What a great find! The food and service were excellent. I loved my eggs Benedict with pork belly,…read moreand my husband enjoyed his market fish and fries. Maera even made iced tea for us, which was a nice bonus. We will definitely try to stop here again!

BOB Cafe was such a lovely place! I highly recommend. Thanks for the great food and serviceread more

Great lunch spot On the recommendation of a local, we…read morestopped here on a busy Sunday afternoon for lunch. We were really glad we did - the fish of the day was excellent and tasted very fresh and our beef nachos were delicious. Although the cafe was really busy, our food was served quickly and it was very reasonably priced too.

Once my favourite place to eat in Whangarei my most recent visit reminded me why this is no longer…read moreso. We had a medium size group of people and the food was a little slow in arriving at our table, but that was understandable because they were busy. For some weird reason they had live musicians playing outside by the Clock Museum and it was so loud we couldn't hear each other talking inside the restaurant. The clincher, however, was the flies. I know Summer has just finished and I know flies are attracted to such places, but we had a least a dozen flies hovering all around our table, and we weren't the only ones. Most of our time was spent shooing them away instead of enjoying the company and the food. A small automatic sprayer on the wall achieves nothing - do yourself a favour and call Northpest.

This is a great stop along Highway 1. Great coffee, friendly service, good looking savories, and…read moregreat tasting sweets. Reasonably priced. Free wifi. Free parking. Plenty of smiles. What more do you need? Ana, owner and chief barista, made me my version of Americano, and it was great. Located in the Information/Tourist office building. Heartedly recommend!!

This place is convenient because it's right besides the info center and on the number 1, but it's…read moreexpensive compared to other cafés. The quality of both coffees and food was good, but nothing to rave about.

For what this place is - a cafe in the the busy town basin marina area - it's really great. The…read morefood is mostly on target but I have noticed a little inconsistency in the seasoning. I've had the same meal, their Paleo Brekkie, several times and though the produce is always fresh I've noticed that a) the eggs are a little inconsistent in terms of how much they are cooked and the b) as I noted, the seasoning varies a fair bit. I really like the location a lot, it's at the north end of the town basin overlooking the sail boats and whatnot. It's a lovely place to grab a meal or a coffee. I'll be back, and in fact just booked a meeting there for next week.

Had a nice hot chocolate and pecan pie, but didn't see any staff check on those outside which was a…read morelittle strange.

Went for a big English breakfast. It was very good and the coffee was nice. Sat outside on the…read morepatio. Bit expensive but was what I was looking for. Nice service. Would come again.

Went as a group of 11 and were served very promptly. Wasn't busy though, but still…read more Great food all up, and situated beside a cool little lane. Only gripe is the choice of beerzies... Booorrriiinnnggg!!! All the food came out at roughly the same time, so top marks on that. And ordering a Dickens Cider is compulsory!!! I'd go back just to order one again... The look on the waitress face was priceless... It's all about the delivery. Recommend.

Eggs Benedict on Hash Browns was pretty bloody good, just needed a slice of toast to go with it…read more Big Breakfast or whatever it was was really good... Worth a visit for that alone. Only whinge I'd throw their way would be the piddly little ramekin of baked beans with the Big Breakfast thing and the wobbly table... Spilt coffee into the saucer is just annoying, but nothing an empty ciggie packet under the leg won't fix. I'd go again.

Feeling like a delicious cold drink Riverside cafe serves the most wonderful iced coffees.Staff are…read moreso helpful and friendly in a professional way. Good quite good and served quickly.This suits the traveller in a hurry.

My husband ordered a "cibo big breakfast", I ordered the "pasta of the day". We also bought a…read moremushroom bruschetta, and a chocolate brownie which were already made and presented appetisingly in the front counter window. The girl who served us wasn't rude, but she wasn't kind either; she made no eye contact with us at all. We sat at a table just outside the door and waited for our food... for 34 minutes. When the food finally came we were sorely disappointed in both the quality of the food, and the portion sizes. For over $21 you'd expect a decent sized plate of pasta but not at cibo cafe. The fettuccine was overcooked, the salmon almost like the dehydrated food they feed astronauts in space, and the scallops were so rubbery I could have used them to erase pencil on paper. Even my husband's scrambled eggs looked sad - they were cold! And the "sautéed" mushroom looked like they were dry-fried. The mushroom bruschetta wasn't much better, it was lacklustre and in dire need of flavour! The brownie was also a complete let down, it was more like a dry cake. To top off the crap cake with poop icing and sprinkles, the entire time we were eating we had to swat away the flies that were attacking our plates, water glasses, and table. We were disgusted because we could tell that it was the sticky, unwashed tables that were attracting the entire community of flies to the alfresco dining area. If we are ever back in Whangarei, we will sooner eat cold pies from a dairy than to spend money at cibo cafe again. From the furniture setup to the food to the customer service, this place is trash.

Good food, great service. Loved the breakfast and the coffee was very nice. Especially great that…read moreit was the only place open for breakfast at 7.30am on a Saturday morning that looked anywhere near enticing.

One of the best Italian I have had. Food was beautifully presented and delicious. Much better than…read moreAuckland restaurants.

Went here on a date - a fantastic venue for such an event. Very busy, but not to the point where…read moreyou want to hurry up and finish and get out of there. Food was great and so was service.