nectar cafe & restaurant

service far too slow, coffeeniceonce i got it but who has 25mins to wait for a coffee when they are not busy at all!!! bagel was o.k but again sooooo slow! this has been the case every time.

we came here because their website said: "winner of best cafe of the year 5 times in northland fresh local, organic produce. vegetarian, gluten free, wholefoods, dairy free..." it was rather disappointing for this claim. while the setting isniceenough and the music decent, the food was extremely underwhelming. the smoothies were super thin, i.e. a milk shake not a smoothie. a number of ingredients were not available and they didn't tell us. there was definitely no walnut in the smoothie i got even though it was stated on the ingredient list. the corn fritters were pretty average, and the chips had a coating of some commercial spice mix but again that has nothing to do with wholefood cuisine. the impression i got was that the cafe was bought up by indians who are not quite sure what they are doing.

nice location, the further out the back you go the cooler it becomes. they make anicehot chocolate.

nectar is by far the best coffee shop i have been to in whangarei. the food is of good quality and well presented. you also have generous portions which leaves a customer going away satisfied. a good ambiance andniceand clean. if any criticism i would say it would beniceif you were open longer. it would be anicespot to go to after work for coffee and cake! keep up the good work!

very much café style food. have been before for brunch and it was good. not impressed with it for dinner. we went to nectar on a saturday night and were promptly greeted by a woman who asked us to sit while she got a table ready. at the table we were delivered water and had our drinks order taken. a couple of us had trouble deciding on the mains (mainly because we’d been too busy talking and hadn’t picked up menus). we should probably have asked the waitress to come back as it was a bit of a rushed decision. although she was polite she just stood there and waited for us to order rather than asking us if we needed more time.
the 4 of us got different dishes from the menu. all the options are fairly light café style food. lots of salads and the mains come with new potatoes and a small salad. my fish of the day (salmon) was slightly undercooked. there should be some partly cooked fish but some of it was raw in the middle. potatoes and salad were okay. someone else at the table ordered the chicken and didn’t rate it highly. the others ordered steak and a light dish. they both liked their food a lot. the waitress didn’t return while we were eating to ask us how our meals were.

2 of us ordered the chocolate brownies for dessert and they were excellent. perfect texture and aniceaccompaniment with the mint ice cream. it was only 3 small pieces so it’s not a dessert you could share but it was one of the best brownies i’ve had. yummy!

went for a work lunch and it was great, had the best fritters i have had in ages. reallynicewine also. the wait was fine not long at all. was really surprised to see how fast it all came out. carrot cake was sooo good as well. had a really enjoyable time.keep it up!!