Blue Bean Cafe — Restaurant in Waitematā

Pricey, ostentatious food - but you can't fault the flavours! 🥑 Beautifully poached eggs, smashed avocado and edible flowers served on sourdough toast with a balsamic reduction and…🤯 freeze dried raspberries!!💞 IT WORKS! It was a gorgeous brunch. Impressive chef and really lovely, attentive staff. The coffee is also fantastic. Downsides? There was a bit of dried food stuck to the cutlery (meaning they don’t lemon-boil-polish) and moreover the decor is bizarre… not at all fitting with the quality and flair of the food… it’s like someone ate a self help book in a college rec room and threw it up). Still - great coffee, great...

Just happened to be strolling along Ponsonby road when I walked past this lovely looking cafe and by crikey, it didnt disappoint! Had an oat latte with a cheese scone which the lovely lady toasted and brought to the table with the right amount of butter, Delicious!!! Then I tried the matcha latte YUM!! There was also a wonderful tempting range of amazing home baked looking goodies which I could have easily eaten my way through but actually thought about the fat consequences for me afterwards! I could rave on about this place from the decor to the awesome lady who was here but you need to come see, eat and experience it...

This little gem is absolutely fantastic. The food is beautiful and gorgeously presented, the coffee is divine. The service is incredible. The actual space is filled with cookie, quirky fittings and papered with inspirational sayings. The adjoining ice cream parlor has a myriad of flavors available... and the same friendly service and ambience. Take yourself or someone you love here, for a slow paced treat. It's thoroughly worth it.... Sorry about the half eaten cake in one of the photos... it was just so beautifully presented and delicious, that it was already being eaten before I thought to...