Okra Espresso Lounge - Auckland

The food and coffee were both really good!! The service from the male waiter which seemed to be a student was really good but the other lady who seemed a bit older was shocking!! She was so rude and told us the kids ice cream was an extra $5 on the pancakes when it was meant to be included and must have forgotten about half of our coffees, but her terrible service was made up from the other male waiter

Booked a nice Mothers’ day brunch for my partner, her mum, and myself. This has been the third time I've been there, but the first time to review. If you have bigger groups, there's also a place out back that's lovely as well.<br/ <br/ I’ve had the Spanish breakfast before which was yummy, but my ultimate favorite and the reason I come here is for the Creamy Chorizo. <br/ <br/ If you like a sweet breakfast, my partner recommends the Brioche French Toast. She was only sad because the salted caramel was left off the plate this time. <br/ <br/ If you’re on that intermittent fasting trend, this is perfect for your first meal of the day. The staff is very friendly, the atmosphere is buzzing and most importantly the food has always been delicious.

I got the blueberry pancakes and the summer fling smoothie. Can't go wrong with the flavour combos, but the pancakes tasted floury? The drink was yum and I liked the meringues, so will come back to try again

The Vietnamese noodle salad with tofu was amazing. This dish usually has meat but I substituted the tofu in as I’m vegetarian. This dish was the best vegetarian Vietnamese noodle salad I’ve tasted and the tofu was so beautifully marinated with sweet soy sauce. 100% recommend this dish!!

I very rarely every eat poached eggs. Having this dish (The Royale I believe), I couldn’t have imagined anything better to top it off than poached eggs. I asked for the hollandaise on the side, which was a lot as you can see and it was subtle, unlike most hollandaise sauces which I find to be too much. The combo of the mushrooms, pesto and the pide was on point!! My mum enjoyed the granola, but was too big for her to finish. She would recommend adding a bit more yoghurt to even out the sweetness of the granola.<br/ Their homemade crumpet with the honey comb butter and salted caramel is a nice dish if you’re looking a decent sized dish that still fills you up given you’re not feeling extremely hungry. <br/ <br/ Never disappointed by the coffee here, anything from a mocha to a cappuccino, latte or short black. Very friendly staff too