Midnight Espresso

The absolute best banana pancakes of my life. This place was across the street from my flat and I felt so spoiled to have the ability to walk down stairs and get a cuppa when ever I wanted.

Loved this place. I didn’t get a drink, just a fruit salad w/​yoghurt + honey (small, $ 5, super decent size), and a vegan afghan cookie.
The vibe is super hodgepodge, like old video games and broken couches and random seating. If that’s not your thing, there are more normal looking tables with regular old chairs, both inside and out.
Their whole cabinet looked delicious, lots of vege, vegan, and GF options. The shakes looked amazing too! If I lived in Wellington, I’d be here way more often.
All in all: funky vibe, good prices, great food. It’s a win!

I’m based in the UK now, and still dreaming about cafés back in wellington. Midnight espresso makes me homesick.
Coffee is always phenomenal, and the cakes! And colour! always the perfect energiser for day or night.
I’ve ordered some coffee beans from their website, and got people bringing them all the way over to me. That’s how much I miss this place.
Cheers Midnight Espresso people, if you’re reading this! X

From Aukland on business trip, I love coffee and was surprised how cheap it was. And delicious!

* Great burgers and nachos
* Vegetarians will find this place quite satisfying
* Good desserts
* Staff are friendly
* Go to there for inner peace and happiness, you know, the kind you get after eating…

This place reminded us of some of our favorite haunts back in Brooklyn, San Fran, and Boston. Squinting my eyes, I was back at the Life Café in Bushwick (before it got icky).
I was stunned at the quality of the food, much better than I expected from the coffee shop layout. And the portions are ginormous. Do not get the large nachos unless you are very very hungry. But do get them, because they are amazing!!! (they have a smaller size option). We also split the tofu burger, which was incredible. So fresh, so many yummy toppings, so incredibly gigantic.
Two hungry people could split one burger or one large nachos here and be more than satisfied.
The Havana coffee on order is great. Lots of giant and yummy looking dessert options available.
Friendly service, funky with the right amount of dingy atmosphere. Come and be amazed by the delicious food and plentiful vegetarian and vegan options!

As an Aucklander I will admit I envy the inhabitants of the middle of middle earth. They have Midnight Espresso. You can’t get good coffee after 10pm in Auckland and Midnight Espresso understands people need coffee all hours of the day which is why they are open from 7am to 3am. The coffee is Flight, local and boutique of course.
Being vegan I was impressed by the amount of food I was able to eat there. With a menu influenced by hipsters and animal rights activists perhaps, basically anything on the menu has a vegetarian or vegan opinion so rest assured your arteries are safe here. The menu is so diverse it requires some critical thinking.
For a very satisfying herbivorous meal go for the tofu salad or tofu burger. These guys don’t skimp on tofu or portions for that matter. Wash it down with a Dr Nix packing a punch with beets and tobasco. There is a large range of cabinet food that varies, because variety is the spice of life. I love the vegan chocolate cake, well pretty much anything I’ve ever had there. The bliss balls are huge, and fragrant with coconut, they melt in your mouth. Seriously good and cheap.
The space is quirky as, even the toilets are cool. With funky art work scrawled all over the walls, the arcade machines and the tables and chairs that remind you of primary school, Midnight Espresso serves up great food in a cool space by cool folk.

FAVORITE late night spot for tea and a snack. Great selection of treats, especially for folks with food restrictions, and the staff puts a lot of care into their work. I just wish there was a place as good as this in the States.

Great coffees and pastries! Eclectic crowds and a great sitting area for people watching on Cuba street.

Trendy loud hipster café, excellent Havana coffee and some tasty treats.

Whether you’re into people-​watching or cheap, delicious veggie food, Midnight Espresso is the place to be! Its seating isn’t the most luxurious or pretty — but this funky café has major quirky charm and is a popular student hangout. It also has one of the best selections of vegetarian and vegan food.
At a time when so many upmarket, pretentious places are opening up, there will always be a place for good, honest, cheap tucker and an eclectic mix of punters. It may be affordable but boring it’s not — the hard part is choosing which delectable item from the counter display to have!
The other great thing is that Midnight is open long after everything else has shut — making it an obvious choice for a post clubbing chillout.
Oh — and the coffee is fantastic!