Hot Bread Shop Cafe — Restaurant in Bay of Plenty

It was Sunday and this is the only cafe open in Ōpōtiki. We hadn’t been here for over 3 years, since before Covid lockdowns in early 2020. The cafe was busy. It’s next to the intercity bus stop and near the junction is SH2 and SH35. An ideal location. There is seating indoors and outside. The outside seating is somewhat perfected by a fence to the north and the tables have umbrellas. It’s still managed to be a bit windy but much less than an unprotected site would be on the sort of day it was. The asphalt under the tables was warmed by the bright sunlight so it was comfortable enough overall. I had the omelette and it was pretty good. I will often order an omelette when uncertain about what’s on offer. They are hard to mess up. My wife had a ham melt and it had too many wet ingredients (including dill pickles or gherkins) and was soggy and she found it unpleasant and didn’t eat most of it. So when choosing from the menu, consider carefully what might be in each item. To be fair, someone else might have loved the melt. This is true for any place that offers food. Go with what you know at first unless you’re happy to experiment.

The service was definitely acceptable. You order and pay at the counter. They offered a wide range of pies or hot chicken and chips or various baked confections (ginger slice, etc). Plus the set menu. There should be something here for everyone.

My coffee was a trim flat white and it was fine. Everything was delivered to the table fairly quickly though items did arrive at didn’t times. Drinks first then each main as it was completed.

I’ve given 4 stars for being overall pretty decent while individual elements were variable but generally good enough. I’d stop here again on a Sunday afternoon if I was hungry and...

Definitely not recommending, food was over priced and not that nice to eat, better off going to the local New World and getting freshly made food that isn't over priced, toilets weren't clean, and had an smaller toilet roll to use to dry hands, smelt of urine and floor and toliet was filthy, also asked for small roll to be toasted, the sun could of done better if we left it out, one option if you dietary needs, do not buy it, a frozen looking grey egg wrapped in bacon slices, coffee was served in takeaway cups even thou we were dining in, should of been a sign, there's a bakery in the centre of town, might be better off trying...

A new girl on the counter, she was lovely and polite, served me very well. I asked for a heated panini and a coffee and went sat outside. It took over 10 mins for my coffee, no panini arrived, I had an appointment and had to leave so asked for my panini to take away. Once I got it it was over cooked and way too crunchy to eat. It wasn't the girl at the counters fault, she was serving the line of customers and no one else seemed to be helping get the food out to the tables. I felt sorry for her, others should have been helping to get food to tables how can she do both?? I paid $18 for this experience. Very...