long beach cafe

went here last night for a birthday celebration and was amazed by the good service and food.
our table had the steak, pork belly and different pizzas - wow - it was great.
my compliments to the chef, staff and owners!!!

this cafe/restaurant has had its ups and downs over the few years we have lived in waikanae. the present owners and chef have done a fantastic job. turning a very ordinary cafe into a first class eating experience. this has been achieved by quality, trained staff, an enthusiastic chef that takes pains to cook and present high quality meals. the menu is quite limited but our party had no problem selecting what they wanted and all were highly complimentary. great ambiance summer and winter. very popular. highly recommended.

i've been to longbeach many times, it's a great spot for lunch in waikanae - i am quite the regular over the summer months. i love the seafood pizza here; they are generous with the toppings, the salmon is fresh, and the prawns are big and juicy - de-lish! their twice-cooked chips are also amazing. i have ventured out a couple of times and once i ordered their seafood chowder, which was also delicious. the food is very good here and they make a mean llb! i love sitting in the sun in the patio area. the staff here are always very busy but they are friendly and attentive. this is a very popular café and i highly recommend it if you are in the area.

always a treat dinning at long beach. never a complaint. food alway fresh and hot and tasty. as always had pizza and chips, which did not disappoint!

love this place and the whole story behind it.  they serve the best coffee - flight - from wellington.  the grow much of their own veg and herbs in the garden at the back of the café.  they make all the baked goods in their own bakery and they brew their own beer in the brewery they set up.  love how these youngish people employ 30 people now between their four businesses.  city quality food at the beach i reckon.  a treat to dine at.

it wasn’t very busy but they still managed to make us wait at least a whole hour to be served. not to bring us what we ordered, but to place our orders. food was actually very good once it finally arrived. and the location was lovely. however the staff weren’t the friendliest.

always my go to after a walk with my friends and our dogs at waikanae beach! fantastic outdoor seating area out back, with the option of heated benches if you are feeling cold!
the best part about this cafe though is their incredible pizzas!! they are honestly... so good! and to top it off, the service is always lovely and there is one waitress who just loves seeing the dogs, so thats always a highlight :) highly recommend.

took a long time to receive drinks, longer to have anyone take our order and even longer to receive our food which arrived cold. other silly annoying thing was none of our toast came buttered so it was dry and bland. just feels like yet another beachy hipster place trying too hard.

nice pleasant corner cafe adjacent to the beach (but no direct view of the beach). great food well prepared and presented. good friendly helpful service. eggs benedict would be a great addition to the brunch menu but that said the eggs i had were excellent. highly recommended we will be back

ok, so sorry for doing this, but i hope that it is constructive and helps the business to improve, i've never, ever left a bad review before, but really, i was so not impressed by our lunch today. firstly, maybe renaming it 'long wait' might be helpful. it wasn't that full, the (over familiar, just be friendly and do your job, that's enough, truly) waitress made some excuse about poached eggs taking a while, at lunchtime...really....a poached egg!!?? we were c;early waiting for the hen to lay the egg....and then my main gripe, oh my god how, just how do you f**** up a pumpkin salad, that was quite an art. pumpkin slimey goop, smeared over a very small pile of spinach leaves, with maybe half a teaspoon of wet fetta bits intermittently smeared between the orange goo and a few stuck together slices of radish with no discernible tasting dressing. really really poor food, and really overpriced, if you want to charge wellington prices and play with the big kids provide value for money at the least. oh and there are cobwebs and dead flies in your ceiling blinds.

this is the place to be in waikanae, for breakfast, lunch or dinner or even just coffee! owned by locals, run by locals, this place feels like the heart and soul of waikanae beach. all the food is great, coffee is great, beer is great!. see this in the app

3 of us popped in for lunch today, our waitress was a little rude (she even told off another waiter right next to us in the middle of the cafe) and we waited a long time for drinks and food even though they weren't that busy. i wouldn't recommend anyone order a chai latte as it just tasted like warm milk. the only redeeming factor was the food was nice, not sure any of us would return here though.

total let down. we booked earlier in the week for fathers day brunch and requested a window, were seated in the centre of the room. the waitress was rude and had a bad attitude! the menu was disapointing and uninspiring and the food itself was only average. i could have made exactly the same thing at home for a fraction of the cost and without the dirty attitude from the blonde waitress. we couldn't get out of there fast enough!! i will not be returning, ever.

yummy dinner here last night. cheese board starter was awesome with the mushroom pate being the standout of the night. staff were hard pressed as only 2 out front with an almost full restaurant. they did an excellent job. being rushed off their feet yet keeping a smile and taking the time to make sure everyone was looked after.

would be great to have any service!! only way to get it after initial service was to go up to counter. wait staff didnt even look to see if glasses empty or food wanted!!