Came here last Friday with a local friend. I got the eggs benedict, my husband got the big breakfast and my friend got the gluten free toast with eggs benedict. I had asked specifically to have my hollandaise sauce put on the side as I just did not want it splattered all over my plate, it came out splattered all over my plate, then to my horror I saw balsamic glaze in a swirl around the plate. Ooossshhhhh - I knew then I was in for an interesting breakfast. Let's be fair here as I always am - my husband said his breakfast was "fine". Fine for him is anything with eggs and bacon. My hollandaise was not home made - sure, it doesn't say anything about being home-made but surely in a wee country cafe like that, I would expect home made! Or not?! It's not hard. The eggs - I am assuming - correct me if I am wrong, I was bought up on free-range eggs - were NOT free range. There was so much egg white I had to literally search for the tiny yolks. Then when I found them, I was underwhelmed. The bacon was ok. Unfortunately, the ciabatta was soggy - I would have thought that if my breakfast had JUST been cooked it would have been ok - espcially with the massive amounts of unnecessary spinach in between the bacon and "eggs" and the ciabatta. Anyway, decor is tired, the cafe looked dirty, table was sticky - I wasn't feeling it at all. It may be ok for a place like Oamaru and that is fine, if people enjoy it that's good, but we will not be back. Attention to detail……….
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Brunch
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 2
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 1
We are visiting from Perth, AU. We attempted to come yesterday but didn’t realise the kitchen closed at 2pm. We came back today, and wow! Absolutely amazing! They have a lot of variety for dietary requirements. I’m DF and I have a Bene Stack. They removed the hollandaise and added a tomato relish to make it DF. The hash browns were soooooo good. I would have been happy with just a plate of them. Definitely recommend!
Edit:
We went back again today 9/9. The Bene Stack was so good. I ordered it again today. I’m addicted to the potato cakes in the Bene Stack. Also ordered the Chewy Orange and Almond Biscuit. Amazing again! Might be back again before we return back to Perth.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Brunch
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Big Breakfast
We stopped in for coffee and the service was pretty fast.
No extra cost for cream with my long black which is always a bonus!
Fairly basic decor nothing special but good coffee in a nice central location lots of food options.
Bathrooms clean.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Other
Price per person
$1–10
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 3
Wow, what a hidden gem ! Coffee is from strictly coffee company. I had the traverse and it was amazing 😍 !!! Finally found a great coffee place in Oamaru. Food is top notch as well. Great decor with some brilliant graffiti art. Call in for the best coffee in Oamaru. Definitely recommend it if your after high quality responsibly and sustainably sourced coffee and good food. Needs some.more vegan and veggie stack options though as a suggestion.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Breakfast
My favorite coffee in O-Town!! Never a bad time here! Beautiful inside, lovely staff and great atmosphere! Got the waffles here the other day, very good!
The Decor could potentially be improved or maybe new lighting to create more ambience. However, very good service.
Delicious food and plenty of options to choose from. Highly recommend this place, you won't come away disappointed. The wait time is never to long either, it seems this Cafe is well managed.
