Starfish Cafe - Dunedin

The burger was an absolute flavour bomb featuring tender chicken and crispy veges The chilli mayo was delicious, and helped bring the whole burger together for satisfying bite after satisfying bite. Shoestring fries were a tad salty, but were well cooked. ⁣

This was out first visit since the new owners have taken over and the food did not disappoint. The refreshed menu had something for everyone. Four of us each had a fabulous evening meal this week, including duck, steak, salmon and lamb. Very tasty and definitely glad we hadn't had any nibbles before our mains as the mains were filling. The wait staff was awesome as usual.

Wonderful customer service, waitresses were lovely! Got to sit in an exclusive reserved area as a booking had just been cancelled so we were super stoked! The ambience was lovely and relatively calm also here despite they were extremely busy! Was also stoked with their cabinet, the choices looked very extensive and they had some raw pieces to choose from too!<br/ <br/ Mermaid latte-definitely something different and cute which I had to get due to the name. Super creamy which I enjoyed and quite a spicy hit, reminiscent of chai. If you’re a coffee/chai drinker, this one could be for you. 4/5<br/ Cappuccino-extremely frothy and well done! 4.5/5<br/ <br/ Starfish stack-looked beautiful, wasn’t my meal but the feedback was good!<br/ <br/ Original gangster burgers<br/ Burger buns were well done with a little crisp, the patty was soft and not tough and a decent thick patty!!! The thickest beef patty I’ve seen, definitely made from scratch and was very content with it. It was a mince patty and not steak which was different-see if that’s your thing. I liked it, but my friend (experienced with burger prefers something more juicy and not a huge fan of the mince patty. The egg was a nice addition and overall was a pleasant giant burger. 4/5<br/ <br/ Sides of fries, salmon, sausage<br/ Salmon was smoked very lightly and was tender and the sausage looked quite gourmet, was smoked to a mild flavor and had a crisp skin, tasty. Fries was a very generous portion but not crispy but still tasty. 4/5<br/ <br/ Soup of the day with ciabatta; orange carrot and tumeric<br/ Soup was really tasty! A very lovely balanced creamy blend and all the elements really worked the bread was also super fresh! 4/5<br/ <br/ Seafood chowder with grain bread (able to switch out ciabatta <br/ Really tasty chowder wow! Creamy with the right amount of savory-ness yum! The seafood flavor was fresh and not pungent, and the mussels chewy and tender. 4.5/5<br/ <br/ From their cabinet I thought I’d splurge and chose the ginger crunch and raw pineapple mint slice! -to be updated! <br/ Super happy with the ginger crunch-the part bade was delicious in texture and gritty whilst very well proportionally matches with a sweet but not sickly ginger icing. Yuuuuum 4/5<br/ The pineapple slice was definitely different. I liked the element of piebeapple and enjoyed the slightly (apricot-y? base but wasn’t a huge fan of the coconut cream which overpowered the tropical direction I thought this was heading for. 3/5<br/ <br/ Portion sizes were very generous and we had a lovely hearty brunch. Would recommend!

Brunch @starfish.cafe today and OMG did not fail to disappoint as usual. Service was a 10/10 coffees were perfect and didnt burn my mouth which is always a bonus when your about to eat something this delicious!<br/ <br/ I had the mexibowl and I didnt realise it was vegetarian until it came out and my sister told me.... but I didnt miss the mince, just made me feel a bit healthier haha. This was packed full of flavour with heaps of herbs, and a nice big helping of fresh crunchy mixed salad greens and cabbages kale etc on the side. The avo was so fresh and nice and chunky so you know its legit not the **** out of the frozen packet. 10/10 yummmmmm<br/ <br/ The others had the salmon omelette which is just a safe delicious choice and never fails to take youbto food heaven. Good for those #lowcarb or #glutenfree people. Other dish was the smashed avo on paleo toast with smoked salmon and eggs.<br/ <br/ Not one of us had any complaints or negatives about any of this.... such well priced and top quality food, i'm glad I don't live any closer or i'd be in danger of having a permanent chair in this cute wee cafe

Great spot out at St Claire’s beach. Busy cafe, friendly service and a great atmosphere. Good coffee!! We had the Starfish Stacks for breakfast- definitely would recommend and have this again