• Eutopia Cafe

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Organic cafe and coffee house, was once pure veg but since change of ownership in 2010, menu has added some meat. Kaiwaka is a small town 100 km north of Auckland. Reopened Apr 2019. Open Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:00pm, Sat-Sun 8:00am-4:00pm.


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10 Reviews

First Review by gisaster25

crakens

Points +30

Vegan
22 Jan 2024

Long wait for mediocre food

Went at lunch time, was really busy with a wait of 40 minutes. The vegan pizza's crust felt like the frozen pizzas at the store. Toppings were good, but the crust really ruined it.

lianemills

Points +1463

Vegan
30 Oct 2022

Nice building , unfriendly service

Just stopped for a coffee here on a Sunday afternoon. What a beautiful building and great music playing but the greeting by the lady behind the counter was most unfriendly - surely. I felt like we were imposing. Hate that feeling.

Pros: Nice music, Lots to look at - best decor and furnishings

Cons: Unfriendly service , Limited vegan options

thepoetjackson

Points +28

Vegan
20 Oct 2022

Good homely vegan food in an arty building

I had an enormous and excellent vegan burger. Just a really good burger, but with a home made legume patty

Updated from previous review on 2022-10-20

Pros: The best (and hugest) vegan burger!, Interesting Hundertwasser-style building , Friendly

Cons: Much of the seating is outdoor, not good in rain, Serves meat (probably has to to stay in business)

deadendjob

Points +2101

Vegan
05 Feb 2022

Quirky, but poor sevice

Quirky building with a limited number of Vegan options. They forgot to make our Pizza and didn't apologise. When I mentioned it to the staff member he response was "I'm not in the kitchen so it's not my job."
The manager came out and apologised, so I've upgraded the review. They look badly understaffed given how busy they were.

Updated from previous review on 2022-02-05

MarianneNZ

Points +26

Vegan
14 Jan 2022

A magical place.

This place is like walking into another world. Beautiful! And the vegan mushroom pizza and vegan fried mushrooms are delicious.

@ndy

Points +1276

Vegan
29 Feb 2020

We stopped for the architecture!....

Cruising through Kaiwaka we saw this funky cafe & stopped to check out the building. Didn't realise it was on the Cow and when we saw the good looking falafel salad wraps, stayed for lunch. They were good...fresh with good flavour.

A few plant based menu and cabinet options here. Savoury and sweet. Vegan cheese is an option on the Pizza menu which is cool.

Worth a look and a photo or two. Unusual & cool.

Pros: Some plant based options. Very funky cafe!

ConcertoSD

Points +103

Vegan
15 Jan 2020

Interesting place to stop

Driving north from Auckland, we stopped here for lunch. The number of vegan selections were underwhelming; basically falafels and hummus and a pizza with optional vegan cheese and a couple of desserts. Hubby and I opted for the falafel and hummus salad, which was tasty. The cafe itself is interesting, with domed eating areas and lots of mosaic tile work. For some place that apparently started as a vegan/vegetarian cafe, we were disappointed that those options had diminished so significantly, but we left satisfied with our meal.

Pros: Tasty food

Cons: Very few vegan choices

msblack

Points +118

Vegan
29 Jan 2011

Road trip lunch break

We stopped off for lunch at the big papier-mache boat, aka Eutopia Cafe, on our way up north. There were just a few vegan options on the menu, we had a toasted sandwich each and a huuuuge chili chocolate cookie to share. Not the best cafe food ever, but satisfying enough and super glad to have somewhere to stop off, have a stretch and a pleasant sit-down before continuing on our journey.

Pros: on the main highway, reasonably priced

saneas

Points +214

Vegan
09 Jan 2011

AWESOME FOOD COFFEE & SERVICE

You can't miss this colourful boat come temple cafe on SH1 in Kaiwaka. It's fun and funky with a take us as you find us ethos. Allpress coffee superbly made and a real interest in what you actually do and don't want to eat means this little place is high up on my list and they let you know what is organic and what is spray free and generally locally sourced - just a shame I don't live locally. Will be back :)
Updated from previous review on Saturday January 08, 2011

Pros: Coffee, Choice , friendly

Cons: road noise

gisaster25

Points +349

Vegan
19 Jan 2009

Excellent coffee break

I had a cappuccino and a latte ('flat white'), which were both excellent. The cafe itself is housed in a unique building that looks like a boat, with mosaic installations and a courtyard with a fountain. It's a pleasant place for a coffee break; recommended.

Pros: Coffee, Unique building




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