My Fat Puku — Restaurant in Aotea Great Barrier

Chill place with friendly staff, you can say that about any place on GBI but what you can't say is 5 star coffee, interesting and complex food with a level of taste perfection that would mean if this place was in Auckland or Wellington you would never be able to get a table.

Coming through the courtyard it has a hip and spacious vibe with varied seating options. The cabnit food looked good but I was in the mood for a big lunch.

The first plus came from them having the smaller tulip cups for my coffee, the coffee bean itself was Karajoz and was perfectly prepared. It really was a five star coffee and left me wanting a short black just to see how good it really was.

I ordered the avo on toast, a classic that tastes good wither it's prepared simply or with a little flare. This was with a little flare! I'm not going to ruin the surprises with a list of ingredients but expect a little meddle eastern influence. I tip my hat to the chef in putting this together.

I also had a scone, the savory sort. It was an absolute treat. If you just want a snack to go, this is...

We had lunch and enjoyed a egg and salad sandwich which was delicious, the salad included lots of fresh raw grated beetroot and carrot Yum. We returned for their Sunday Pizza night the pizzas were also to the same high standard -thin crispy bases cooked in the fire pizza oven. Both vege and meat options Good wine and beer selection. Lovely setting . The owner and team we're fun and friendly which made the evening. Our 1st visit to GB and a brilliant...

We came for a pizza and beer and non was good. Pizza was on a frozen store bought dough, chewy and hard, the most expansive salmon pizza was so plain you could even see the dough through. Beer was wasn’t good, seems like it wasn’t ready to be drank as they make it local, which is appreciated, but you have to sell a good quality product. There were other things like slow service, but never-mind. One more thing -...