Carlton Gore Cafe — Restaurant in Waitematā

A popular spot in Newmarket with locals, visitors and workers in the area. Whether you're after a coffee, food or a snack you won't have a problem finding something.

There is a nice large area sectioned off for you if you're visiting with a group of 5 or 6 to sit. I worked in this area, that allowed me to still be part of the atmosphere with space to focus on my work. Lots of table space so I got to spread out and nice that the power points are available to plug into.

I had the scrambled eggs and sourdough toast, lots if butter and a soy flat white. My visitors had the frenchtoast and big deal meals!

It closes at 3 the team was great leaving us to wrap up as they cleaned and packed down other areas of the Cafe.

Very attentive staff, friendly and quick. Food tastes just as great as it looks. I will for sure be visiting a bit more and bringing friends along on my next...

We went here for breakfast as I had been here with work at least a year ago and enjoyed the interesting menu.

It has gone downhill in both service and quality of the food/menu. I am guessing there has been a change in ownership.

I had the Spanish breakfast which looked good but was quite bland.

My wife returned the Mushroom Bruschetta (not something we have done before) as it was basically dry fried mushrooms on toast. No sauce, the pine nuts were taken straight out of the packet without being grilled or fryed. VERY DRY.

She exchanged it for the Breakfast salad which was no better. Iceberg lettuce cut in big wedge shaped pieces (Asian style?) with poached eggs and similar dry mushrooms, side of bread. A little drizzle of balsamic vinegar, but again pretty bland

Not...

Have coffee here every day, consistently good. Decided to have lunch and was one of the few places in Newmarket I found a nice vegetable option in the cabinet, the vegetable stack was great did need pepper and the lovely tomato chutney that was provided to add a little more flavor, but that's just my taste. Main draw for me are the people, hard working and pleasant, barista is great, feels like a really genuine and welcoming place where I feel comfortable, which is almost as important as the food. Pricing is reasonable. Only improvement I would make is offering holders for the coffee which is hot to handle at times. Highly...