milk & honey restaurant

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 gobackoften.

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

we wentbackfor 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. wentbackinside, 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 waybackin 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?

i travel to napier for business on a regular basis. milk and honey was recommended for dinner. i did dine there and the food was great, however the service was below average. i ordered desert and wine to go with it. desert was served and i was asked if i was waiting for anything else. i did remind the waitress that i had ordered desert wine. this never arrived!when paying the bill i told the person serving me that the desert wine was not served. the person couldn't take it off the bill so had to wait for the another person to come and sort this out.
i won't be rushingbackor taking business clients there.

we were in napier for a long weekend last weekend and stumbled on this great little cafe. we camebackevery morning for breakfast and cannot fault it. i for one don't mind paying a bit more for quality but found their prices no more than i would pay in auckland. great food - beautifully presented, and great coffee. service from all the staff was professional, sharp and hugely friendly. no wonder the cafe was full each morning! first rate.

beautiful setting - had signature dish lamb pasta which was ok. it was a braised lamb dish set on asian noodles which had not cooked properly...not bad enough to sendbackbut not that great either. service was great and other diners seemed to enjoy their meals thoroughly.