Adelaide Trading Co

been for sat brunch a couple of times, was reasonably quiet and relaxed, nice chilled vibe, good coffee and friendly service, LOVE the smoked mackerel!!

Recommended
Berhampore has an interesting little gastronomic enclave. Rinski/Gramercy/Celies and the Adelaide trading company.

The ATC is the glass fronted entrance not only to the cafe but also something to do with marshal arts - it's not clear what the association actually is, but at weekends there are few ninjas passing through - instead a steady gaggle of folk come in for takeaway coffees or breakfast.

ATC is noticeably modern - and clean. To use an out of favour descriptor, it's nice. No grunge, more Nordic, minimally retro from the posters of old New Zealand cookery books and the bookcase of the same, mixed with gold embossed reader's digest - an odd mix. Herb planters outside provide a welcome strip of green in an otherwise automotive atmosphere.

The staff are extremely pleasant, on three visits always helpful, interested as well as interesting. The cabinet of slices and deli items is small but select. Bread dough comes from the kapiti coast and is baked on site. Interesting finds are the short links of an extremely mellow, sweet salami, a cheesy, tomatoey scone that is delicious, and an excellent mince pie. The latter is clearly crafted with care and its construction is near perfect. But sometimes it's the imperfections that make food better than good - the pie perhaps needed guts. In fact I did a side by side comparison of the ATC mince pie against a blue belle cafe in island bay "beef and speights" pie, the latter winning because of its raw aggressive flavours and less than perfect construction.

Last weekend we went for a breakfast of kippers on toast. The rather small kipperette came with, and was meekly overshadowed by two slabs of toasted bread. The fish lovely, the bread good, but I was still hungry. There are two sides to a kipper and I think the dish really needs both.

Coffee - excellent - Old George - well made and good depth.

Overall ATC is a good little cafe - pleasant ambience, lovely people, the right philosophy toward food. If it lacks anything it's possibly slightly constrained, in need of robustness - guts. I don't know how else to describe it - can it be too nice?

First time there today. Intended to have pie and bagel as shown on Google map photos, but didn't see on menu. A little bit disappointed, but had pain au chocolate, pear and almond tart, and smoked kahawai, all delicious😋 Good service and relaxing atmosphere. Nice for weekend brunch😊

I think is good cafe. Nice coffee really smooth l. Just a bit disappointing because that day they dont had any mushroom and it is one of the main ingredient in their menu. I got avocado smash with feta on toast and syrup $16 The cheese and ham sandwich was $12. I think the price was fair. 2 young student lady's working at front as a waitress one of them should tie more her hair specially if she manipulated food. Looks like the owners work at the front as well. Good service but could be better having all the ingredients available.

Great coffee bar, great food

A TOP, TOP little Coffee bar and corner store, run by one of the nicest guys in the world! Definitely worth regular visits and or make it your local, for great take-away coffee and awesome eats! Can you tell I like it? 😉

My first time here despite driving past many times. Small selection of food. Food is average that I could make myself with what's in my fridge. I didn't see anything vegan to eat and to find anything without dairy is just about as hard. Lovely lovely lovely range of loose leaf teas produced by Kerikeri teas. Bigggggg thumbs up to them for wonderful service and for their helpfulness. Parking can be difficult but the bus stop is very close, or you could cycle. Inside and outside seating. Best in the afternoon if you want to sit outside in the sun. Café has background music