Pikopiko Eatery — Restaurant in Taranaki

We are very local to Pikopiko and I've been watching their social media for a long time however tonight was our first ever visit. It was our Valentine's dinner and what can I say...everything was amazing! The chef made us both a complimentary entree which was an olive tapenade bruschetta. Nice touch! Neither of us are fans of olives BUT this was truly beautiful. For mains we ordered the Trio of Pork and the Gnocchi with Chicken. Both were beautifully presented and the flavours were amazing . Love that the Gnocchi was homemade. For dessert we had a white chocolate & orange creme brulee with shortbread. This was by far the best creme brulee I have ever tasted!! Staff were so lovely & friendly and made the effort to go out of their way to make us feel welcome. So much so that we booked there and then for an upcoming...

On this occasion we were very disappointed. We arrived at 11:30 am on a garden festival Saturday. A large group was in the outside area. We were three. We ordered coffee, that was slow to arrive, and one of our group chose, cabinet item. A mains order was taken for the remainder two. Initially we were the only patrons in the inside area. A large group of people on a bus tour No8tours arrived (they had pre ordered food). This group was served their food and after waiting some time for our food I approached the counter and asked if our order had been started. The person who took our order apologised that the order had not been entered and therefore not begun. I cancelled the remainder of our order, paid for the coffee and cabinet item and left very...

Drove past this place. Saw the signage so called in as we were hungry and thinking about where to have breakfast. Knew nothing about it and had no expectations. Immediate impressions (from the ambience of other customers and the staff) was it was friendly and relaxed. We were given a menu each and sat down at a table we chose. Water was brought to us straight away and after a short time of reviewing menu - staff came and took our order. We didn’t have to wait long and our meals were brought out. Lovely presentation, prepared perfectly. No complaints about preparation or taste. There was no hovering or rushing. Overall really pleasant experience. For something we only stumbled upon and had no expectations - a real...