Cafe Essence — Restaurant in North Island

Great place very impressed. Purchased a coffee and a custard slice to go. The coffee was one of the best in town. Unfortunately the custard slice was very bland. Good consistency but just no flavor. Regardless, the rest of the food, made right there on the premises, looks SO appetizing and beautifully presented. The atmosphere is peaceful and relaxing with a warm, smiling greeting as you enter. No hesitation in recommending Café Essence. The owners and staff can be rightfully proud of their...

I think it has good food and nice place to go but an it's a big one it ha.s asterisk beside what you can have made gluten free so I asked for the fries an was told the weren't cause they were cooked with other food that wasn't an I said but it's got the asterisks an the lady got pissy with me an was like rollyeyed when I said you need to remove the asterisk .I'm a coeliac an this sort of reaction us very upsetting and such bad service...

Got a eggs bene from here and prices were standard but we like extra hollandaise on the side and the price for extra is a bit $4 to be exact and we were happy to pay that but when we got it we realised as aoon as we tasted it that it was the cheap Bottle hollandaise and werent happy paying that price at all. We're not ones to go up and moan but this was the 1 thing we had a...