well, after patronising this cafe since it first opened (with varying degrees of enthusiasm), i have now finally decided to take it off my list! whilst waiting in line, i noticed that prices were pretty heavy...$12 for a small mixed salad? and likewise the food in the cabinet.
then, on requesting a tiny pottle of jam to liven up my date scone, i was charged $1.50 more than for the same order last week. when querying this, i was told by the till person it was "for the jam". probably not her decision, but it smacks of a certain type of mean-spiritedness, when cafes are not able to respond generously to a small request such as this. the jam would have cost them nothing in cash, but it has cost them the custom of 4 regular saturday morning walkers, permanently!
thankfully, there are a number of othergoodcafes to choose from, in hamilton east.