L & P Cafe, Bar & Brasserie

I came into the L&P cafe today for a coffee with my dad, and the milk was sour/gone bad. Absolutely disgusting. Did not even apologise.

Couple of points about this cafe:

1. The L&P milkshake was okay, nothing amazing, it was definitely overpriced, and the coffee we received was burnt and tasted horrible.

2. Be prepared to receive terrible service. The older lady who served us was very short and obviously had no customer service training, or just couldnt be bothered with trying. Could have got her on a bad day but her service was pitiful, she couldn't even muster up a smile.

3. Wait-times: The wait time for one L&P Milkshake should not be over 15 minutes, ESPECIALLY at a Cafe priding itself on the L&P brand.

I usually don't do bad reviews but look at the good reviews it clearly doesn't reflect in the cafe/service. Avoid if you are travelling through and want to stop for a "quick" milkshake.

Very easy to fix issues, but it depends on the staff and business owners receptiveness to constructive criticism.

Very little of interest on the menu. We had some onion rings, which were so bland, under-seasoned and limp that it put us off ordering anything else, so moved on to another place.

Had been here on day before New year's eve, ordered calamari, shakes, chicken burgers. Was told wait time of 25mins to serve. It took them about 45mins+ and the burger was not great either. Shakes were good and calamari was ok. Service was good but the wait times and food quality not on brighter side

Very slow service, waited for more than half an hour to get our food.not even a rubbish bin outside.food is so so, nothing special

We were asked to be seated but after 15 minutes we still had not been served. They didn't look rushed off their feet and the blonde girl with the pony tail served the table right next to us and then walked straight past us without any acknowledgement so after that we got up and left and will not be back.

What a horrid place. Ignored on arrival, menus stuck to counter, gluten free options gabbled to me by the coffee maker.
Fish and chips like really bad - chips inedible fish overcooked and goodness knows what frozen type fish it was.
Toasted sandwich I cd make a better one at home.
Reviews were good for this cafe - I can’t believe them.
The lady in charge of the birthday party could have acknowledged us as we entered instead of standing talking to the birthday group right in our way. Hated it all won’t ever be back

Food was very good, unfortunately the service was very poor. The manager (50ish year old lady) really couldn’t be bothered, I’d imagine they live off the tourist hype and that’s why they don’t need to bother about service.

Nothing special at all. No taste of L&P. We had the L&P scones and onion rings. You couldn't tell. Waste of time and money. Would not recommend.

Guy behind counter wouldn't have him front house pie way to hot to eat coffee best part won't recommend

Would have been nice if my beef and bacon burger had bacon on it and the few chips it came with weren't burnt

If you want a nice fast serving cafe with a quiet environment with amazing food.go somewhere else

Nice atmosphere and setting just replace your cooks. 4 steaks ordered at medium rare and the come out past well done. Bit disappointing for a $240 bill

The food didn't quite match the price. The calamari salad was extremely greasy to the point my partner couldn't eat it. The burger was overly greasy too (even for a burger). Would suggest cutting back on the grease

The meals were nice. BUT one meal was fish and chips, the batter on the fish was undercooked, thick, mushy and just awful. Told the waitress to show it to the chef but never heard back. Poor service if you want people to return, especially locals.
Service okay.

Meh, just meh. Not excellent, not horrible just meh. Probably over paid for my burger.could've made better at home

The food was average at best, waited over half an hour for our order, the servings were not generous. The only redeeming feature was the cleanliness and polite staff. Doubtful if I would return to dine there again.

Can only class as OK. Both food, coffee and drinks available.
The ribs would be the exception.
No Sauce with tomato sauce. Unheard of

Lambs fry is not very appealing most of it just taste like kidney and its quite bland would not recommend usually come in and get waffles those are good, but yeah no go on the lambs fry

The L&P drink itself is nothing to write home about. Ordered the Paeroa Burger, the Angus beef patties were great! Caesar salad fine and service was old school friendly. Will come back again for the burger if passing through.