Crate Cafe

Crate Cafe is a rustic little eatery in Mt Albert. The staff were friendly and helpful and the portions generous. Pictured is the eggs Benedict with mushrooms. The eggs were just right with oozing yellow centres and the hollandaise was rich and tangy. The creamy mushrooms were fine (but no Dizengoff) as was the coffee. Apparently they do great burgers in the evening but I’m yet to try these.

I popped in here on a Easter Monday for the first time the staff were friendly an attentive. We ordered our food at the counter and took a seat outside. This cafe is perfectly placed just round the corner from St Lukes so if you want a bite to eat and can't stand the food court this would be ideal. There is plenty of indoor and out door seating and a huge piece of grass for the kids to play around on. The food and coffee were relatively cheap, but not as good as i'd hoped. My cake was dry, my daughters chocolate pancake was fatty and my Mocha, was lacking both coffee and chocolate flavour. My brother says the burgers are good, so maybe i'll give them a try.

Crate do one of the best big breakfasts around.  The big breakfast is a little on the pricy side but the serving size is decent and the everything tasted fantastic.  (For those on a budget there are plenty of other options too).  I'm always pleased when the breakfast sausages are Kransky rather than some nameless blob and their bacon was delicious too.  Instead of hash browns the big breakfast came with bubble and squeak (which was very nice) and it is the first cafe I've been to that has served fried green tomatoes, rather than the usual red ones. This would be a good place to bring the kids to, they have picnic blankets out on the grassy area in front of the cafe, along with some toys to entertain the little ones.  You can sit back with a coffee and relax.