the sugar bowl cafe

this is the friendliest cafe in town. stopped here for coffee and to grab a quick sandwich to take away. cafe was doing a roaring trade after saturday sport - and taking the business completely in their stride. the baristta in particular is so chilled out and in control. i noticed that the sandwiches were refreshed in the time we were waiting for our coffees to be made - so i like the fact that the food isn't pre-made heaps in advance - the obviously replenish the cabinet as the food sells. considering how busy it was, we didn't have to wait long at all. coffee was fab. i love the take-away cups they use - my coffee was piping hot, but the cup wasn't hot to touch. even though it was busy, still got a park at the door.

food was pretty nice, flat white was good, long black nice again, good mochaccino.
but it could've been better experience if place looked more clean and hygienic.

always impressed here. friendly staff and good service. can get quite busy and some things are quite pricey but the food and coffee is always top notch. would reccomend if you are looking something away from the busy city and the base!

this is my favourite cafe in hamilton. it’s where my friends and i always go for brunch or lunch. i love the selection of the food they have. my go to is usually the burger of the day. i also really like the thai prawn salad. and there duck fat fries are honestly so good. the place is also super quaint and the people are always friendly. defs worth a visit in hamilton! :)

a great local cafe that a work colleague and i frequent every thursday. the food is scrumptious, the staff are friendly and service is excellent. they know we have a fixed lunchtime and look after us accordingly. interesting menu according to season.

great place for a lazy brunch. coffee was made perfectly (none of the burnt or dirty machine taste). the mocha was chocolatey and smooth. they also offer an assortment of milks to meet your dietry requirements which is always a bonus.

we ordered the raging bull open steak sandwich and the eggs benedict with home cured salmon.

the steak was tender and cooked to a pink medium rare. the steak was complemented beautifully with the blue cheese and onion jam. lovely sandwich but we have had better. the chips were crispy and seasoned well though. a+ for the chips!

the eggs benedict was nice but not the best. the eggs were poached to our liking (just cooked enough so that the yolk is still runny). the salmon was the downer. may have just been a bad batch but ours was dry and not that flavourful.

we spent $55.00 on our brunch and coffee so it was on the pricier side. overall a nice place with good coffee. food just needs to be more exciting :-)

we ordered sugar bowl big breakfast and toasted buckwheats granola, i love it’s cheese sausage and bacon 🥓

unfortunately had run out of the zucchini rosti but were accomodating and let us have the cauliflower salad from the cabinet as a substitute- which was delicious.
probably the best poached eggs iv ever had!

loved this cafe. the french toast was beautifully presented and tasted great. the toast was nice and fluffy and cooked to perfection. would definitely recommend this place if you are in hamilton.

food and drinks were excellent, the staff were very accommodating for our large group. great spot for brunch!

went here for sunday brekky. lovely customer service with delish food. ordered a mocha however it was a tad bit cold (i like my coffee extra hot), i was fine with them just warming it up in the microwave but they offered to make me a new one! which was really nice of them. cake was super yummy. highly recommend this nice little spot for weekend brekky/brunch

this is obviously a very popular spot with locals - when we visited it was full and buzzing. parking was easy though in the carpark at the side.

the standout would have to be the epic fluffy - so many marshmallows! miss three was delighted.

our breakfast dishes were very yummy. i had waffles - it was the kind of thing where all the elements described on the menu were there, but was more than the sum of its parts: an indulgent flood of gooey nutella and melted marshmallows, and it would have been too much except that the berry coulis was just tart enough to balance it all.

my only niggle was that the waffles were a bit soft and stodgy - i usually prefer dishes with waffles rather than american-style pancakes since the waffles tend to be a bit crisper. i couldn’t actually eat all the waffles, but since i thought the dish was pretty much a work of art, and i’m truly eager to visit again, i’m giving it five stars.

awesome atmosphere,friendly staff and the best eggs benedict ever! highly recommended, this place is a gem, will go back again to try more off the menu

the food is great and the coffee is perfect. service is very good and fast even when they are busy. will definitely come back
there’s decent parking at the back as well

amazing customer service but have been really slow at serving our food. we have been waiting for our order for over an hour. amazing food but needs to work on serving food faster as customers are waiting and especially in this cold weather it gets annoying .