Nish Cafe – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nish-Cafe-Whitby/830779606955382?ref=stream
Reviewed by Fi Fi – January 2015
The Place:
You can sit inside or outside. You might remember this place which used to be known as ‘The Big Orange’. The cafe was sold last year and they refurbished a pretty bland cafe into a trendy eatery with a wee vibe of its own. There is lots of delicious looking cabinet food and a good varied blackboard menu. The prices are pretty standard. What let’s this place down is that there is not a kids menu and they don’t take credit cards (a wee bit backwards for today’s standards and choices of places to eat out there). A wee saviour is that they do have specials. Unfortunately the coffee was so bad that I could not bare to drink it all…..and they don’t serve hashbrowns as a side!
The Service:
The service was pretty friendly and the food came out really fast.
The presentation:
The dish looked okay, but not up the the standard I am used to. To be honest the food looked pretty amateur.
- The Benedict – was okay, nothing special.
- The Montreal – there was not a lot of salmon. It tasted okay though.
- The bread – was cold, bland and hard. It was so non eventful that we actually did not eat it all.
- The eggs – were overcooked (not runny) and bordering on the cold side.
- The Spinach – was okay.
- The bacon – was actually nice. There was not a lot of it, but what was served was good.
- The hollandaise – was homemade and the best part of the dish.
Would we go again?
No, I’m afraid I would not. Very disappointing.
Scorecard:
Style: Classic 5/10.
Taste: 4/10. Bland.
Originality: 4/10
Value: 6/10. It’s pretty reasonable here. The Benedict and the Montreal were both $16.
Eggs: (how good they were): 3/10. They on the cold side and not runny at all.
Overall score: 4/10
25 Newhaven Way, Whitby, Porirua 5024