Strata

Yummy yummy food, always very busy because its so popular despite the huge trek up all of those stairs :) Have had multiple items off the menu, the chicken cranberry panini and omelet have always been my favorites in-​between classes, however found it a bit weird how I’m given an omelet with just a massive pile of salad thrown on top. Apart from that cant complain, staff are lovely, can be quite loud at times depending on what type of students are there, it gets very very busy!

I’m always amazed how busy this place is considering how many stairs you have to climb to get there. Admittedly I was technically considered a ‘mature student’ when I was at Auckland (because 25 = old), but even so I don’t feel like I was any less sprightly than the hordes of teenagers that gunk the place up.
Actually, that’s one of the benefits of Strata over, say, Slurp — there’s a slightly older crowd here. Perhaps it’s a post-​grad thing, but you feel less hemmed in by vapid teenagers here than you might do elsewhere on campus. Maybe that’s just me.
The café itself is reasonably sized, with plenty of seating. Despite the place being busy, I’ve never had to wait too long for a coffee, and the coffee itself is good enough, especially for a student customer base. The cabinet food is what you’d expect from any café, with the slightly inflated prices to match, but no worse than you’d get anywhere else at uni. Overall this place is pretty good.

Strata is one of Auckland University’s better cafes. It is in the upstairs part of the postgraduate building, with lots of seats and a nice balcony to sit at. The food on offer is really great, athough its prices aren’t much cheaper than a regular café (even though the majority of the clientele are ‘poor’ uni students). There is cabinet food as well as menu options, and even a widely ranging vege menu which I am eager to come back and try. The savoury scone we had was massive and delicious, and the coffee was tasty and not too overpowering. Filled with students and lecturers studying and chatting, so you’re bound to overhear an intellectual convo or two if you come here.