Review Brew Cafe & Bar - Dunedin

Delicious eating, food looked and tasted great!

Friendly cafe/restaurant with great reasonably priced and delicious meals. A perfect place to catch up with friends .

Went for Sunday brunch with my wife the morning after our wedding. We both had Eggs Benedict which were amazing -- especially the one with mushrooms. All cooked perfectly and promptly. Good balance, well seasoned, good ingredients, great bread. Much more special than the stock standard which many places serve up. Exceptional and friendly service. Certainly will be back many more times.

Omgosh. AMAZING! Greeted by such a lovely, friendly, helpful waitress.. food for 5 of us came out super fast. All of our meals were soooo good, every part was perfectly cooked. The gnocchi was outstanding.. highly recommend! We all loved the atmosphere here.. well done to you all 😊

Lovely coffee.however was a bit shocked hearing that they do not make fluffy's, anymore . A little boy had to sit with his mum & grandmother. Really thankful i had not taken my 3 gorgeous grandchildren. I would have walked out.

Consistently good food. Experienced many great dinners here. Excellent coffees also. On cooler nights, wear warm clothing, they're not generous with the heating !

Great service, very nice food. Would certainly take people for an enjoyable dining experience

Amazing drinks and food. The staff is really friendly and the atmosphere is perfect! Will definetely come back again!

Fantastic!! 10/10 would recommend, great atmosphere and a massive gluten free selection. Will be back

Great atmosphere, food and staff. An eclectic wee restaurant that I would recommend to anyone. We certainly will be back.

An excellent place for a meal, and a great place to meet friends. Friendly front of house staff, and what can only be described as an intimate space (20 diners or so max) make for a great night out.

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We went to Brew Cafe and Bar as it was just down the road from where we were staying.  We were a bit disappointed as they did not have all the things on the menu, however we were not disappointed with the limited selection for a Tuesday night.  My partner had the venison and I had the sole fillet - they were both superb.  The service was prompt and friendly, we would highly recommend this tiny little bar and restaurant.

Brew Bar is the closet pub like playing e from our house we we could walk there. It's a small narrow place, kinda funky, chill vibes and some great old school tunes playing.<br/>We ordered our food and beers, Emersons on tap which is a bonus. Drinks came out first then the food not too long after. I ordered the beef schnitzel and my partner ordered sole fillet. My schnitzel came out deliciously crunchy with the most amazing mushroom gravy had nice chunks of mushrooms and full of flavour. The chips had a nice seasoning on them and we're cooked to perfection. The brew slaw was delicious and light. Highly recommend going here, the guy who served us was really nice too.

Great. Cater to everyones individual needs, old to young. Great food coffee tea you name it. great for meals or even just a drink, they also do good cakes, brownies and apple shortcake. They do a good job. Friendly service aswell.

It was so great going to Brew...<br/>We had one large table for a group of 12<br/>The Service and Meal was excellent...and so yummy!!!<br/>We certainly would come back.<br/>It had a great atmosphere...<br/>And all 12 of us were impressed!! <br/><br/>Including the 2 children...they loved the children's choices!!<br/><br/>Taylor/Clark Family Gathering!

I had been really enjoying going to Brew for a coffee after work while I am placed out that way until today. I was apprehensive at first about going in because neither of the guys I had seen working there before, and got nice coffees off were there, it was the girl in the pictures on this page. Service was prompt enough my main issue was the customer service and what I witnessed on the coffee machine. I ordered a coffee and the seafood chowder (over the squid on the waitresses recommendation) and was asked if I wanted my coffee now or with my food = great. <br/><br/>I did say now though and was sitting where I could watch her make the coffee. Now if you've never made coffee before this probably isn't an issue for you but I watched her, never clean her basket between coffees, never backflush the machine, every extraction I saw took over 10 seconds to start and then they all dripped out mostly on one side. This is far from ideal extraction and made me really glad I don't drink short blacks. I tried my coffee and yes the temperature was good but the coffee flavour was off. Although the girl serving was aware that I was not happy with my coffee she still left it on my table until I left an hour later. She did ask me if I wanted another one but after seeing her make a few coffees it was obvious she doesn't care about extraction. She was often sweeping up the coffee around her grinder but never clearing it all off her mat and then tamping right into it so the bottoms of her groups had coffee grinds in them. I won't be going back if I see her working again. <br/><br/>My seafood chowder was ok. There was heaps of seafood though nothing about the flavour jumped out at me. The bread was nice though it had too much oil on it. <br/><br/>Then when I went to pay she was going to charge me the extra for ordering a soy coffee, which I noticed. She was not apologetic that I didn't enjoy my coffee, nor interested in what she was doing wrong. I would argue that the grind there needs changing (and I have got over 10 years coffee making experience behind me). I could clearly see that she was busy because she had a large table in but being busy isn't a reason to not care about the quality of coffee you are making.<br/><br/>I will go back again when the boys are working and might eat there again however.

I have eaten meals at Brew on several occasions and have always received fantastic service and beautifully cooked and presented food. <br/>At the weekend my family had a birthday party there with 26 guests and the food was superb, no waiting while others ate meals and friendly wait staff. Couldn't fault anything. This was with one chef, a kitchen hand and 2 wait staff. Well done to all concerned. Would definitely rec commend Brew to others. Looking forward to my next meal there.

I get my daily coffee from Brew and have formed really neighbourly relationships with all the staff. <br/><br/>The coffee is excellent, the service is efficient and friendly. <br/><br/>Our office had our Christmas lunch at Brew and everyone was delighted with the service and food. it was well presented and of high standard. Its pretty hard to please 11 women..but with the variety of food on the menu we all left very happy<br/>I am really pleased that Musellburgh has such a high quality cafe.

I have been here twice this week. I had portabello mushrooms the first time with a mate who had fish of the day (salmon). They were cooked immaculately! Mushrooms is such a well balanced dish. <br/>Second time was with my girlfriend (#stoked) and we got s+p squid and a platter. It was so delicious. Mini salad on the plate accompanying squid. The sauce which comes with has a nice amount of spice. Platter is the best I have ever had anywhere. <br/>A++ will trade again! 11/10

This was our first time at Brew. What a lovely meal. It was our wedding anniversary, but we just wanted a nice quiet meal free from the kids for a change. The meal came out very hot which was great. First of all we had breads and dips. All I can say about this is delicious. We both had the steak. This was cooked to our liking and I couldn't fault it at all. The service was excellent and we look forward in returning.

We were very excited about our first meal at Brew, not only because it was our first night out without the kids in ages, but also as Brew is within easy walking distance of home and it was a rugby night (when frankly you've a higher chance of winning first division than finding a taxi). <br/><br/>My husband and I met another couple, friends of ours for dinner. Us Ladies both being vegetarians, when my friend arrived I greeted her with "you'll be having the mushrooms" as this was the only veggie offering. The less I say about my own relationship with mushrooms the better, however luckily I sometimes eat fish, so on this occasion I chose the blue cod. It was delicious. (My friend enjoyed her fungus too).<br/><br/>Hubby had the steak - it was cooked well he said, yet the plate was padded out with a lot of mash, and the entire portion not quite ample enough to stop him eyeing up my chips hopefully. Our male friend also had the fish and chips, and we both had some leftover.<br/><br/>I should say that we started with a platter of bread and dips and the dip was delicious and very moreish. And we greedily finished with chocolate brownies - our friends wisely shared one, whereas Hubby and I got one each with no hope of finishing. Super yummy though! <br/><br/>What else can I say about Brew.... great decor... good staff, very friendly waiter. All in all a pretty great first experience. We'll be back, but I hope there is another vegetarian option on the menu by then!

Four of us had a great meal at Brew Cafe on Saturday night, I enjoyed the delicious Portobello Mushrooms, the chicken and the steak pie looked great too. Lemon tart - yum! Hope to visit again next time I'm in Dunedin.

The coffee is brilliant and the seafood chowder is the best I have ever had. A fabulous little cafe well worth visiting.