Yaza! Cafe Bar & Venue

If you have time to wait 25 minutes for a chai and scone to be ready in a not particularly busy cafe at 11am on a friday morning, then go ahead. Lots of staff around. I enquired about my order after 10 minutes. Told to wait another 5 minutes. Ten minutes after that I get my order.no apologies for delay.
Dirty table.crumbs, sticky.
Chai average, not particularly hot. Scone average. Butter hard.

Sadly they have dropped the ball over the past year. The scones are fantastic but customer service is terrible. Very slow and not friendly at all. A smile with a warm greeting can go far.

Food was a little average and 'slap up' for the price. Smoothie didn't include real fruit. Tables quite dirty despite lots of staff on. Usually love this place for the coffee but wouldn't come for lunch again.

Yaza feels increasingly like it's taking its customers for granted. Staff don't really engage or make any effort to even raise a smile. Customers seem to be an unwelcome interruption to conversation between the staff.

Mixed reviews, I've had some really good food/coffee from Yaza, but I've also had some pretty poor food/coffee. Service is generally pretty good, although my last experience was poor.
I would go back based on the good experiences I have had there, but would like to have better consistency.

Love the art, but we had iced coffee, iced mocha and iced chocolate, didn't have enough flavour, just tasted of milk and ice cream.

Is a nice place with friendly staff but we wait around 1 hour for the food and 1/2 for the coffee.

Interesting looking cafe but the breakfast was not easy to eat, the focaccia bread didn't work with the rest of the meal and the fried potatoes were under cooked. Staff were quiet and did not greet or say good bye to patrons.

A Nelson institution. But needs a lick of paint. Looking and feeling a bit tired these days.
The coffee is good.

Alittle pricey for a lunch Venu, but food tasty, some food in cabinet sits ad should discount towards end of day, but may put back in next day!?

Best cheese scones in town, as is well known.
Also does EXCELLENT hollandaise, second best in town but definitely the best price.
Licensed, local, open on a Monday (rare as hens teeth in Nelson!).
Recommended.

Have been very surprized and delighted that we have found Yaza as our now go to cafe. The food is delicious so look forward to trying all in the food cabinet. The service the brightness of the staff has now made you our no 1 cafe. Can't go pass their cheese scones often straight out of the oven. Always make the perfect cappuccino.

Good options for vege, nive vibe, friendly staff. Food could have done with a little more seasoning.

Such lovely food here, how it was served was not at all how I imagined it but it certainly gave it more flavour than I'd imagined! It was tasty, the textures ticked all levels although ot took some time for the to come out. I'd have 5 stars otherwise. I'm not sure what the reason was for this, no body mentioned any.

Really delicious food. Big meal size. A little bit of a wait time but can be expected of such a good cafe. Must visit. Was open on boxing day.

Food was delicious and so was the coffee.
Neat touch with the quotes hidden in the napkins. Great place if you're not hangry as food was very slow to come out.

Nice coffee, food and service. If you arrive 6 of you as we did, room is a bit limited, but we still enjoyed our lunch.

Great Indian restaurant, the garlic and cheese naan melts in the mouth. The scent of turmeric misting from the orange peel walls was a delight.

SATURDAY MORNING SECURITY BLANKIE, FAMOUS AND DELIC' CHEESE SCONES, I NOW PREFER DATE'N'ORANGE. EX COFFEE, FRIENDLY LOCAL STAFF. Sunny.

Heavenly devine cabinet food, made fresh on site, to tempt your wayward taste buds into a journey of delight.
Ample sized portions for a reasonable price.