Hot Waves Café . Day Bar . Gallery — Restaurant in North Island

We found this place on Google and it looked promising so we made our way out there to give it a go. It did not disappoint. Great service, great food, huge friendly black cat (Ron), nice outdoor area, it was all winning!!

Smashed avo with bacon - actually the best I have had and the bacon was cooked with the perfect crisp! Chili eggs/Shakshuka - divine! Followed up with Hot Chocolate cake and wow! Probably the BEST chocolate cake we have had.

It was so good we actually changed our plans the next day to ensure we could go again for breakfast! This time I had the savoury mince dish and wow again! I haven't had a mince dish this good anywhere - perfectly cooked, not greasy or oily and the flavour was perfect! Unfortunately they no longer had the cake so despite being sad we couldn't eat that again, we have the memory haha.

If you're headed anywhere near this place, it's only a few minutes off the main highway towards Hot Water Beach, go get some delicious food, great coffee, and pet the beautiful...

ROLLING HOT WAVES

My husband and I visited Hot Waves Cafe at Hot Water Beach, Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand.

As my husband was raised at Hot Water Beach during his childhood, revisiting is very memorable for us. I last visited here in 2017 and unfortunately Hot Waves Cafe closed down due to COVID. Since then, we have new owners which I have the opportunity to speak to.

My observations are as follows:

Very quiet m, private and secluded, like a very short 20 meter bush track walk thriough by which to enter.

The real fruit ice cream is the best and recommend the mixed berry.

I have a cup of flat white which is fabulous.

When speaking to the owner went by the name of Jed, I found him to be very hospitable and friendly towards customers.

The outing settings are none less than an artistic design which I found was improved since 2017.

ADVICE: highly recommended, especially for chilling out at breakfast and lunch, not to mention their wonderful...

Over an hour waiting for lunch... Sure, it was a bit busy but it was ridiculous. Tables all around were in the same situation, and other reviews seem to indicate similar experiences. The food was good (although pouring balsamic vinegar all over the bottom of the burger made it sticky and soggy to hold - maybe don't do that), and the outdoor setting is beautiful. The kids enjoyed the play area too, but it wasn't enough to hold them for the extremely long wait, so they were fussing and whinging by the time our food arrived. We were disappointed the staff gave no indication of a lengthy wait when we ordered, nor were we provided any updates along the way. I actually had to go to the counter to ask, where I found people from neighboring tables doing the same thing. Food: B- Setting:...