602 Brew — Restaurant in Puketāpapa

Okay, this is me being 100% honest. We have been to many cafes in Auckland, from the North Shore out in the West, East, and South. But if I have to pick my favourite, it would have to be 602 Brew café. Scotty orders his coffee beans, and I don’t know what his secret is, but his coffee is so smooth, consistently never burnt, and the last sip is as good as the first! How can this be? I am sure coffee lovers would agree that it’s hard to find a place like this.

But it’s not just the coffee - fresh sausage rolls and donuts sold on Saturday mornings are absolutely amazing. I was never a fan of sausage rolls until I tried one at Scotty’s café. And you have to try the bite-size brownies too! These may seem like an average selection of pastries, but when I tried them, I had to just pause for a moment to ask myself - wait, what did I just have? How can brownies/rolls taste like this?! Pastries at 602 Brew go beyond your expectations of what average desserts can taste like and certainly raise the bar for other dessert places.

Just to add a bit more, the owner Scotty is a kind-hearted person who genuinely cares about his customers and the community.

It’s no surprise that the queue becomes longer and longer each week and either my wife or I always have to run to save a place while the other finds parking by the street. Locals already know this café and we are all happy to wait just to have a sip of the 602 Brew coffee. If you have not been here, you are definitely...

THE best coffee shop in town! Scotty "the coffee shotty" makes great coffee (he even roasts his own beans on a Friday for the following week!)...His sausage roll is delicious, it make you drool for more!

Edit: Scotty’s beans have to sit for two weeks before he grind them for your coffee. He has just corrected my statement above, due to me not listening to his story...

This coffee is made with heart, soul, and mindfulness. The owner is such a lovely guy and his story about how he came to have the cafe is an organic one much like the coffee. I had long black and then a flat white. We chatted about life, coffee and also with the regular customers who came by while I leant on the side and talked. If you want your...