Brown Sugar Cafe - Taihape

A great place to stop when heading south late in the day as they are open until 5pm and have a good range of food on offer. A lovely courtyard is great on fine days, but there is plenty of room inside and parking outside the door. Lovely food and a great cup of tea, and the staff are really friendly.

Twice recently we've had delicious lunch at the Brown Sugar Cafe. They include GF and DF on their menu. Yesterday I left my bag there. When we phoned, it had already been put aside safely. The staff have been so helpful in suggesting the best way to get it to me. Thank you.

We stopped for lunch twice on our road trip to and back from Wellington.. Great service, very enjoyable food all round lovely place to refuel and relaxing thanks guys keep up the great work.

Stopped in on our way down to Wellington and so glad we did! Their coffee was the best we have had in NZ and their freshly baked sausage rolls with chutney were divine. The team were also super lovely and welcoming.

Hidden cafe in small town on the way from wellington to Taupo. Highly recommend visiting this cafe as the environment was relaxing, garden at the outside, get bit of stretch and have small bites to grab. They don’t have many options but cakes and sandwiches