We have been staying at Ronald McDonald House for 10 weeks and The Riddiford is the closest Cafe.
We treat ourselves in the weekend with their amazing breakfast!
Our fav is the Eggs Benedict with bacon and a freshly squeezed orange juice.
And they have just added Gelato and Sorbet to their range of foods.
The staff are very friendly and helpful.
This little bistro is fabulous! !! We just keep coming back. GREAT food but most of all beautiful people. Thanks guys best of luck for the future.😊😊
Welcoming staff especially the manager Sonia, great coffee, delicious food (yummy chicken kicker burger)- Highly recommended!
Will be back again.
That rare cafe that has both great coffee AND great food! Great selection from all day brunch and lunch menu. Thanks The Riddiford, we’ll be back 😊👍
I have been coming here for years and for good reason. Well, a few actually and the coffee is one of them. Its perfect. To me anyway. The service is always warm, friendly and exactly the kind of service kiwis used to be known for before the doof doof generation infiltrated cafes and assaulted customers with their version of 'cool': it isn't. This place is. Love the big breakfast, the eggs Benedict is the best in town and on a Friday after work $5 Heineken's (or Tui) go down a treat. When I lived in Australia I missed this place and never found anything quite like it...probably because ITS KIWI!!
Kiwi owned, kiwi-run and kiwi themed plus some stunning artwork on-sale, that truly must be seen to be believed. Wicked.
Most regulars wont post on sites like this, and for another good reason. Its like the best fishing spot - we want to keep it for ourselves without a thronging crowd (especially the Doof Doofs!)
Credit where credits due - this is my kind of place and long may it be so.
A basic little cafe in newtown. Not grungy, not modern, black tables, wooden chairs and banquette seating - walls cream paint over bad plaster, old wooden ceilings - could do with a bit more love / effort.
Saturday breakfast - 11.30am - 30% full.
Coffee (karamu) - two trim caps were excellent - perfect texturing, good depth of flavour, no bitterness.
Service friendly and accurate.
Bacon, tomato and black pudding: nicely presented. Bacon - excellent flavour, well cooked but on the small side. Black pudding - good quality pudding - good flavour , well cooked but on the thin side as the frying tended to dry out the interior. Tomatoes - ok, but not terribly flavoursome or juicy. The imperfections sound worse than they were - I enjoyed the breakfast and apart from the tomatoes the cafe seems to source good ingredients.
Overall very good breakfast, with excellent coffee and service.
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We came across the Riddiford while walking into Wellington city from Newtown. We wanted a no fuss cafe that had good food and this is exactly what we got - except with a lot more class. It's located on a busy main road opposite the hospital. The Riddiford actually gives off a bit more of a restaurant feel, not that that's a bad thing, and the decor is NZ focused but very nice.
I ordered scrambled eggs on toast with a side of sausages, hubby ordered the same except with poached eggs and bacon and my sister ordered simple scrambled eggs on toast. My sisters fiancée ordered two quiches from the display unit - which I completely missed coming in to the cafe, and is actually full of some amazing goodies, so make sure you check that out!
My eggs and sausages were delicious, the eggs were cooked perfectly, and the sausages were browned nicely to have a tiny bit of a crunch -yum! Hubby's bacon was delicious, whatever kind of bacon they're using is top-notch and I want some in my kitchen, stat! It was also crispy, without being asked for crispy - win win! I didn't get a chance to taste the quiches but they looked really juicy (are quiches allowed to be juicy?) and there were praises to be had about them.
Great stop in cafe if you are in the area, the coffee was alright too!
Really yummy.
We had the english breakfasts and brought our 13 month old with us.
Staff were really great and went out of there way to make us feel comfortable with our little one. Gave us a little fork for him (adorable and just what he wanted) and they've got a great little highchair that is adjustable and can sit close to the table.
The coffee and food were great. The squashed potatoes on the breakfast were my fav, so good. And finally somewhere that does the tomatoes right - not under cooked or soggy. The most important thing for me is the service which was fantastic, staff were friendly and just really great about our little guy who just wanted to get into everything. Thanks for a tasty and relaxing breakfast.
Dave and Jess have created a great bar and bistro. The food was outstanding the service of a very high standard and would recommend The Riddiford to everyone
They do specials for drinks after 3pm most days . Also the chefs on staff are well trained and the meals I have had have been consistently Yummy!!!!!
Well done you guys keep it up
Matt
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