kaiaroha vegan deli and eatery

unfortunately has been a disappointment. i have been longing to visit kaiaroha for a very very long time. i used to buy their cheese and goodies at the parnell markets. sadly it took me so long to visit theircafeand what a let down it was, may be my expectations were too high.

the service was very poor. the lady at the counter and the customer before me were just chatting away non stop with no consideration for the people waiting after. my frustrations started to build as i was just about to walk away listening to these two chat away, the lady in the counter considerably asked for another staff to help.

the other staff did not know how much their cabinet food cost. there were no labels on some and she couldn’t try and get the info from the till tablet. i just wasted so much time just standing to be served it wasn’t funny. i got some cabinet food and sweets to go and unfortunately neither of them were tasty. it’s not about the money it just wasn’t a lovely meal. if you look at the range in the cabinet, you can see so so much effort has gone into making them but unfortunately the taste factor just wasn’t there. sadly don’t have a reason to visit again but do feel like i should go and have a done in proper meal to accurately review

food should have been good but was served cold, and forgot coffee. worse - waitress asked to borrow my daughter's knife while she was eating to get the sauce out of the jar - when trying to make up for the fact she'd forgotten to put it on the plate originally.

we noted another customer complained as well about a meal left on the counter, and then served to him when it was cold.

so sad to see what should be a goodcafelet itself down so badly. sadly we won't be going back.

came for brunch on a saturday morning. i had the kumara waffles which were a treat to be able to have gluten free waffles and really delicious. my friend had the toasted cheese sandwich and was a little disappointed that the bottom of her sandwich was a little burnt. the food also took a while to come out considering thecafewasn’t busy but overall a nice experience.

went here and had amazing vegan deli/cafe style food for breakfast. reasonably priced and you can tell it's homemade and not mass brought off premises like some other cafes these days. i liked how thecafebuilding has a massive glass wall out to the street, reminds me of a melbournecafeor something. friendly staff too. definitely go and check this place out if you haven't already.

just visited the new parnell site. amazing food, good portions & reasonable pricing. ordered one mexican special; spinach & cashew cheese quiche; a sausage roll; & two coconut milk hot chocolates.

the food was beyond our expectations. before i became a plant-based food enthusiast, i didn’t like quiches. the one i had today was super tasty, like an intriguing mix of feta & egg. even though none of these ingredients were in the dish. also sampled a small piece of the delicious deli ‘meat’.

overall great experience & unpretentious staff. paid $38 for food & drinks. plus shared the three dishes between the two of us - was quite filling. i would recommend making the space ‘warmer/inviting’ with extra deco. but to be fair,cafeis pretty new, so probably still nutting out such details