The Bikery Cafe & Fresh Balance Catering — Restaurant in North Island

Setting: Located at the Avantidrome the café as a good atmosphere and good layout of tables. It has room for larges groups which is a bonus.

Service: Despite being at near full capacity the staff were really friendly and the food came out pretty quick.

Food: I decided to try the kumara waffle.(would highly recommend). The presentation of the dish was very professionally done. The waffle itself was light and fluffy with just the right amount of sweetness. The caramelized bananas were also delicous (would have liked to have the end piece of the banana cut of) The bacon was good but not amazing. The baby brulee was absolutely to die for. The vanilla mascarpone was a good consistency but lacked a bit of flavour. The brownie crumbs were a good additon to add some texture to the mascarpone.

Overall I would highly recommend this café and its food.

I will definitely...

Good coffee, great decor. The Bikery Taco. The 'soft tortillas' are dry, crispy, and crumble when folded. The fried chicken cannot possibly be cooked on site - just heated up. Dehydrated and beyond salty. The salsa and mayo couldn't save this one. The smashed avocado. Yeah, not bad. The eggs were great. The focaccia bread needed a steak knife. Small bites - bikery fried chicken. The same as the salty, fried and dehydrated beyond recognition chicken in the tacos. Curly crinkle chips. Even the kids complained about how salty they were. Hope this helps you back on...

Really needs 2 baristas for a cafe this busy. Sadly the wait times are now meaning we are going to other cafes. The staff are still super friendly however.

A really good selection of healthy food with unfortunately a rather pricy bent. However if you want something refreshingly different it's really nice. At times they struggle to keep up with the orders for hot drinks so if your in a rush I suggest ringing ahead. Lovely girls allways plesent but I can't help thinking is the coffee machine just not big enough or does it need 2...