Two of us were here on a Sunday over the lunch period. We were just wanting a snack and coffee. We shared a delicious savory muffin and a date scone - loads of dates. The cabinet food looked amazing and very very reasonable. The staff are very friendly and very efficient. Would thoroughly recommend.
Our group recently dined at Cafe Kaizen in the Pataka building. Excellent selection of food. Very good prices. Lovely atmosphere. Friendly and efficient staff. Place is very popular and best to reserve a table during peak lunchtime hours. My go to place for awesome toasted sandwiches.
Mean feeds! Had a breakfast burger, was one of the biggest and messiest burgers Ive had in a long time! But very nice and really good coffee too, and partner enjoyed her Blat sammie. Really good cafe choice in porirua!
I had the breakfast burger and it's been on my mind ever since. It was tasty and filling and I didn't feel sick after eating it. There is plenty of cabinet options, especially sweets. We choose the rhubarb shortcake every time. It's also great to see Reo Māori signage on the menu ❤️
Beautiful Plum n Apple Shortcake
Great savoury n sweet cabinets.Alot of variety
Customer service top notch
Coffee good
Lovely to look into the Chinese Garden
Best to make sure no pips (August 2023)
Food looked amazing - try the chocolate cake for an amazing treat. Felt the coffee sizes were not good value. Regular seemed like a small to me. Food makes up for the small coffee.
Friendly cheerful environment to eat in. The staff make you feel very welcome and do not rush you. The food is 2nd to none. Music always playing but not intrusive. We do compare other cafes to Kaizen and they fall short. Keep that good food coming.
Second time here for Sunday lunch. We intend to come back often. Great food, service and reasonable prices.
A busy cafe sharing space with the library and art gallery. Unfortunately the adjoining zen garden is closed off, but visible through big windows.
The cafe fare is inventive (Cauliflower Cake, etc) and servings were reasonable, but the food lacked seasoning and there were limited trimmings or sauce,
It was hard to decide what to eat with a big menu and wide range of cabinet food. I had the Chicken Turkish pide toasted and shared wedges with the partner. Pide was great value for money.
Typical nz cafe with a good range of cabinet food and board menu but this is special because they have excellent staff good coffee and the tables are next to an authentic Japanese garden and the pretty special nothing fuddy duddy about it Pataka museum. Three hours slid easily by today.
What a lovely little Cafe. The food is wonderful. Just a couple of things annoyed me. 1st, the dress code is not nice at all. Very untidy. 2nd is we watched the person cleaning the tables. Firstly he wiped the table then the chairs, without changing cloths he went onto the next table. Not very clea
Will be my Breakfast hangout now compliment to the Chef & all the Beautiful Staff top notch service Hallelujah Praise the Lord
This cake has to be seen in the flesh to believe the size. It's not as heavy or dense as it looks and it was delish warmed up with cream. 10/10 would cake and coffee again
What an incredible experience. First time eating here. Overall the food was delicious. Serving time was fast. The prices very reasonable and the portion sizes were more generous that most cafes. I can't speak highly enough of the staff. There was a delay between my food and my mums so we got a free
Very busy eatery which is always a good sign. Caramel slice and hot choc were good. Would eat in again.
Good ambience, variety in the menu, great coffee and even better service.
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