Catroux — Restaurant in Waitematā

This was our first time here on the suggestion from a friend. The cafe is rather intimate and clean but quite noisy due to the large crowds both seated and those in the long queue. That made it very hard to have a contact the table, especially if one of the group speaks quietly. The staff seem quiet friendly even under stress. Our elderly friend loved her wee cake, my husband liked the quiche but I tried to like it but not really. Next time I’ll choose something from the delicious looking cake section. The negative thing from our first visit here was my coffee was completely forgotten and we had to ask twice if it was coming. We were asked what size we had ordered (what?) and it did arrive in less than 3 minutes after this question. Sadly I didn’t enjoy it at all as the coffee tasted burnt and bitter so I couldn’t drink it. My husband did as he said, “it’s paid for and I’m not wasting it!” The prices are quite reasonable. We will go back just to see if our experience can be improved, fingers...

I wish the New Catroux success however I will pass for quite some time I realise they were on their 3rd day of their new premises & we expected delays ..my expectations were based on my previous experiences from their previous address .. The food served to me was a shock & while placing the egg which had slipped off one potato Rosti I was still very much unable to make my meal attractive in anyway so I asked for another plate to Re plate & attempted to make my meal more presentable.. my regret is that I ate any of it at all but being polite you try not to spoil anymore the occasion for others .. There was no other cooked meal that went passed that I would go back for being a foodie although mine was the worst that we saw however some of the cabinet food which you can see & looked fresh & appetising.. Staff were polite & atmosphere very pleasant Picture posted is of my smoked fish eggs Benedict after I had replaced one egg without success of looking...

I really enjoyed my meal here! Had the mushrooms with cauliflower puree, honeyed hazelnuts, buffalo mozzarella, sourdough with chorizo and also had the kumara rosti with whipped goats cheese, baba ganoush, rocket n prosciutto. Both were incredible and stand out. My favourite was the kumara rosti, I just loved the flavours of that dish I would really also like to try the fitness bowl and the pumpkin pie pancakes. Reason why I didn't give a 5 is because the service is ok, it's almost like the waitress was annoyed that they are as busy as they were. The guy waiter was much friendlier and actually seemed like he wanted to be there so kudos to him. We did however go inside and were ignored for ages by the wait staff before we were acknowledged even the barista seemed annoyed that we kind of looked/approached him seeing he was the closest to us. Hopefully next time it improves otherwise I would have to make it my last...