Lovely food, great coffee and friendly atmosphere. I’m a regular visitor and love the savoury scones. But the pies are great too. Very hard to find a local cafe with such great food and variety.
All the food at Browns is generally nice, and the smoothies and coffee are great. The staff are friendly and I would highly recommend trying the gluten free brownie.
5/5. Self proclaimed eggs bene connoisseur here, and the eggs benedict here, is absolutely delightful.
Eggs are always perfectly runny and everything else is simply spot on!!! At $16.50 in Auckland.... tell me that's not great!!! Coffee is nice and strong... just what you need first thing in the morning. Get yourselves here... it's a must!!!
Nice place to seat, have a coffee and some snack. Price is reasonable and coffee is OK. They also have a lot of options of sweets and savouries that worth a try.
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This is a small cafe by todays standards maybe with 8 or 9 tables including outdoor seats. Roots are in delicatessen sales rather than the bakery trade and gourmet retail but there is a boutique level of cafe savouries, sweets and bread based foods. usual coffees and high end bottled juices. Having just been to a more midrange specialty baker at Ed's thought another comparison was in order on the gourmet pies. Browns use to sell the mini sized gourmet pies which never took my fancy unless a snack was needed. However now they stock some good sounding full sized pies for lunch. I had the portobello mushroom steak with red wine. Excellent eating what struck me was the good filling it was solid and not just gravy. Large tender beef pieces and great pastry with a sesame coating. This was a outstanding pie but it came at a price. At $5.90 it would be at the high end for gourmet pies. Not a complaint as its quality deserves the premium and its valued. Compared to say 3 $2 Big Ben pies from a dairy I'd suggest you'd feel similarly full and not have indigestion from the fat you'd consumed. Can't wait to find a reason to try another pie. Update from this weekend tried the corned beef salad roll and this was fulling and taste great with clearly fresh sharp flavours and super textured herb bread roll. 10/10
Very good and family friendly! We took this cafe over our "default spot" and didn't regret it. The food was delicious and the coffee was outstanding. Overall the everything seems to be very clean and the staff was also very friendly! Well worth a visit!
So very impressed with this cafe. The food looks beautiful in the cabinet and the homemade pies are very yummy. The prices are extremely reasonable too for the quality. Coffee is very good too, would highly recommend!
I have been to Brown's Cafe twice now and enjoyed the experience on both occasions. The decor is simple, modern and clean, with a nice 'neighbourhood' feel. The board menu isn't extensive, but has everything you'd want from a local eatery. There's also an opportunity to select something from their cabinets, which includes delicious looking pies. I think the best way to sum up Brown's Cafe is that it serves great coffee, has pleasant surroundings, uses superb fresh ingredients, and does the simple things really well.
The new owners are so friendly and keep making improvements to the decor.
Fantastic coffee!
The breakfast menu is not large but covers all the usual, with good quality ingredients.
I'm not usually a pie fan, but the homemade ones here might convert me.
Really great and fresh chicken and avocado sandwich for Sunday lunch. They have a good selection of cabinet food and menu items and seating areas inside and out. Coffee was good but not great (I would have it again, but wouldn’t go out of my way for it). A solid 4/5 stars, and I’ll probably stop in for that sandwich again. 👍
Stopped in for a quick bite on the way to St Heliers. Handy sunny location. A good range of cabinet food and I enjoyed the orange friande with a hot chocolate. Attentive owner and nice to see his apologetic reply to another reviewer.
No pets allowed
Street parking
No toilets
Nice casual type cafe what I first noticed seating on the outside with covers protecting from the weather elements.
Seating also inside .
Nice for couples or small group
Birds hanging around 🐦 outside
I ordered the browns omelette 😋 $19.50
Delicious
and also we had the browns big grill $23.00 😋
and the usual decaf-mocha
Very happy with meals .
Service was good and all in all will stop by again
Great cafe to drop by for a quick bite or coffee. They don't have a lot of kitchen menu, but shelf products are sold at a very reasonable price and tasted great as well. Service is also very efficient.
Came in for food late on the 31st 2022 staff were great. The cabnet food was obviously lovingly prepaid. Coffee was great. My wife's a chef and has owned a couple restaurants so we know the right staff and great in store foods, a winning combination. I highly recommend these guys
Would've given this place 5 stars. We've been coming here for years although got let down today buying a pie that got dropped so all the contents is no longer inside when going for a bite. Still taste great none the less.
So good to sit in the sunshine and enjoy a almond milk flat white while munching on a delicious omelette.
Great cabinet food. Prompt and polite service and the perfect spot for 'after sport' fare on a busy Saturday. Nice to be able to sit outside in the sun.
Excellent coffee, service, and apple strudel
Great customer service. Cheerfully prepared a couple of bagels with cream cheese (not on the regular menu) to take away along with really good coffees. 👍👍
Good coffee, staff are always pleasant
Really lovely breakfast with a friend, delicious food and coffee. Staff very friendly
Great coffee, friendly service and melting moments to die for
Whenever we stop by we get an iced coffee and a banana smoothie. The iced coffees are really nice, awesome flavour, and the banana smoothies taste really cool and fresh with quite a nice banana flavour.
A great local cafe, only con would be the prices on the higher side.
Amazing coffee. Always consistent. Their pies should win an award. Very tasty and always fresh. Nice to have fresh delicious salads. Food is just awesome. Lovely staff. Will keep coming back.
I would recommend this cafe for coffee and their sweet treats. My partner loves the gluten free brownies and everything else in the treats cabinet looks amazing.
We went there today for lunch. I had a teriyaki chicken sandwich which had nice flavours and my partner had an omelette with onion tomato and cheese. He did not like it at all. The chunks of onion and tomato were way too big and the omelette had a runny texture.
We will definitely return for the delicious coffee but probably not to order from the lunch menu
Good coffee, great snacks and friendly staff.
Reasonably priced and a good assortment of fresh food. Coffees were nice as well. This place looked busy ... a good sign of an eatery locally recommended.
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