Great place, great food- including dairy and gluten free, cabinet and off the menu, great staff - friendly and helpful, always busy but never have to wait very long for service. Love it
The Federal Store is my happy place. I love the vibe, customer service is excellent......AND they make the best vanilla slices in town. They so deserve this award!
Funky little space tucked away from the main town. Service was great and the food was quick and delicious. The decor is pretty unique and set it apart from other cafes in the area. Pop in if you are in town!
Amy @ My Dining Journey
+5
Busy cafe with friendly staff and plenty of good food. My Rueben Sandwich was jam packed with pastrami and sauerkraut. Delicious!
Highly recommend!
Great portion sizes for the price of the meals. Fries are huge and delicious. Salads are fresh and healthy. Coffee is great! All in all a really good cafe. Probably my favourite in New Plymouth.
Ethnic Food App And Classes
+5
Our breakfast at The Federal Store was food for everyone's taste. I had the smashed avocado with grainy bread, mushrooms and tomatoes, while my husband had chosen to order the big breakfast, while our kiddo enjoyed some fried chicken. The place was busy as always, full with people enjoying themselves. I loved the grains and nuts bread for avocado smash dish and also the eggs benedict dish from the menu is second to none!
This is definitely my go to when I'm in NP.Excellent consistent coffee, food and courteous staff.The place has always got a nice little hum of people,the food not only looks great but is delicious and staff always seem to vibe together!My advice: if your in need of a consistent great coffee in New Plymouth, be sure to find this place!
Came here on a busy Saturday morning. Got the last table which was in the middle of a busy thoroughfare but couldn’t be avoided. I love how they do half portions because I can’t eat much. Eggs benny was nice enough but the hollandaise kinda tasted like a weird bearnaise so probably wouldn’t get that again. Awesome bacon though. Service was a bit lacking as our waitress was terribly distracted and got mr 5 year old’s order wrong but it was fixable. May come back to try some other things.
Awesome food and great atmosphere. They do serve really large portions for breakfast but I found out they do half portions which I'd get next time! The eggs bene on the potato rosti was amazing and equally so was the French toast. As others have said, it is on the more pricey side but the quality makes it worth it.
Discovered this place today, fantastic breakfast and great coffee. Had the federal breakfast which was big, but managed to get through it. Best part was the bacon and potato hash, bacon was amazing. Service good, quick and efficient.
I really enjoyed my breakfast here, the atmosphere was welcoming and I felt like I was in an old school diner. The breakfast I had was the Bircher muesli recommended by the very friendly staff. It was delicious and just what I was looking for. The coffee was just as good and very fast. And the cost was reasonable for the generous portion size, VERY HAPPY!
Service with a smile, incredibly generous portions, simple but fresh food - well executed! The decor is retro and relaxed with some quirky kiwiana dotted through.
They made a wee mistake with my daughters order which was fixed in record time without a fuss - we'll happily go back.
As good as it gets IMHO. From the kitchen staff thoughtfully giving us 2 menus, to the fantastic food and atmosphere. Nothing wrong here! The caramel brownie was insane.
Delicious food, coffee and great service. We stopped off for breakfast a couple of times during our stay in the area and were really impressed. It’s clearly popular with the locals which is always a good sign. We also got some cakes and items from the deli to take away; all delicious!
I’d definitely recommend a visit here if you’re in the area.
I always enjoy calling in at The Federal Store for breakfast when in New Plymouth lymouth. Things haven't changed much, still a warm, we're pleased to see you, friendly staff, GR8 service and most delicious, scrumptious kai.
Today, I had the mince on toast, with an extra egg and rosti. You know you've enjoyed it when you get to the end, and all you want to do is lick the plate .... I really felt like that.
Kai was excellent, kāwhe perfect, only thing missing was my smoothie which was not placed on my order, however all ka pai, quite understandable with the huge influx of people that came in just after I did.
The place was humming, with people chatting, enjoying kāwhe's and looking forward to their kai arriving.
Definitely recommend you go when in New Plymouth, and unless you walk in right on opening, I highly recommend you book.
Busy place on a Monday morning as they were short of staff. Coffee was ok food was good portion size with perfect seasoning. Service could have been better but totally understandable. Well done guys 👍
Deborah Harrison-Flynn
+4
This placed came highly recommended and was a nice experience for our family of 3 while on holiday.
Owner(?) showed us to our seats & we ordered 3 different breakfasts (Eggs Benedict, Avo Toast & French Toast). Was a lovely touch he checked cup size for hubby’s coffee.
We voted Avo Toast the best of all (French Toast very very sweet but delicious while eggs bene was as expected).
Only negative came at the end. The whole store was packed with people leaving before ordering as no tables.
We wanted takeaway coffees & cabinet food to go so gave up our table for another group & waited (& waited) for our takeaway items. Barista was rude & snappy towards us multiple times (store is small & nowhere to wait for coffees inside when pouring with rain except by the barista). Also had to remind them for our almond crossiant (but they were lovely about this).
Overall would go back (before 9am or with an early booking) to try other menu items & more cabinet food (Pinky bar slice is moorish).
Vibey, nostalgically decorated cafe that is quite popular with the locals. We were welcomed as soon as we walked through the door and was told to grab a seat where our order was taken. Friendly, bubbly staff and there were plenty of staff so everyone was well looked after. Our meals were decent-sized and well-presented. Our surprise was the pot of tea we each ordered had 2 teabags in each pot!! Lovely hot strong tea without having to wait ages. We would definitely visit again when we're next in New Plymouth.
What a great find! Delicious coffee and food. Wonderful service and something interesting to look at everywhere.
Really cool place. The salmon benedict was delicious, and the drinks were very good. The strawberry milkshake was one of the best we've had in NZ.
Our reaction on receiving "eggs bene" was WOW! They've knocked it out of the park. Simply outstanding.
Amazing food, not sure if it was really worth the price but relatively good. Very busy place… Atmosphere was pretty nice as well.
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