Poppys Cafe — Restaurant in Waikato

We have kids and a small dog, so we are always looking for kid friendly and dog friendly places. This place has a good kids area with lots of toys for them to play with. They have a sign for dog water out front with an ice cream container of water for them (it would be better if they had a real bowl). The coffee is always good. My husband said the sausage roll was excellent. I really liked their fresh vegetarian salads, they had two options when we were there and both were great. I hope they keep continuing to have 2 or 3 or 4 salad options. They had kids meals, which was a food item, chips, and some cookies (would love to see some healthier options though, maybe fruit or a fruit bowl instead of chips, maybe grilled cheese or mac'n'cheese or noodles instead of fried hot dogs or chicken nuggets). We could eat with our dog in the front of the building, but not where the kids play; it would be great if we could actually be closer to the kids or a dog friendly area out back away from the traffic, as there were a lot of people with dogs there and when the tables out front were full, they needed to keep walking, as no other tables were available for them. So overall, its got good coffee and a good place for kids to play. The salads are excellent. They also have dog water. Toilets were ok, but looked like they hadn't been maintained in a while, as the rubbish bins were more than overflowing. We would...

So heading down to Tokoroa today(8Jan2024) to visit whanau, we stopped in at Poppy's Cafe in Tirau. Sadly not a great experience. Walked in the lady behind the counter came across grumpy to start with. We both ordered the big breakfast that comes with poached eggs, as I am not an egg gal I always get well done scrambled. I asked the lady if I could get scrambled eggs, no sooner out of my mouth and she snapped "No, there is no room in the oven" 😳( eggs generally cooked on stove top I thought, but they must only of had 1 element to poach eggs only ) Ok I said then no eggs please.... she was still going to charge me the full price of $28 without eggs... my wife said all good I will have them,I should have thought of that lol Then !!!!! ....... go and sit down at a table and I look to the table next to me and what do I see....... a young boy with his family and in front of him is a fresh plate of toast and SCRAMBLED eggs......

I was looking forward to eating lunch at Poppys cafe and I know now I will never come back again. Don't come here if u have dietary requirements, the older brunette kiwi lady will say to you, "Oh what do want now!? We only have what's on here! Uuurghh!" She will scoff at you and behind your back like it's the end of her world....never mind the fact that I am a paying customer. I went to three other cafes and thought Poppy's looked lovely. I really want to say thank you to the young tall blonde girl who was serving me, thank you for your great customer service. I could see you were SO SO embarrassed by ur colleague's unprofessional and rude manner. Don't spend too long working at this Cafe young girl, because I have a feeling that the old brunette lady probably talks to you with disrespect as well. To all tourists don't eat here, your money is better spent...