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“South Island Mini Break”

Elevation Cafe, Restaurant & Bar Motueka
Ranked #7 of 38 Restaurants in Motueka
Price range: $2 - $32
Cuisines: Seafood, Steakhouse, Cafe, New Zealand
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Good for: Local cuisine
Dining options: After-hours, Breakfast, Outdoor Seating, Reservations
Description: Welcome to Elevation Cafe, Restaurant & Bar located in the heart of Motueka. We serve beer battered fresh fish & chips, juicy steaks grilled to perfection, fresh salads, calamari, pizza and mouth-watering burgers. We have all your classic Kiwi favourites covered. FRESHLY BAKED GOODNESS EVERYDAY! We pride ourselves on our daily, freshly baked, delicious treats. Our cabinet food is simply good, ​clean, baking - baked with love! ​Devonshire tea, scones, pizzas, cheese rolls, cheesecakes and a variety of cakes & savouries! Our trained baristas serve Caffe L'affare espresso coffee and we serve a variety of local craft beer as well as national brands, great selection of local & regional wines and juices and sodas. Come in and check out our own locally made honey and selection of giftware! We'd love to see you!
Reviewed 17 September 2020

We had lunch there whilst on holiday and the food was superb, quick service, reasonable cost and terrific quality. Very friendly staff and we would definitely recommend this spot for a meal!

Date of visit: September 2020
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IsobelE747, Owner at Elevation Cafe, Restaurant & Bar Motueka, responded to this reviewResponded 18 September 2020

Thankyou for your review of Elevation. We are so grateful to you for coming in.
The support we have is truly humbling.
Thanks again and I hope your mini break left you recharged .

Andy

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Reviewed 15 September 2020

Absolutely delicious food, great coffee and wonderful service

My husband ended up having a second coffee because it was that good

Date of visit: September 2020
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IsobelE747, Owner at Elevation Cafe, Restaurant & Bar Motueka, responded to this reviewResponded 24 September 2020

Thanks so much,
Cheers
Andy

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Reviewed 2 August 2020

Only ordered coffee but as I am very fussy about my coffee, my instructions were followed to the letter!! A really friendly and efficient barista made me feel fine about being fussy and provided what I wanted....she obviously believes that what the customer wants, the customer gets!!

Date of visit: August 2020
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Thank DGS05
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IsobelE747, Owner at Elevation Cafe, Restaurant & Bar Motueka, responded to this reviewResponded 24 September 2020

Thanks for that, we love going the extra mile to get that smile.)

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Reviewed 31 May 2020

Breakfast finally arrived cold. And we then had to go ask for knives forks. Then coffee arrived. Beans burnt. Woukdnt recommend at all. Disorganized and covert compliance was not good and we sat with other peoples dirty dishes the whole time

Date of visit: May 2020
Thank Chchladz
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Reviewed 4 April 2020

Looking for somewhere to have morning tea in Motueka we wandered up and down the main street and felt that Elevation Cafe looked promising.
It proved to be a good choice with helpful staff and excellent tea and food. We highly reccommend the citrus tart. The cafe is quite open with some outdoor seating.

Date of visit: March 2020
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Thank Gwen008
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