Colab Cafe - Hastings

Great food, great staff and a great atmosphere! I'm a regular because they always deliver.

It's 2021 and it's still hard for me to find a decent cafe in Hastings, where its chefs are creative, put their heart and soul into their food and that serve delicious more than 1 vegan option. But there are one or two cafe gems here in this bustling growing city that really shine through, CoLlab Cafe is one of them. This cafe is not all about serving to please the latest trend or fad diet, but to serve delicious wholesome food, where most of their meals are vegetarian or vegan and to do it well. Today I tried their Tofu Winter Vegetable Curry $10 lunch special, with was served hot with 2 flakey Wholemeal Roti flat breads on the side. It was sweet, savoury warmly spiced. The Vegetables were Sweet potato, Pumpkin, Red Yellow Peppers, Carrots, Onions, Celery with Crumbled Tofu, Cilantro in a light mild to medium spiced coconut curry gravy. Delicious not heavy, which meant I could continue to work the afternoon away without a carb crash. Great value! Thanks CoLab team!

Great find! Friendly staff, and some interesting food choices. Great value too

Amazing Dosa and wholesome food with South Indian flare and lots of vege/vegan options. Great coffee. My favourite cafe

Brilliant cafe with awesome food and friendly staff. You can see they know their regulars really well. Portuguese tarts are amazing and I really love the egg sandwiches (something really easy to make but so many places mess up). If I can beat the lunch rush to get here for a Masala Dosa it's a great day.