Fran's Cafe & Continental Cake Kitchen — Restaurant in North Island

I absolutely love this cafe! They do the best GF frittatas EVER! The food there is so delicious, I have tried so many different dishes there as well as constantly always having to get a GF frittata to go. Also they do the best Feijoa smoothie that when my best friend from Australia comes over she always has to have a feijoa smoothie from Frans as well as a selection from the menu or cabinet. The staff there are also so friendly, I am greeted every time by a lovely gentleman who always asks after myself and my family. He's even offered to help take my food to my car when I am having to use crutches. He even knows my order and how exactly I have it without me having to say anything! I am proud to support Frans and always feel better after going there from the food...

I just had a steak and cheese pie from Frans. I was going to recommend this advice to them via email but they don't seem to have one. The pie was great except for the fact that the sauce was not sauce at all, it was totally jelly. It had WAY TOO MUCH gelatin added to the sauce, so it was full on jelly, no sauciness to it at all. It was still very tasty, the pastry was perfect and the meat was nice, all very well seasoned, but the filling was really just bits of meat encased in jelly, rather than sauce. It's rather off-putting eating jelly rather than sauce. Frans - please don't put so much gelatin in your pie fillings! It's a meat pie not a jelly pie 😆 Other than the jelly-ness the pies...

We stopped in at Fran's for a late breakfast and ordered coffee, the beef salad and big breakfast. My better half really enjoyed her salad, it had a great selection of ingredients and the beef was delicious. My big breakfast was perfect, and the bacon was absolutely delicious! A lovely touch was the butter and jam selection to go with the toast, which rounded the meal off perfectly. Very reasonably priced food, and a lovely atmosphere both indoors and in the outdoor area out the back. We'll definitely be back again on our next trip to...