RHUBARB — Restaurant in South Island

Used to go to Rhubarb many years ago and loved it. Went today for the first time in awhile and although we left finishing our plates, we were a bit iffy with some things.

Purchased the avocado on toast priced at $16.50, yet the "toast" was just bread yet is listed as toast, no butter and extremely crumbly making it a messy meal, however it tasted fine, the dukkah was pretty strong but I did finish my meal.

Coffee was meh. They do supply the brand Aroha of drinks, the sparkling rhubarb is the best! So it was nice to see that brand as I hadn't seen it in Dunedin at all.

Overall a pretty average experience. I'd be keen to check out more of the cabinet options if I returned again. Staff were friendly however and all...

The food was excellent and the cafe is bustling, however there are two different room in which to eat, both of which aren't that pleasant. One is a warmish room with the classic shelves of overpriced coffee merchandise and rickety furniture , the other is an incredibly cold, anodyne room with sparse colour and no decoration but somehow doesn't feel minimalist - just miserable. This greatly detracted from the experience, the cafe has no distinctive mood or uniqueness. Arguably anything is better than a chain cafe but in Roslyn there isn't really a place to go that has any...

If I could give no stars I would. Horrified to hear the owner yelling at his staff over a scone - the poor girl was trying not to cry and everyone in the cafe witnessed this. It's not the first time I've seen this happen at Rhubarb either but I made the mistake of returning as it's my local and I thought maybe he was just having an off day. He also served me a coffee with spoiled milk at my last visit, I had to tip it out. Absolutely revolting service, when I asked how his day was the owner said to me "my day would be good if I didn't own a cafe". Will not...