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Reviews for Richmond Road Cafe

by Sec
5th January 2013

Had a great lunch & good coffee.
Service was incredible – staff constantly walking the floor ensuring water glasses full, plates cleared etc. Free sparkling water a really great extra. Food was very good & atmosphere very enjoyable. Shaded deck a great spot to while away the afternoon.
Will be back soon.

by Claire
29th September 2012

Richmond Road Cafe always delivers on exceptional, well priced (for Auckland!) food. They have a great range of menu options. On my most recent trip I ordered buttermilk pancakes with a rubarb compote and citrus mascarpone. The pancakes were lovely and light and the mascarpone cut through the sweetness of the rubarb. For a beverage I tried their banana and passionfruit smoothie which was ok – I would have liked more passionfruit but not a big issue. Service is ok – it could be better and a lot more welcoming and friendly. This Cafe does get REALLY busy on weekends but I have never found the noise to be an issue. A cafe well worth checking out!

by charissa
12th August 2012

Had breakfast here today and it was very nice.Friendly staff and food was delicious.Coffee needs a little tweaking but overall very nice and welcoming!

by Kathryn A.
22nd June 2012

Had a delightful time at this cafe. We shared a very nice smoothie which was lime and passionfruit between 3 of us which was no problem at all for the lovely Scottish waiter. Our meals were great the Eggs Bene, Vege Breakfast and Braised bianchi di spagna beans. My vege breakfast did come out only slightly warm which was a little frustrating as it should be coming out hot. Will return to try the gorgeous looking buttermilk pancakes

by Aaron
3rd September 2009

I go to this café every day for a coffee as it is the closest one to where I work and it is generally quite good. The staff are exceptional, service is very friendly and fast and the even open the doors for you if they are anywhere nearby.

The only thing that let them down really is that their coffee is very hit and miss. Sometimes burnt, sometimes over-extracted and sometimes the milk is horrible.

If there was a closer café to me then I would probably have switched by now for coffee but go there for the food!

by Karen G.
7th July 2009

Fantastic food, warm, friendly, bustling environment.
I loved the roast beetroot salad with cress, mint, almonds and grilled haloumi.
As my lunch companion, the esteemed food critic Ewan McDonald said (NZ Herald 29/4/09), “We agree that cress – the grown-up sort, not that ridiculous mini-me – adds flavour and character as a salad, but when you’re meeting someone for the first time, it’s damned difficult to nibble with dignity. Just try to murmur business intimacies with a lengthy stalk hanging from a corner of your mouth.”
Tee hee hee. That’s how it was.

by Lavinia I.
19th July 2008

The coffee was bitter for the first few times I went their but it has gotten better
I have had the eggs bene salmon srambled eggs which i love the service of your staff are excellent they are always checking to see if you are ok or need something else which is lovely and I love the freshly squeezed juices I always have one when I have time to eat over all I would recommend Richmond Road Cafe to everyone

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