Good to come across a real old fashioned cafe. Great array…read moreof food. We just had a muffin which was very nice. Two different types of muffin available - wild berry and blueberry. Huge menu including the amazing whitebait the area is known for Good coffee and a very reasonable price. Will stop in again. Friendly locals!

We stopped by this place on our drive to New Plymouth for a quick bite and this place did not…read moredisappoint! We picked up some pork and cheese sandwiches and I got a steak and mushroom pie as well. If you've had a McRib in the states and like them, expect to be delighted! This is basically a McRib with cheese, delicious! The steak and mushroom pie was one of the best I had while in NZ (although to be fair I only had a couple). The staff were friendly too. Overall just a nice place to stop on a beach drive. They could use more places like this all over NZ!

We had an outstanding dinner this evening here, Hello Beasty aside the best meal we have had during…read moreour first five days in New Zealand. Began with a bottled stout beer (too few beers on tap, sad to say). First time trying rewana bread, a Maori sourdough. My garden salad was rich with interesting greens as well as julienned strips of carrot and tomatoes. Nancy was pleased with her salt and pepper squid, almost as good as the first rate calamari of Capetown, the standard by which we judge calamari. My main was Lamb 'N' Vege, tender medallions of lamb shoulder in a stew of cubed potatoes, squash and beets, with a nice gravy. We were too full to think of dessert (Nancy liked the look of her chargrilled broccoli but was too full to do anything but take it home)

Service was excellent. The Thai mussels were tasty every though they were breaded and fried. The…read morelamb shoulder was good and the burger was tasty although the beef was more dense. Good spot in Te Kuiti for dinner that was open to 8:30 pm.

Amazing service with fun conversation and great travel tips! Shane was amazing! Will definitely…read moremake our way back here. Food and drinks were great and they even accommodated by pesce-vegan sister. Lol. We had the lamb Shank, salt and pepper squid and pan-fried snapper with beer battered french fries! So good!

The best meal I had in New Zealand! The pork belly bowl was absolutely delicious. It was so fresh…read moretasting and the pork belly was perfect. It wasn't greasy--it was airy and the perfect consistency. I keep saying perfect because it was just perfect! The toastie was also so good and the fries were tasty! The service was warm with plenty of drink refills. It's the perfect stop after a long day at the glow worm caves!

How can you not love it with a name like that? We stopped by for a late lunch while on a day trip…read moreto the glow worm caves from Auckland. Our tour guide definitely knows food. There is a vast variety of drinks and baked goods as well as sandwiches available. Personally I was unable to resist a square cronut... I ended up sharing it with folks because it was so huge and filling. I also enjoyed a spinach feta Danish with a side salad. Everything was fresh and delicious. The vinaigrette on the salad was spectacular. The ambiance in here is so welcoming and cute. There is indoor as well as outdoor seating. Stop by if you get a chance and don't forget to order a dessert too.

Cute little cafe. Stopped here for breakfast and lunch. Both times the food was excellent…read more Breakfast, we did the eggs and waffle. Chai latte was pretty standard, but good. Lunch we did the nachos all was super delicious. The meat pie and sausage roll were just okay. Service was good and pretty quick. They also have a cute little shopping section with great locally made pieces.

We had mixed experiences with breakfast here. Limited menu, but Nancy was thrilled with her…read morecreamed mushrooms on toast. For me,. though, it seemed that although the waffle was loaded with yummy berries, plus a chocolate bar and whipped cream and sour cream, the waffle itself was pretty small. And although I asked for Earl Grey tea, I got something else -- fine tea but not what I had ordered Plainly they do their main business serving a buffet lunch to hordes of tourists arriving on tour buses

Our tour stopped by the Waitomo Homestead for lunch after visiting the Waitomo Glowworms Caves. It…read moreseems like this is the only place after you come back onto the main road from the Caves. We stopped here with our tour for our included lunch. This place is quite big with a restaurant, bar, and cafe, and an abundance of tables. There's a main dining area, and a huge area for tour groups that looks like it can seat 500+ people! The outside has some really nice view of the garden and trees--a lot of greenery. Our meal consisted of a buffet that surprisingly had a lot of Asian/Chinese dishes, such as chow mein, fried rice, spring rolls, with some Western dishes, such as Cole slaw, French fries, potatoes, and etc. Prior to coming here, our tour guide asked everyone what "main dish" we wanted to order--steak or fish. He was very adamant and quite insistent against ordering the fish. He mentioned it numerous times stating the fish was very fishy, the meat was mushy, it wasn't fresh, it's previously frozen, generic, and etc. He did convince everyone, but I was skeptical. It's like reading the poor reviews or seeing low average stars on Yelp. How much do I believe it? Also, the steak can vary a lot. How big is it? What type of steak? Can I request medium rare? Will it be cooked all together? Luckily I was able to change my order to the fish at the absolute last second. It got to the last second mainly because he kept asking if I was sure and repeated the same things. YES, I AM SURE! When I saw the steak come out, the service was holding a pan and gave everyone 6-7 slices of steak that was overcooked, under seasoned, and tough. My fish took a while to get to me as everyone seemed to be finishing their meals, but I was quite happy when it came. It was a very nice sized pieces of fish. It looked similar to the ones you get for Fish and Chips. The meat was tender, juicy, and well-seasoned, and the crust was crispy. So.... GET THE FISH! Overall, this was a nice place to stop by to grab something to eat, relax, refresh, refuel, use the restroom, etc before or after your Glowworm Caves activity. The staff was nice, and the restroom was sort of open air, old, but clean enough. I would probably recommend dining outside for the nicer environment.

This neighborhood eatery is owned by the folks who run the Night Owl Restaurant, Owl's Nest Motel,…read moreand some other local businesses...I think they pretty much own the entire of 400? Regardless of the near monopoly, the Fat Pigeon serves up wonderful meals and bakes up perfect pastries...all for very reasonable prices. $21 Fat Pigeon breakfast $2: eggs cooked the way you like, crispy bacon, breakfast sausages, mushies, fried potatoes, roasted tomato & toasted ciabatta...a Hobbit's perfect breakfast $18 Bacon Banana Waffle Tower...a true tower representing breakfast! $21 Green lip mussels: savory steamed mussels in a delicious chorizo & tomato sauce, and garlic ciabatta...go good! We enjoyed some other divine dishes as well..be sure to eat here if you're nearby!

Still great. Friendly staff. Excellent array of food. Lamination especially good and beautifully…read morepresented.

Our group of 6 loved dishes we tried, meat pies, salmon eggs benedict, muesli & yoghurt plate, &…read moremaybe best french toast ever w/ bananas foster vibes. Can't believe this little town has such great food! Mint Jndian nearby had best Indian food we've ever had in CA or London - ask server for recs!

We made a stop in Te Kuiti for meat pies after going on the Black Labyrinth tour at Waitomo. For…read moremost people in NZ this would have been effortless. For us tourists trying to stay cashless, it was a minor pain in the rear. Seriously. We tramped up and down Rora St and got turned away from at least 5 or 6 places before we found Tiffany's Cafe, which had the magic combo of meat pies in stock + takes foreign credit card. (Wool Press Cafe also takes foreign credit card, but they were out of pies when we got there. And yes, there are ATMs nearby, but we weren't about to change money just for a meat pie.) To fill our bellies, we had steak pies and chai latte. The steak pie itself was decent, with chunks of steak and a savory gravy that was on the salty side. The chai was okay as well: not bad, but nothing memorable. Overall, not a bad place for a quick bite. Especially if you don't have NZD in your pocket.

I'm here in New Zealand on vacation and after a day of Glow Worms and Ruakuri caves in Waitomo...we…read morehead back to the little town of Otorohanga. My wife and I was wanting to eat Thai food after a good experience we had in Cambridge, so here we are at Thai Aroma around 6pm. It was relatively quiet, there was another group of family that just ordered before us. The waiter brought us water and came over as soon as we looked like we were ready to order. My wife opted for the shrimp tom yum with jasmine rice and I went with the shrimp pad siew. My wife is big fan of tom yum and it wasn't exactly the way she wanted...she said it was missing the broken straw mushrooms and could have been a bit more sour, otherwise we both were blown away at the pad siew. It was so flavorful with every bite you took you just didn't want it to end. We forgot our backpack that night and drove all the way to Auckland (a little over 2 hours). We called the restaurant that same night and luckily they were still open, the waiter told us he has it and will have it for us for pickup. We picked it up the next day and nothing was missing from our backpack. He did tell us he opened it trying to look for any information to try and contact us and advised us of leaving some sort of contact information. Awesome waiter, will definitely dine here again if we visit Otorohanga again!

We were staying in Waitomo for a few days and went in to town nearby where this restaurant is…read morelocated. There is a small business thoroughfare, very sleepy, it reminds me of the in between towns in California. The restaurant is easy to spot, has tasty Indian cuisine, beer, and friendly service. We were happy to discover some diversity in a small town like this. There are shops and grocers on the street as well for your all around needs.