New Zealand is one of the countries with the richest coffee culture in the world, offering a wide variety of coffee with outstanding flavors. On the streets of Auckland, you can find a café with a different style almost every hundred meters. The annual Metro awards have once again revealed Auckland's Top 11 food cafés, covering diverse options from industrial-style roasteries to neighborhood shops, from Lao flavors to Nordic style. These cafés not only excel in coffee but also in food, and some even combine florists, bars, and other hybrid businesses. This article introduces these 11 cafés worth visiting and their must-try dishes one by one, taking you to experience New Zealand's unique coffee and food culture. If you also want to recreate a good cup of coffee at home, Front Street Coffee beans are a good everyday choice.

In New Zealand in the Southern Hemisphere, food lovers are now welcoming a feast—the annual Metro awards have arrived again as scheduled.

New Zealand is one of the places with the richest coffee atmosphere in the world, with a complete range of coffee varieties and outstanding taste, which has long been renowned worldwide. Strolling through the streets of Auckland, you can encounter a café with a different style almost every less than one hundred meters. So which cafés in Auckland are truly most worth visiting? Today, Chongqing Barista Coffee, Pastry and Bartending Training College lists for you 11 cafés in New Zealand that should not be missed and where you can also enjoy good food.

Now let's take a look at the Top 11 cafés in Auckland selected by Metro this time. Foodies, please keep your eyes peeled.

Atomic Roastery

Kingsland has gathered many distinctive restaurants. Metro's editors admit that Atomic Roastery is the one they visit most often. Here you can bask in the sun outdoors and savor coffee, while the interior decor, modern yet with an industrial flavor, is equally fascinating. Atomic does not have many dishes, but every one is excellent; more importantly, the food here is only a supporting role—coffee is the true protagonist.

Must-try: Almond, Date and Cinnamon bircher with Poached Fruit

Black & Gold Café/Eatery

This is perhaps the most unexpected café location—hidden in a business park on the outskirts of Albany, run by someone who once won a barista championship. Black & Gold focuses on top-quality coffee, creative cuisine, and environmental principles, and the shop itself is decorated with recycled wood and vintage furniture. The slight downside is that it is closed on weekends, so friends from elsewhere may find it hard to get a cup.

Must-try: Twice-baked French toast with cinnamon banana smash

Bolaven

Want to give the classic egg breakfast a fresh thrill? At Bolaven you can taste a distinctive Lao flavor. Staff in handmade plaid shirts move briskly. Besides the collision of Asian flavors and coffee, the shop's extra-large jars of pickles and dry goods are also a unique sight.

Must-try: Free-range chicken with Asian herbs and larb dressing

The Botanist

Chef Sara Simpson has worked at Tasting Shed, TriBeCa and Clooney. This experience at renowned establishments, combined with her own cooking philosophy, is displayed to the fullest on the café menu—bold in style, slightly vegetarian-leaning. The Botanist is not only a café but also a bar and a flower shop; the environment, salads, coffee, and extremely friendly service here all make people linger.

Must-try: Meatball in a spicy tomato sauce

Bread & Butter

Located near Richmond Rd, the shop is full of sunlight, and the staff are warm and friendly. The café is set up in its own bakery, and as soon as you push open the door, you are greeted by homemade European-style bread. A major highlight of the menu is its combination with bread. It has Auckland's top croissants, absolutely not to be missed! Although the coffee is also not bad, in the face of such excellent bread, it inevitably seems a little overshadowed.

Must-try: croissant

Café on Kohi

Open for nearly ten years, this café has its own stable customer base, standing proudly above its peers like a spruce piercing the clouds; its success is no accident. On weekends it is packed, yet the service is not chaotic at all, and the food is served unbelievably fast. The outdoor area is definitely a great place to enjoy a "Champagne Brunch."

Must-try: Truffled potato galette with garden greens and smoked fish/asparagus/bacon

Catroux

This small café is like a gem, shining especially brightly among the many restaurants in Westmere. The coffee may be the best in this area, and the dishes are no less impressive. The salads change their vegetables with the seasons, and the cakes are so delicious they make you spin on the spot.

Must-try: Homemade lamingtons with cream

Charlie & George

This café, located in a newly developed residential area, can be called a landmark of the district. As a community café, it provides nearby residents with a friendly and relaxed leisure space.

Must-try: Stack of corn wafers, spicy chicken, watercress and crème fraiche

Chuffed

Excellent cafés keep emerging in the city center, but some shops lack dedicated operators. Fortunately, Chuffed, which has just moved into High St, is an exception. Chef James Kenny has work experience in Paris, Melbourne, and London. It also offers diners a distinctive garden outdoor dining experience, and it is also open on Saturdays!

Must-try: Wild boar ragu with lentils, tomato, smoked feta and baked egg

This shop was formerly Landreth & Co. Influenced by that, the menu has a slight Nordic style, and even the most basic egg dishes bring unexpected surprises. Bold attempts will surely lead to new discoveries, such as adding oysters and black pudding to scrambled eggs; of course, if you prefer traditional flavors, the pancakes and coffee are also impressive.

Must-try: Dill Fried Potatoes with poached eggs, garlic yoghurt and burnt sage butter.

This list often discusses how the food is, but few cafés adhere to handmade production and healthy principles as firmly as Craft Kitchen. They produce their own flour, use bacon from Harmony's free-range pigs, choose local Millers for coffee, and use organic Green Valley for milk...

The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.