the bower & urban corner cafe

quirky décor, friendly and attentive service, along with beautifully presented, deliciousfoodat reasonable prices. a real bonus was the early opening at 7am for breakfast, comprising perfectly cooked scrambled eggs with crispy bacon. encouraged by this experience, a second visit to the bower involved a smoky burger and hazelnut semifredo from the evening menu, both tasting as great as they looked. it's good to have a cafe of this calibre in the neighbourhood - a drop-in spot for coffee and tasty cabinet fare (i spied an afghan that would feed a family of four!), or to share a pizza or a platter of freshly baked in-house bread with dips. while the only niggle is the invasive soundtrack (lower the volume or change the selection please), an oasis it is, and well worth a drive eastside down new brighton road.

thefoodat this place is amazing so good to have a nice local place that is not only a cafe but a bar and restaurant as well!!

from what i have experienced thefoodis up and down,three passable and three substandard experiences so far.
the bar managers are good,but the female bar staff need to be more affable. they always look and act grumpy from what i have seen,it puts a real damper on things.
they have the odd good band on, but not a great choice of drinks.
another bar with a no show owner/publican/license holder,well i have never seen them anyway.

a 10 out of 10 went for tea staff wore amazing really friendlyfoodwas amazing will definitely be back was a cold night so couldn't go out side with kids to play but they had toys inside for kids amazing family place

awesome place to come with kids! don't know about thefoodyet, but a great play area and the coffees were good and served  promptly. a wonderful place for a family lunch. they had a very appealing $20 lunch menu.foodwasn't labelled gf but they could do several of the meals gf on request. one drawback was the total absence of gf cabinet food, though. cool decor and friendly staff :)

lovelyfoodpresented well. only thing i could fault was wobbly table. it was a nice meal nice people. i had the entree and a side . partner had pork belly looked good and tasted nice. would love to go again and would recommend it to anyone.

an oasis in the eastern suburbs of christchurch.
we went to the bower while visiting relatives nearby and were pleasantly surprised by our meal. the presentation of thefoodwas excellent and the service was great. prices were probably about the norm. our main & breads were delivered promptly although there was a delay in getting our desserts. the décor and layout of the bower is interesting and as it has not been open long it is very clean & tidy - not bad considering it is made up of containers. it also has a bar & cafe.