Sunday Cantina — Restaurant in Wellington

Really wanted to like this place, as it is bright, colourful, and inviting in its decor. The staff were very friendly. However, the vegan option for breakfast was genuinely terrible. My partner and I couldn't eat it as it was so bad. We ordered the Veggie Breakfast, which was supposed to be ciabatta with avocado, mushrooms, kale, dukka tofu, and veggie chilli. We got one slice of poor quality bread, avocado puree that must have come from a pouch (i.e. not fresh). Five tiny squares of tofu with flavourless coating, lukewarm mushrooms...and veggie dahl curry, not chilli. Our waiter had mentioned "sometimes it's dahl, not chilli". However, it all tasted wrong together, and meant that we ate what we could out of politeness and left. Just not for us, I guess. We were disappointed and expected much more for the price ($27 for each plate of food main). It was also incredibly noisy, with bad accoustics. The echo was bad and we couldn't hear ourselves talk at our small table for 3, despite not being close to the larger tables. The drinks were nice and the staff were friendly, so perhaps we got the chef on a bad day. Sadly, we won't be risking...

Today i called into Sunday Catina at 2.40pm - knowing they closed at 3.30pm i knew my choices would be limited.

On arrival i asked if there were any salads available and was told 'the kitchen is closed love' i said is it just whats in the cabinet 'yes love' and then immediately told 'oh and the coffee machine is off too love' I said no probs and was about to buy a scone and asked 'do you have paywave?' (as i only had my phone) and was told 'nope' - so i left.

I walked across the road to the competition and brought something to eat.

Times are tough and as a business owner myself i know people are watching their spending so service is a must. And with friendly competition across the road happy to take my money, keeping customers is key, im sure.

I didn't appreciate being called 'love' severals times and felt like i interrupted 2 staff memebers at the counter chatting.

If your business hours are open till 3.30pm on a Monday and you serve coffee and food then you should still serve food and coffee not decide at 2.40pm to partly close.

Wasn't expecting a meal cooked but wasnt expecting to be a...

Super food but haven't been anywhere before where they tell you there will be a wait and it's a wait to place your order. However after 20 mins we placed our order and it came relatively quickly and was delicious . Coffee not the best slightly burnt but not bad. The staff were friendly but completely bewildered it seemed at times. The worst part was the noise level. A large table of parents and young children right next to us was unbearable and at times reached industrial heights. I really dont think it's fair to expect patrons to suffer this. There were areas that would have been better placed for them to have their table and then everyone could have enjoyed their food. We did ask to move and got a table a little further away. This was a mistake as it then threw paying into confusion. This would be so simple if the order was linked to a number given at the time of ordering rather than to the table. You could take the number with you if you have to move. An absolutely exhausting couple of hours. Sadly won't be back which is a pity as the food...