milk & honey restaurant

great location and relaxed atmosphere... as well as good coffee! we ordered food from the pizza/dumplings place next door and it was great. even the gluten free pizza base was delicious. highly recommend the shar sui chicken dumplings.

we love this place! - have had dinner at m & h a number of times; - with friends, - with our young children, - and romantic table for 2, - service is always 10 out of 10 - they read the situation and deliver impeccably - the wine list is so varied and interesting - the food always really impresses us - the lamb shoulder is always a hit - keep it up!

i have been here for breakfast twice, a few months apart, both times i was disappointed. the menu sounds nice but the food was tasteless. this time i had bruschetta with feta, avocado and tomato salsa. sounds nice but was a third raw red onion which dominated everything, it needed seasoning, there was no dressing or anything to give some flavour. they didn't have children's portions so the breakfasts were far to big for kids and my children complained the pancakes were stodgy and too sweet. beautiful setting, great building but consistently poor food. will not be back.

good fresh food and reasonable prices. it always take too long to get a drink! staff are friendly and professional. the wine list is good. the location is also very good. i go back often.

we first went to the counter to order where we were advised it’s table service, but we still needed to go inside to ask when someone would serve us about 20 minutes later. we then waited 45 minutes for the food to come and another 10 minutes for coffee and juices to come out. no warning from staff on the wait. not sure how it took an hour for juice to come out. staff were all standing around and many tables went unnoticed and ignored. we had the cooked breakfast and mushrooms on toast, food was nice but didn’t make up for the horrendous service. we managed to find glasses and serve ourself water during the wait, after being told by staff there was no glasses to offer us water. soap dispenser in bathroom broken. an absolute shambles.

sat there for 30 minutes after asking for menus twice, never got brought out menus, never not served at all, not even for drinks. ending up leaving and going next door. got served straight away. terrible service

we stumbled across this absolute gem. all the food was delicious. we had spicy fried chicken, amaxing curly fries, raw fish and sliders. everything was full of flavour and beautifully presented. lovely staff and decor. strongly recommend.

really yummy vegetarian flatbread!! great flavours and generous with the number of fillings. real cool space, although the bathrooms could’ve done with a better clean!

milk and honey is a great all day eatery with a lovely selection of breakfast, lunch and dinner! i've been twice for their dinner which has a great selection of classic kiwi affair (i've had the steak and market fish) with an asian twist. fried chicken and pork dumplings were on the menu and they were actually cooked super well! the dishes were full of flavour and great in portion size. the ambience was also lovely and overall it's a great casual dining venue. :)

we tried milk & honey twice in one day. we started with breakfast - streaky bacon and poached eggs (above average) and long macchiatos (good).

we went back for dinner - pork dumplings (good but not stunning), anchovy and chilli pizza (basically cheese top flat bread - it was okay) and guacamole (avoid at all cost - very little avocado but lots of beans and other weird ingredients)!

we finished with the salted fudge with xo sherry (fantastic) and lemon sorbet (also fantastic).

service was okay and the wine list is extensive but slightly on the high side for some of the more exotic wines.

not a great experience for us i'm afraid. sunday 27 aug and those on either had very little knowledge or experience in their jobs or were not all that bothered. we (just my friend and i) went in, not too sure if we should wait to be seated or go for it, no one approached us so we asked what the deal was. they said to take a seat outside and they'd bring menus, but after quite a wait no one came. went back inside, decided whatever was in the cabinet was probably going to be a safer option but even that seemed a bit difficult to manage and also involved a long wait (seriously, just hand the piece of cake to me when i pay for it, its much more efficient than forgetting and having to make 2 trips to me outside). i ditched the need for coffee as i really didn't trust them to actually deliver on it. last time i visited milk and honey was way back in 2009 or 2010 and i remember it was an odd experience then too. won't give it a 3rd time lucky try. i know it's not a big city but surely napier can do better than this?

great service, food was cooked to perfection. especially recommend the venison - beautiful smokey flavour. good wine matching advice for each course. cosy low key eatery

was looking for somewhere to have my saturday morning coffee. thought i would stop in at milk and honey. the placed was packed. i finally found a free table and savored the great coffee over the morning paper. i have been before and know the food is top notch. a full house shows its popularity. would recommend.

a nice cafe with innovative menu ideas. we sat outside which was very pleasant, inside looked quite crowded, there were a large number of tables in a small space.
staff were very good, and knowledgeable about the food and drink.
impressive drinks menu with the excellent idea of providing 'light' cocktail which had lower alcohol and were also cheaper (even though the standard cocktails are very well priced)
the food was tasty and well presented. there was cabinet food if you just wanted a cake and coffee. the coffee was excellent.

good takeaway coffee and really lovely staff :)
great positioning by the beach in lovely little ahuriri. popular with the locals. have yet to visit the second cafe, but i'm sure it'll be just as nice.