza to make at home). We settled on a Meat lovers and a Greek special (woo more lamb). Back to the crust. The pizza had the wonderful Pizza Hut crust taste (sorry if you don't get that reference-Pizza Hut is a US craving but it's so greasy you feel bad eating it so you don't...but this pizza allows you to have that Pizza Hut taste in a fresh way!)...anyways, the crust is amazing, topped in creative sauce (they change up the generic tomato sauce to match the pizza toppings, which was a wonderful creation!). The cheese was melty, but with a little browning to give it a burnt cheese taste. Then the toppings, they don't skimp. They load it on, spread it around, cut it up, and present it in a neat way. The service was super fast. There are only two mini tables so it's more of a take and go place, but once seeing the pizza we had to sit there and devour.

Unbelievably disappointing. Bar looks lovely, all wooden panelling and cosiness, but...service was…read moreaverage at best. We were trying to decide whether to order kids or adult burger for our son and the waitress could not understand why we were asking about sizes. Then, when I asked how big pizzas we're, her response was "pizza sized". unfortunately we made the mistake of then ordering the chicken, cranberry pizza. Hardly any chicken, no cranberry and cheese overcooked and sparse. Worst pizza I've ever had. We would have sent it back but we'd already had so many challenges with waitress we decided to cut our losses. Service was slow too and we would have spent a lot more if the waitress had been on top of refilling drinks etc. Apparently my eldest son said the chicken burger was great, which pushed this review from a 2 to a 3

We ate a late night pizza from a handsome baker here. Good choices and varieties like venison and…read moresalami pizzas. The crust was heavenly thin and the sides had the char that comes with using traditional ovens. Each pizza has a mid-range cost, but they were so much better than cheap counterparts from the chain pizzerias.

We have been here a few times and each time the service and pizza is excellent. The location is…read moreright across from the Palmerston square. Reservations are recommended since this place is pretty much always packed. One thing, if you are trying to find a parking spot do not and I say again DO NOT park your car opposite the restaurant on the square, why you ask?? Remember the Hitchcock movie The birds, well these birds will let you know who is in charge and leave a nasty surprise for you. I thought to myself no way that many birds were above the car in the trees and we must be the subject of a cruel prank but we were not the only cars covered and it explains why these parking spots were open. It was so bad you will consider burning the car on your return from dinner and the smell OMG! Luckily I found the one BP car wash open in the middle of the night in Pahiatua to wash the car. Overall one of the best pizzas in Palmy just choose your parking spot carefully.

Food was good quality and value for money... Service was average... Don't park near trees, unless…read moreyou want to wash car day after die to birds

I would come back here…read more I had a prosciutto pizza - and it was really nice. Beware of anchovies on pepperoni pizza though - one of my friends did not read the list of ingredients and was cought out by that. If you are not extremely hungry pizza to share should be enough.