My partner and I come here every few weeks and we just love it. I reckon they have the best iced chocolates in Wellington, everything is in proportion. I also really like the cheese and bacon wedges and they always do good eggs. It’s a great, dependable cafe with very reasonable prices and we always enjoy our meal here.
They have fantastic pies, a good selection of brunch food on their menu and a vast array of sweet treats, which are delicious. They do doughnuts on the weekend which always look great and their lamingtons are amazing - the size of your face! I would always recommend Blue Belle’s as a solid brunch option. :)
After a frustrating visit to the hospital with my 91 year old Mum I decided to take her to Island Bay for lunch. I spent my first 22 years in the Bay. We found a park right outside the café. I had the Chicken Satay Salad and would highly recommend it. Mum had the lasagne and ate the lot. Very pleasant staff and prompt service. I will definitely be back.
Eggs bene is the best in Wellington especially with Potato rosti. Rosti stack is just as good. Lots of good food options on menu and in cabinets. Pies are always great and they do flight coffee. Busy times it's hard to find a table but the food is work waiting it out.
I ordered takeaway breakfast over the phone
It was hard to hear as I was walking my dog
I got there within 15 minutes of the phone call and there was a bit of a mix up as they thought I was having my breakfast there
The kind lady with the accent sorted everything out and the breakfast, hot drinks and the berry smoothie were divine
Even though they were busy they still provided top service
Helena Loau
Very friendly staff, wonderful food and coffee for a very good price! Would highly recommend to all, one of my top favourites if not my favourite cafe!!
I think blue bell is One of best cafe in wellington. Food is very good and staff is very friendly. I always enjoyed there. I go every weekends.
This is one of our local cafés in Island Bay and my review is an assemblage of multiple visits. The deli style cafe serves Tex-Mex fare, home-made pies and the usual selection of cakes and baked treats. Service can be patchy at busy times but is invariably friendly. Seating outside provides a cooling breeze and access to Island Bay village. A solid performer without being truly memorable.
Blue Belle is our favourite cafe in Island Bay! We dine there often, and the food and service is always good! They make their own pies in a variety of delicious flavours and the cooked breakfasts are amazing. The coffee is always good too! I love the vibe of Blue Belle, its relaxed yet classy, and always bustling which goes to show how popular it is! Keep up the good work guys!
Quit cosy and comfortable vibe especially on a rainy day.Friendly service thank you. The quality of the pies they were turning out was just amazing! Love all sort of different pies they make!It's definitely worth a try.Now I am a frequent consumer. Spinach and chicken.It's just meat vege and juice no rubbish thing put in in order to fill it up!
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A reasonable decent cafe with mexican overtones, slightly maritime and lined with coffee sacks. Clean with good furnishings.
Three cabinets of good looking cakes, slices, pies etc. pies baked on the premises and enormous cream filled chocolate and raspberry lamingtons.
Blackboard mexicana - burrito, quesadilla, huevos rancheros.
On this day I simply asked for a cup of tea. I sensed a slightly cold reception at the thought this might be the only thing I ordered, and I wasn't inclined to go further. I specifically went back the following day for a beef and speights pie and coffee.
The tea was t-leaf loose leaf tea, prepared in a Japanese iron pot. A good ratio of tea to water, a cold thick walled cup, wasn't asked about milk. It poured a good colour, had good body, pleasant astringency, good flavour but rapidly became tepid from the cold cup. I gave it 16/30, well behind the likes of Milk Crate (24/30) and on par with floyd's which is just a few doors away from the blue belle.
The blue green tea cups looked filthy, I'm sure they were biologically clean but they looked disgusting - many years of use perhaps. Time for new ones I think.
Coffee is flight, bomber and belle - well made and good coffee.
The takeaway speights pie was superb, rich, moist, great taste and good pastry.
I appreciate that the profit on a single cup of tea isn't large but sometimes it will come to you eventually - just be patient and pleasant.
An Island Bay gem known as the go-to coffee cafe. Have lived in Island Bay myself for the past year and have yet to have a bad experience from breakfast, brunch or catch ups.
This is one of my lunch time favourites. Staffs are friendly. Coffee is always delicious. The food is good value for what your passing. I can recommend the thai green curry vegetable pie, its one of my favourites. And they are dog, and children friendly
Dropped in with friends on a Friday at lunchtime. There was a good range of food available, and the prices were reasonable. The roasted vege & feta panini was very tasty and the coffee was excellent. Service was quick & staff were polite. Despite being busy, the tables were cleared quickly. Toilets were clean. Overall, it was a really great lunch experience, and I would definitely go again.
I've heard a lot about this place so i decided to visit and try the food my self, The staff was so friendly and the Pies were so Yum and the coffee was one of the best i ever had, sure will be back next week and I will recommend this place to my friends, keep the good work blue belle
The pies are amazing and reasonably priced with a good variety of fillings. The only issue with this place is that it takes forever to place your order when it’s busy. The person taking orders is the same person processing payments, and with so many screaming kids at your ankles it can feel like you've been waiting in line for an eternity. Everyone I've spoken to has commented that the ordering process at Blue Belle needs to be smoothed out. I think they should start by hiring two people to stand at the checkout; one taking orders and another sorting out payments. Other than that, it's a lovely little cafe with good food and nice staff, it's an asset to the Bay.
Best Paninis I have ever had. They actually have fillings in them and good quality fillings. Great pies great everything!
Good food, good place to be on a cold Wellington Winter's day. Kid-friendly menu and the Snickers pie was absolutely divine. Am definitely heading back there the next time I go to the movies in Island Bay.
Good coffee great pies and good place for kids. I love the millionaire brownies they have, best brownie ever. I'm taking of one star because I went there the other day and ordered two millionaire brownies takeaway, instead I was given two plain brownies. I did not realise this till I got to my destination and I went back to get them replaced with what I paid for. They did so with no hassles but it was still an inconvenience in regards to petrol use age. Other than that its a great place and I will be back plus I have been recommending it to friends
Hi, this is by far my favourite cafe. Have visited on numerous occasions and have tried different menu items, can't wait to try the pizza! The food is delicious, best pies ever and the service is outstanding.
Good coffee and great home made pies.
Visited last week and will go back again ! The pizza was yummy from the base up. Liked the coffee too as it wasn't bitter and came hot.
Like the choice of gluten/dairy free options.
This is the best place I've ever eaten at. The food was fantastic. The service efficient, polite and helpful (with smiles). The cost was the icing on my day out with my family. Between us, we had a variety of foods and drinks. Children are well catered for. Even the tea cups are heated. We will definitely be coming again in future visits to the capital.
Absolutely love this place. Have been 3 times in the last couple of weeks. Delicious mango smoothies (highly recommend) and their cabinet food is reasonably priced and scrummy :) Staff are awesome too really friendly
Just nailed a F69 pizza, fantastic pizza, great service and "I'll be back"
This place makes great mince and cheese pies, delicious coffee and has a great atmosphere. I'm keen to go back to try the pizzas!
Great pizza try the mount vic chick all of the ingredients are fresh and blue belle has good pricing for what you get especially big breather. The staff are nice and it is much better than the cafes that used to be there.
Brunch is a must - especially the salmon eggs Benedict!
Gluten free brownie was superbly amazing. Service both times was fantastic so I'll be back!
I visited the Blue Belle over the weekend, after hearing so much about it.
Absolutely love the menu and the coffee must be some of the best I've tasted in Wellington!
Very friendly and helpful staff, you can see there is passion at Blue Belle. Especially the charming South African guy made me feel right at home with his professional and warm nature!
Would highly recommend.
The Blue Belle had come very highly recommended by somebody who is close to me. And as a self proclaimed pie connoisseur, I booked in a lunch visit.
A lovely little Cafe in the heart of the Island Bay shopping center. Lots of friendly staff, and best of all, incredible food. I ordered the steak and cheese pie and the wife a Bacon and Egg, as per usual! The highlight of the pie is the pastry. Light and flakey, moist and delicious. And then we have the pie filling, the freshest produce and a perfect balance of flavors. We also had 2 flat whites and this was very good and the perfect addition to a cold day. Pop on down for a pie, it'll change your day.
I love this cafe. I've only been twice but I can confidently say it's my favorite and I'll be going out of my way to go much more. Lovely staff, amazing cabinet and kitchen food. I love the decorations inside as well. If I could splash out, I'd purchase all of the amazing wellington landscape oil paintings they have for sale. It's equally upmarket as it feels cozy and small town.
Awesome little cafe with really good food. Indoor and outdoor seating areas to relax and enjoy a chat over a drink. Friendly staff with a good selection of food and drinks
Four of us all had very tasty lunches and good coffee. Staff very pleasant and friendly.
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I've been going to Blue Belle Cafe in Island Bay for years. They're famous for their pies, and for good reason. This time, however, I'd just been to the doctor who ordered me to lower my cholesterol - so I ordered avery yummy looking smoked salmon salad instead. I asked for large, which they measure by the size of their takeaway containers. When it arrived, it looked pretty darn small - did I ask for the small size by mistake? It's kinda hard to get the staff's attention in there when it's busy, so I queued up again, and no - I did ask for a large. I'm impressed with the way staff dealt with this. The young female staff member instantly apologised, before even seeing my salad, and then came over to have a look at it. Without hesitation, she said she would put more in it, and returned promptly with a much improved "large" salad. I got the impression they freely spoon the salad into the dish; maybe they could try aiming for more accurate portion sizes by measuring it in future, using the applicable takeaway container? Anyway, thank you Blue Belle Cafe for clearly prioritising my expectations above whatever the "correct" portion size was, as this exchange could have gone oh so wrong. Meanwhile my partner, whom I'd taken to the doctor with me specifically to hear the messages about cholesterol and heart disease, was very happy with his pie, sausage roll and iced coffee topped with marshmallows and cream....
Beef bacon n cheese pie- good!
Thai ginger sausage roll- Yum
Custard slice,yum- more sweet than usual with a layer of jam in it too
Good coffee. Quick service. Nice staff.
Old school cafe atmosphere
Great pies. Would recommend Steak and Speights. The pies filling and pastry, amazing
Hannah-Bradee Phillips
+5
I come here now and then for coffee and snacks, but this morning I had Holly's eggs, which was pretty much eggs Benedict. I had the smoked salmon option with the potato rosties. This was so yummy!
Service was so good, very friendly and chatty, which made a great start to the day with positive vibes.
Lovely coffee shop with delicious-looking pies & pastry. Friendly & fast service from all the staff there.
Lovely service at the Blue Belle Cafe, and the food is delicious.
They make a really good cappuccino with cinnamon sprinkles.
A must for anyone visiting Island Bay.
Highly recommended.
Great little cafe in the heart of Island Bay. I am return customer based on their lamingtons!
This place has the best homemade pies. We had the mince & cheese, steak and Speights, both were very tasty. Great coffee too with very friendly staff. Well worth a visit
Stopped in for a quick lunch. My husband had a pie that had just been cooked. I ordered a toasted sandwich and herbal tea. The pie arrived very promptly as did the beverages. I finally went up to the counter as my husband had finished his pie and the toasted sandwich was nowhere to be seen. I was just about to get up again and this time leave when my sandwich arrived. The quality of the sandwich was excellent however could not say the same about the level of service. Please if you are busy just let the customer know, we are understanding.
Best pies EVER. Honestly. Great relaxing pie lunch at a sidewalk table (although it's just island bay shops!).
3 of us popped in on Sunday for brunch & had a Vegetarian breakfast, 2 Belle Burgers & coffee. Food was fantastic and service was fab 😋
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