L Bay Cafe & Restaurant — Restaurant in North Island

Coffee and drinks lovely . Looked to be quite nice cabinet food.

Handed a dirty menu with food and coffee stains and things that weren't available scribbled out in pen. I should have left them ! Dined with 4 friends We ordered the corn fritters , 2 x veggie breakfast And eggs Beni My veggie breakfast was horrific ! Tiny amount of avo which is premade and has raw onion in it of which I’m allergic to , no mention of this on the menu. I asked for plain avo and there was none. Mushrooms tasted of vinegar , hash brown drenched in fat which had a terrible aftertaste as did the toast . Halloumi was greasy and inedible. I ate my eggs only. Eggs Beni the toast could barely be cut it was so hard . Corn fritters tasteless and floury. This was a truly terrible meal . Such a shame as I wanted to like it .

Go for coffee and cake Staff were...

Total disaster. Tables everywhere not cleared of food and never got wiped down, my plate arrived chipped in three places (should never gave left the kitchen), mucked up coffee order, potato cake soaked in fat, half of spinach not cooked, mushrooms drenched in vinegar which also soaked into bread. No water or glasses available for some time, despite going to ask - I guess they were all still on the leftover tables. Everything seemed to lack professionalism or anyone that really cared. No owners on site when I asked. Staff appear to require better leadership and training. Cafe in need of help. I hope they can pull their service &...

I was really looking forward to trying the former Elements cafe, but was sorely disappointed today.

If you have a dietary requirement they have a few GF items, but that's unfortunately the extent of provisions. When I asked if there was anything without dairy, either on the menu or as counter food, treat, snack or main, the response was odd - I eventually ended up with plain poached eggs and plain toast which, given what is available to cater to allergies these days, is a bit sad. $18 for this also was pretty steep.

I don't think I'll bother going back, as there are plenty of other cafes...