The Coffee Club – Pukekohe

Exceptional coffee, exceptional food. If you’re after volume at a cheap price, don’t come here.
If you like great coffee and food and are prepared to pay a little extra, this is the place to come to.
Lovely décor, clean toilets, newspapers to read and outdoor dining all available. Nice atmosphere and the music isn’t too loud. Conversation isn’t stifled by noise reverberation as in some other wooden floored cafes.
There are no children’s play facilities here though, so you’d need to bring your entertainment for the little ‘uns.
Love this place and the coffee is made quickly and superbly.

The latest franchise of The Coffee Club has opened up in Pukekohe.
Some good advertising meant they had printed some buy one get one free vouchers in the local paper. I am always partial to some free food so thought why not. Today is a public holiday and went I walked in I immediately thought to my self what surcharge am I going to have to absorb, my view is if you can not afford to pay your staff extra to work on a public holiday then don’t open, it shouldn’t be a customer’s problem that its public holiday. However, I was pleasantly surprised to hear there was no surcharge today. Well done!
The menu is great with various options for Breakfast /​Lunch or All Day… I actually had trouble choosing between the breakfast menu & the lunch menu, mainly because it was 12pm and I skipped breakfast today. I went with brunch and took a Bacon & Egg Sandwich with a side of mushrooms & hash brown. I was asked if I wanted hasbrown (s) with my order. which to me meant plural more than one. but was only given one. to be fair it was on the larger size.
When this franchise opened up the staff although very friendly and equally warming, hadn’t got the hang of their menu or how to work their POS system (Point of Sale), a question about their coffee greeted me with a quizzed look on the girls face followed by asking a co-​worker who shrugged their shoulders. Oh well. i’ll risk it and see how it goes.
I tempted fate by agreeing to her suggestions for additional sides of food, which again suggested to me they would be served in a separate plate /​bowl. but found them in my sandwich which is unique to me & i didn’t really mind as the whole thing tasted quite nice. But what about that coffee I ordered… Flat white with a caramel shot… still waiting… a good 15 mins must have past before It arrived with an apology for the delay. I guess the barista is also new as the coffee taste over extracted and left a very burnt /​bitter taste in my mouth only washed away by water.
The atmosphere is quite fresh and new, their toilet is hidden behind a fake stone wall which I personally thought was quite neat to look at & they had a nice outdoor area which would be awesome in the sun.
I see that The Coffee Club offers a VIP Card, which gives you discounts off food & coffee at a cost of $ 25 per year. quite reasonable if you like their coffee and go their often. probably not to this store until their barista is up to standard but you can use this at any of The Coffee Club stores.

Turkish delight hot chocolate is a winner in my book. Lots of yummy looking cakes and desserts too. Did not eat a proper meal on this visit, but lots to chose from.
The place is nice and clean and tidy. Although there was a couple of used cups on one table for quite a while.
We shall return again.