Cafe Miko

Great place for the core reason to come here: the gardens. Forget the cafe though. Poor service, bland food and below average coffee.

With a few hours to spare before returning our rental car to the airport, we decided to visit Aucklands botanic gardens and ended our visit with a family lunch at Cafe Miko. It has such a happy and relaxed atmosphere with lovely staff. We sat with a view of the gardens and really enjoyed the food. Highly recommend.

On our recent trip to Auckland Botanic Garden, we had chai lattes from this lovely cafe situated at the entrance of the garden. The particular thing I enjoyed was this sweet muffin we ordered which was a combo of white chocolate and one other ingredient, the name of which I have forgotten. The taste of this muffin is still there in my mouth.I'm usually not a muffin person but this particular muffin -I liked so much that I can eat 3 to 4 at once. I want to thank the staff members and the food preparation team for the beautiful service and food. Definitely recommended.

Miko Cafe at the Auckland Botanic Garden’s has friendly service and this very bustling cafe, offers great espresso and the thin crust chicken pizzas are the perfect lunch treat when you’re sat outside on the grass. Despite his busy the cafe gets, service delivery is very good and prices are reasonable. The smoothies are also delicious too, when available.

They do good food here and the setting above the Botanic Gardens is fantastic (looking down towards the lake). However service is often haphazard and slow - definitely don't expect anything to come out in a hurry. Also the prices are pretty steep without quite being exorbitant.