Review Lakehouse Cafe - Takapuna

Nice little cafe located inside the Arts centre. Nothing fancy, but you will enjoy the pristine silence. I asked for a Chicken Shawarma, and they made it a bit spicy to suit my palate. I must say it was probably the best Shawarma I ever had in NZ. Food is very very affordable as well.

Nice little spot with a arts exhibition joining on. The lady was quiet but lovely and the coffee was great.

Kids love this place :) food is good, and the garden is a lovely place to keep the kids busy while the adults relax. The art exhibitions are another added highlight as well as the VR demos.

This place was super welcoming, the woman behind the counter was friendly and helpful, and the coffee was perfectly made. The BLAT was basically a salad with bread, but it was absolutely delicious. The art was super cool, and overall it was a wonderful experience

Lovely artworks plus super cafe!

Great place. Worth a visit. Local art displayed on walls.

Love this place. Great for group gatherings or smaller, indoors or out. Nice meals and cabinet selection, and added bonus of the art setting. Great access to m/way. Friendly lovely staff.

Got potential and an area outside for kids to run around. Great main room and porch 1920's era.

A perfect place to have lunch with a group of friends.

Amazing location and tasty food

Come for the art, stay for the food. Not a bad feed at a reasonable price for Auckland.

Fantastic service. I was with a fussy person and absolutely every request was delivered with a smile despite them being busy. They did some mushrooms in olive oil for the vegan/gluten free option.

Quite limited food choice but nice viewing all the local artwork....very peaceful.

Always a friendly place and lovely to sit outside on a nice day. The cafe shares the building with the art gallery and there is no passing traffic. Good selection of teas and cakes too!

Kind and good service, beautiful venue especially sitting outside. Really nice artwork and gardens.

Coffee food and hosts great. What's not to like? Always something on in the gallery to check out as well. Nice sitting inside or out. Keeping an eye on giant rabbit.....

Stopped here for a quick lunch before heading to the Takapuna Sailing Club for a function. The food itself was fairly ordinary (toasted bagel, I mean, what else can you get right or wrong), if not fast service, however my experience of the coffee was unfortunately not that great. I had ordered a long black, which came as a drink I had to mix myself (e.g. the shots were separate to the hot water, not sure if thats just something people prefer to do in Auckland, since my experiences elsewhere is, they shot it for you), but unfortunately whatever roast blend (or their water temperature) was horribly burnt tasting and extremely bitter. Yes, I realise I am having a long black, but it doesn't have to taste like what that did.  Middle of the road. Could have been better, definitely could have been worse.

Busy Sunday you don't expect much other than over worked employees and people that want to be at home with their families - but not here.<br/>We were greeted today by a delightfully chirpy young lady who took our order, recommended the freshly baked muffins and told us to make ourselves comfortable.<br/>This place has the sun, the view and clearly the best customer service in the area.<br/>10/10 guys!!!

What a surprise, I've lived in the area for 14 years and never been here to the cafe, but we wanted somewhere quiet and relaxing to take a wheelchair and it was outstanding. <br/>We order creamy mushrooms and bacon on toast, BLAT, smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel and an omelete. The presentation and standard of food was second to none. The service was super friendly and happy and we all left feeling like we had discovered something amazing. It's a shame it's taken me this long to discover, but I'll definitely be back more often! <br/>Thank you. Denise