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Having a coffee seems to be that quintessential Kiwi thing to do, especially when you want to catch up with a friend or make one. Good coffee is everywhere and with the number of trendy café vaults that have sprung up all over Auckland, the café pairing also comes with fancy eats.
My latest insta-worthy discovery is Winona Forever along Parnell’s eatery row. Perfect, if you like fusion and are an ‘eat-the-flowers’ type of gal. Expect a queue at this ever-crowded eatery especially over the weekend.
What I liked?
1. The menu laced with clever copy aims to tickle the palate. Try Magical Mushrooms (a creamy organic mushroom salad), The Ladyboy, a Thai-inspired (dish of tom yum eggs benedict with prawn crackers). For the uber-healthy, there is a Japanese-themed Vegan Super Bowl that includes an optional poached egg.
2. Presentation is everything and each dish comes garnished with edible flowers.
3. A hipster drinks list serves up Organic Kombucha, Hakanoka (manuka honey and spicy chai) and that ultimate killer coffee, a Latte Tab (turmeric-ginger latte, beetroot, matcha, earl-grey and rose water) that will definitely make you feel that your morning just kicked right in.
4. Service was generally good and whilst there was a wait for the table - no one rushed us out or hurried us to finish which made the experience nice.
A definite go back to!
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Winona Forever is the place that constantly has lines outside the door on the weekends, and, this is for good reason! I came here recently after a long absence due to some previous experiences that weren't the greatest, but this time it definitely was up to the hype. If you want to get a table here, I recommend getting in before 10, as it is just that popular.
The setting is my least favourite bit and that is mostly due to the cramped space as tables fill most available gaps that allow one to move through the cafe. Unfortunately because it gets so busy it means it can get quite loud, hence I recommend coming in early to properly enjoy the experience. Overall, however, this is a nice light space. But it can be difficult to move around and if you come too late you may end up having to join existing tables.
The food here is the real winner, unfortunately, the coffee isn't always the best. But, the menu and food are all excellent! The brioche french toast is a must try along with the beans. All of the food is definitely worth the money as it will come beautifully displayed and you will definitely not leave hungry. No matter what you get it will be worthy of the gram pic. The food here all comes highly recommended and I couldn't pick out a single thing! Also be sure to check out there cabinet items as this is displays a range of absolutely delicious stuff, that if it is too busy at least you can easily get something to go. I should also make note that they cater really well for a range of dietary requirements, and a lot of their cabinet food is gluten free.
The staff are all very nice and the service is typically fast, and I myself have never had a bad experience in this department.
I definitely recommend coming here for a breakfast with friends. Make sure it is early though, so that you can get a seat and get out before it gets too crazy. Even if you end having to join the end of a table you won't be dissapointed with the food.
I love the food at this place. The menu and the cabinet selection is great. The only thing that is a downfall sometimes is the coffee. Despite that, they have a large variety of dairy free milks available.
One of my favourite cafes in Parnell. It's quite popular and hard to get a table if you come on a weekend after 11am as it gets quite crowded. Food is always tasty--I really enjoy their lamb naanwich with hashtag fries and their Matcha Latte. Prices are reasonable for their portion size and staff are generally quite friendly.
Really nice location, decor and presentation of food is really nice! I’ve been a few times and really liked it however I wasn’t the biggest fan of the red velvet pancakes/ hotcake.. it was really dry and hard to eat.
This cafe is in a very good location. Walking in the cabinet was jaw dropping and very aesthetic to the eye. Ordered the Eton rifle part 5 and it was so delicious nothing but praise. With that being said I wish I tried the predecessors. Will be back again to try some of the rest of the menu and even there successors.
Perfect place to get breakfast or brunch! Or even just chill. Beside the crowd everything is good here, all the platting is beautiful here. The taste also good, I love my pancakes they served with dried fruit also which really perfect combination with my sweet pancakes. My brother & partner got salmon egg benedict & big breakfast which is really big portion, the taste also nice! The salmon so tasty!
A cute little cafe in Parnell - they served a mean creamy mushroom and fried chicken! the fried chicken comes in generous portion but I wish there were more food in the creamy mushroom. All food tastes so yummy so I don’t really mind!
What a lovely place to enjoy a slice of amazing cake (they have a huge variety of cakes, tarts, pastries, cookies etc) and an amazing cup of cappuccino! Very quaint :)
Friendly staffs, visually pleasing dessert display + delicious meals (the softshell crab omelet is quite different and yymmy). All the visits to this cafe have been nice.
Hands down one of the best brunches I have ever had! The food was all presented beautifully and had so much flavour to it.
I had the hotcakes and it genuinely felt like I was eating a hot cake straight out of the oven! The flavours were balanced really well so it wasn’t overwhelmingly sweet - perfect balance and combination.
All 4 of us really enjoyed our meals and would return! Have recommended it to a lot of people already 🤩
This cafe has a great vibe and it’s nicely decorated. Presentation of the food was nice and portion was huge too! You get a huge piece of pork belly for the big breakfast plate which can be a bit heavy for the morning.
An extensive range of cabinet food is available. Definitely worth a visit.
Service was OK.
Perfect place to come for your morning coffee and pastry, breakfast or brunch. Filter coffee was great but $8 seemed a bit excessive. Really enjoyed the big breakfast, enough for two light eaters to share. Huge piece of pork belly, actually couldn't finish it! I always look at the pastries and think they look tasty - donuts, danish, croissants etc
Enjoyed eating breakfast here, but $8 for a filter coffee?
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The interior of this cafe was absolutely stunning, and the staff were incredibly bubbly, energetic and helpful. We were warned that the portion sizes were large, but simply thought they were just overexaggerating - oh how wrong we were. The portion sizes here are HUGE. I can eat a lot, trust me, but these portions were borderline un-finishable. The five nut granola was served with lots of coconut yoghurt, a few pieces of fresh fruit and bruleed pear. The coconut yoghurt helps tone down the strong molasses and nutty flavours from the granola, however there was so much of it that I felt sick. Coconut yoghurt is very rich, therefore I feel as though greek yoghurt would be more suitable. There were very few pieces of fruit on my plate too which was disappointing. The description of this meal on the menu mentions black doris plum, thus I was somewhat surprised to only receive 1/6th slice of a black doris plum served.
The eton rifle was absolutely and utterly humongous, but I can't fault the presentation whatsoever. Surprisingly, all the decadent flavours went together very well. The brioche bread/toast was a very generous portion size, and was so fluffy and soft. Again, the meal was just way too large to finish. This is definitely not an everyday meal, but a fantastic choice if you are really wanting to treat yourself.
Didn’t get any cabinet treats however the food looked delicious. Will definitely be back.
Must visit!
Outstanding cafe in a great location. The cabinet food is equally as tempting as everything on their menu.
We order the goats cheese omelette from the menu which was so good. From the cabinet, we got a savoury muffin, triple chocolate brownie and a bacon, spinach and feta brioche - so freaking tasty!
Also ordered a couple of rounds of coffee which met our high standards being visitors from Melbourne!
Great food and service. Cabinet also looked very yummy. We had a big breakfast and hot cakes. Very impressed!
Both plates are very different from same boring "can find everywhere" dishes and we were delighted for that. Good job team!
Yummy food and not too long of a wait time for it to be ready. Salmon eggs Benedict was one of the best I've had. Iced chocolate came with a chocolate bow and both tasted so good. Coffee was on the stronger side and the blueberry hotcake had a burst of so many different flavours.
I’ll just start by saying the slices at Winona are out of this planet! The service is always faultless and the place has a really cool fit-out and vibe. Enjoy!
Hamish Dorrington
Kakapo Business Sales
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+5
The food was outstanding , not only visually beautiful but tasted delicious! Very impressed also the coffee was perfect.
my only issues were that the noise level was quite high and made have a conversation virtually impossible and the toilets appear to be just the local public toilets and are quite a walk away from the cafe
Those two things will not stop me coming back and do not stop the service and food from being worth 5 stars !
Oh wow! What an incredible cafe on so many levels… the service was so fast despite it ha very popular cafe, the presentation of all the food was impeccable, the coffee was strong and delicious & the atmosphere and decor stunning! Not to mention the cabinet food & selection of dietary options! Would definitely recommend & return!!
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