Columbus Coffee — Restaurant in Waitematā

Disgusting service and appalling behaviour from manager on duty.

First and formost, tables are dirty cups have lip marks and service was atrocious.

Hot drinks came out cold. We ordered a “hot chocolate “ and a cup of tea.

Ordering off the menu, we ordered the tacos and eggs Bennie. Food was cold and I found a long black hair in my food. (I am blonde) when confronting manager about the food she said we were making up stories and that she wouldn’t offer a refund. After this experience I didn’t wanna eat at such a dirty place. I felt very stressed as my son was having surgery in the hospital next door, she made my welcome very unpleasant and I would not recommend anyone with allergies to eat here. 1/10 recommend. Not only did I not want to eat here again, she continued to be very rude to me and told me it was my problem.

I will not be back and I will be letting my friends and family know how horrible the food, service and overall...

Very handy to Auckland Hospital. Clean and tidy. Good outlook on the street.

Yet this is a very noisy café as it has no internal sound proofing. It's very popular but I find all the food lacking real attraction. I can never find anything that I want to eat here.

There's no simple sandwiches, fresh cakes, home made soups and truly comforting foods that would be a much better choice in my opinion. Panini? Too dated for 2018.

Does that mean this café is too upmarket for the broadest range of Hospital visitors?

Do they know that hospital visitors don't want to spend $50.00 for 3 or 4 people?

Have I misread the business plan of this venue? Is it meant for doctors and medical school staff? It seems that this may be whom this business is for.

I really think that this café is a place for medical professionals rather than the general public. If so, OK.

I note all this as the business names Auckland Hospital in its...

For anyone who does not want to get a coffee with any of the coffee places within the hospital and anyone wanting something more substantial for breakfast, people come to Columbus Coffee which is conveniently situated outside the hospital.

It's a good place to work on laptops, considering the multitude of power ports scattered throughout the café and it is mainly an issue of finding a convenient spot and connecting to WiFi. That said, it isn't free and tends to be a tad slow so hotspotting it would usually be a better idea.

A bonus for any Auckland DHB staff - proof of staff ID will give you a bonus discount, whether it is food or coffee related.

I did not order breakfast the day the pictures were taken but I would normally go for the big breakfast - hearty but eggs have a tendency to be overdone (especially when ordered scrambled.) Sunny side up or over easy is probably the...