The Daily Mission - Mount Wellington

Both coffee and food are great and in good present , we just can’t wait to dig in and forgot to take a photo : . We love the indoor and outdoor flow, enjoying a nice weather.

This buzzy little cafe is situated in Eastridge Shopping Mall in Orakei. The open interior makes the cafe look very spacious.<br/ <br/ Their menu is pretty standard. I tried the Chicken burger and Wagyu burger, both were really tasty. The buns were grilled with a slight crisp, with a scent of olive. The chicken fillet was juicy and tender, flavoured nicely with the avocado purée and other vegetables. The wagyu was very meaty and moist as well. <br/ <br/ Both came in decent portions. Priced at the medium higher end.<br/ <br/ Wouldn’t recommend on their coffee, the flat white I had was slightly too strong and the presentation was quite poor. <br/ <br/ Service was prompt, however improvement could be made in attentiveness. Our table weren’t wiped after the last customer. <br/ <br/ Food: 8.5/10<br/ Food presentation: 7.5/10<br/ Service: 7.5/10<br/ Ambience: 8.5/10<br/ Value for money: 8/10<br/ <br/ Price $20 per person

We ordered the chicken burger with fries and the steak with salad and fries. The portions sizes were good and both dishes were tasty and the steak was tender. For drinks we had the chocolate frappe and iced latte which, again, were good in size and taste.<br/ <br/ Will be back when in the area.

There were three of us. A few empty tables but not tidied up (plates, cutleries of previous dinners were still left on table). The barista (perhaps owner) saw us waiting to be seated.She was serving someone else, in fact asked me to move aside so she could pass and serve that coffee. All good in that, obviously she could see we were waiting for a table. After delivering that coffee, she completely ignored us and went behind the counter and carried on her barista role. Totally no eye contact.So we approached another waitress who was also behind the counter. This lady was nice and came to clear our table and took our orders.This was our first visit. A bad start but the food were nice especially my grilled chicken and chorizo salad. It was quite a big portion. This could be nicer if the chorizo was mild or medium but it was a bit too spicy. Coffee was nice too. We told the lady server we had Zomato Gold When we placed our order but our friend paid the bill and forgotten to present the Zomato Gold benefit.I would have given a 5 rating if we felt welcomed but not. The food was good so will give it a 4. It is not very pleasant to visit a cafe/restaurant and felt not welcomed. Pretty sad that common courtesy is not even there. This is a Zomato Gold restaurant. Join ZG with this promo cod LITTLETD to get your discounted membership.

The cafe is located at one of the entrances to Eastridge Shopping center but can be a little hard to find if the walls are up, just keep an eye out for the tables and umbrellas. Quite a bit of seating outside and few tables inside.<br/ <br/ A nice little cafe and they have an interesting selection of food, particularly the Albanian scrambled eggs. However, I decided to try the mince on toast. Mince had a nice flavour and the eggs over the whole thing made it more decadent. The hot chocolate there was also quite nice with a good flavour.<br/ <br/ They also do have cabinet food inside by the counter if the menu items weren't appealing.