We had a steak and cheese pie, a steak pie and a piece of walnut slice. The steak and cheese had cheese oozing out of it. Mmmm. Both pies were well received. Pastry was flaky and the gravy rich. The meat chunky and tender. The slice finished off lunch nicely.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 4
Had the big bacon breakfast. It was well presented and tasty. My wife had the Bacon eggs Benedict. Total approval from us both..
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Breakfast
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 4
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 4
This mōrena I stopped by Serenity Café for some kai and kāwhe. It's such a lovely outlook looking out over the Quay.
The place was packed, sounds of a very busy kitchen and the staff were very busy serving and clearing tables. Despite all that, service was excellent, greeted warmly, and informed me of a 30-minute delay in the kitchen (which wasn't as kai arrived in really good time).
Kāwhe was excellent (cappuccino) with a good amount of chocolate on top. Chocolate milkshake divine, made with ice cream, just the best. Kai (eggs Benedict) was scrumptious 😋.
It was a really nice start to my day, roadtripping around Whangārei. If you're in Whangārei, call into Serenity Café, lots do, and for very good reason, great service, kai and kāwhe.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Breakfast
Price per person
$30–40
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Eggs Benedictine
Ordered a long black to go. Got burnt
It was double cupped, to prevent it being too hot to hold... I noticed it was still quite hot. Too hot to drink for sure. That's always infuriating.
After about 10 mins in the car, I could tell it was still very hot. I parked up to carefully crack off the lid, however it was also overfilled so some spilled onto my hand.
This was absolutely the hottest coffee I have ever been served. I instantly flinched from the searing burns of the coffee, and i couldn't even make it back to the cup holder and threw it out the car door which was ajar.
I've never experienced anything like it. I hate to think what would have happened if I dared drink directly from the cup.
Service
Take out
Meal type
Other
Price per person
$1–10
Food: 1
Service: 1
Atmosphere: 1
Purchased a long black and vanilla latte. Latte was good but the long black was so hot my partner split it all over himself in the car and has red burn marks on his stomach. Hopefully this level of temp in the coffee is a once off.
Service
Take out
Meal type
Other
Price per person
$10–20
Over priced for what we got. Spent over $110 for 4 of us. 2 of us had something from the cabinet, the the other 2 had eggs on toast with bacon.
The salt and pepper were put on the side of the plate in paper packets, no shakers.
My iced chocolate was very weak in flavour. The food was not presented nicely, just put onto plates, without any thought of presentation. Very disappointed for the money spent.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$100+
Food: 3
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 3
Hands-down the best tomato soup ever! Made with roasted tomatoes, garlic and coconut cream. Served with very nice ciabatta bread. Good coffee too. The place was quite busy on the morning I was there with a friend.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Brunch
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 3
Came to Whnagarei with my wife, 2 kids and 2 small dogs and we were recommended this cafe -- very friendly staff, great location, amazing food and really reasonably priced - $28 for sirloin dteak, creamy mushrooms, hash browns, toast, 2 eggs and a grilled tomato - wow.. also their steak and cheese pies were insane - my son was in heaven - highly recommend!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Delicious, home made, quality food with great service. I was so surprised in that the 3 surrounding restaurants were almost empty & that I was encouraged by friends to queue for lunch.
There were so many staff to provide quick service & our order was taken so quickly. There was steak & kidney stew, prawn & pineapple seared salad, homemade specialty pies & cakes, & so much more. Great value for money, wholesome goods of good proportions.
Lovely quiet place to have coffee and breakfast in the morning. Went on a saturday morning and it wasn't super busy. Staff were super nice and friendly. I had a bacon big breakfast and subbed out some stuff, along with a large hot chocolate and it costed me about 28 bucks. Portion sizes were nice and big and the food was very good. Would highly recommend for quick (reasonably) inexpensive food and coffee in a lovely chill place. Always come back
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Brunch
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 4
