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Cafe Botannix Takapuna

Cafe

👍👍 Best breakfast on the shore, very clean and tidy. Highly recommend. Toilet available People often mention pork, coffee, salmon,


Address

154 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, Auckland 0622, New Zealand

Website

www.palmers.co.nz

Contact

+64 9 218 5757

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (102 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: 7:30 am to 3 pm
  • Monday: 6:30 am to 3 pm
  • Tuesday: 6:30 am to 3 pm
  • Wednesday: 6:30 am to 3 pm
  • Thursday: 6:30 am to 3 pm
  • Friday: 6:30 am to 3 pm
  • Saturday: 6:30 am to 3 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: pork (7) coffee (6) salmon (6)
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  • 5/5 Kapeli �. 2 years ago on Google
    Best breakfast on the shore, very clean and tidy. Highly recommend. Toilet available
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Katrina M. 11 months ago on Google
    Food arrived promptly so did the coffee A little heavy-handed on the salt Good portion size Nicely presented This cafe has a lovely indoor outdoor flow
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Christina Ellison - S. 9 months ago on Google
    I ordered the pulled pork nachos and they claimed there was 110 gas of pork. But I literally could find more than a few tiny bits of pork in amongst the beans. I was looking really hard. I was so disappointed. If you're going to have pulled pork nachos on the menu you need to be able to see the pork. Would not recommend.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 E W. 2 years ago on Google
    Had 2 meal here. I found the food a little on salty side. The burger patties were quite hard, felt like it was out from a freezer. The service was pleasant though. Unlikely to eat similar meals again.

  • 3/5 MARK M. 1 year ago on Google
    The food presentation is good. But the botannix big breakfast was very slow and plain. I won’t going back again.

  • 5/5 Michael K. 1 year ago on Google
    Had a wonderful lunch here today. I can highly recommend the pork belly Benedict, and they managed to jazz up their scrambled eggs on toast into something really great.

  • 4/5 Parth K. 3 years ago on Google
    Superb coffee. The staff was really helpful and took special care to ensure that everyone's coffee was made as per their liking. I will certainly go back here when I am in this area.

  • 2/5 Roxanne A. 1 year ago on Google
    A very disappointing breakfast. I dont usually complain but this was not up to par. We paid $61 for a drink each and two eggs benedict on saturday 11th march. The coffee machine wasn't working and didn't tell us until after we had already paid and sat down while we could hear them telling other guests that it wasn't working. They did however, refund the coffee. The Eggs benes were probably the worst we had ever had. I got a salmon one and the salmon looked like it had been in the fridge for far too long, it was not fresh at all. It also didn't state that it would be raw salmon either. There was mushy brown stuff on the salmon so I didn't eat any of it and moved it to the side. The flavor of the mint sauce was far too over powering and ruined the whole dish. The poached eggs may as well have been hard boiled as they were not runny at all and my husband's toast was burnt. It's very displeasing to be paying this amount for breakfast that doesn't have a quality that matchs up with the price they sell it for. The layout is very crammed and we had to squish behind other people enjoying their breakfasts to get out. Won't be going back unfortunately.

  • 1/5 C B. 1 year ago on Google
    Disappointed with what I paid for this meal. Portion size for a full breakfast was only marginally bigger than the kid's size, but cost $16 more. Cake was old, dry and sticky. Had to send it back. Waste of money here.

  • 2/5 Dominika V. 1 year ago on Google
    We ate here a few weeks ago, the service was good but the food was quite bad. We have the pork belly - which was very hard and difficult to cut and okonimiyaki which was undercooked and didn't have much flavour. We were there with a friend and didn't want to complain or send the food back but I don't think I would ever order that meal again.

  • 1/5 Liam M. 1 year ago on Google
    Most disappointing Eggs Bene I've ever had. The potato rosti was burnt, the eggs were misformed and watery, the salmon was cheap and low quality, the hollandaise was distasteful, as were the pesto and relish. The presentation was average, and for how long we waited, it definitely wasn't worth $23.

  • 1/5 Simone C. 1 year ago on Google
    Very poor service, tried ordering a bunless chicken burger and informed a few minutes later the chicken wasn't good. (Would of been ideal if there was a sign up letting customers know that no chicken was available)Re ordered the green bowl with Salmon. Came out with no Salmon. Ended up leaving due to the service, poor communication and the food taking a long time to arrive. It's a shame as Takapuna is well known for its eaterie's.

  • 5/5 ありさ 9 months ago on Google
    I had a Bacon Egg Benedict with homemade Rostie in here. Last time I had poke bene, There’re were really nice and I loved them☺️ My friend also loved their salmon bene

  • 1/5 K Q. 9 months ago on Google
    Egg salad sandwich had a strange taste, possibly an indian flavouring. Coffee was just warm. I won't go back.

  • 3/5 Samir 6 months ago on Google
    I used to taste nice flatwhite coffee but for last few times it changed ,not the same taste


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Small plates
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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