Cuba St, Wellington has many good restaurants and cafes but my favourite [other than the Matterhorn bar and restaurant] would have to be Floriditas. Besides the totally charming interior, the food was excellent with a focus on the best local produce and products. All food including cakes and jams are made on site.
We enjoyed breakfast there most days and usually managed to fit in something from the pastry cabinet as well- there was always something different. On this particular day we chose a feijoa tart and a cranberrry cupcake, both served on old mismatched china. The owner must have noticed us enthusing over the daily baked items featuring the feijoa and kindly gave us a jar of his feijoa jam as a farewell gift. Lovely - and it tasted great on hot, toasty bread.
The hard working staff were consistently caring and efficient, and always seemed to cope well despite the large daily crowds.
Go if you get the chance...
www.floriditas.co.nz
161 Cuba Street
Te Aro 6011, New Zealand
oh wow look at that lovely cherry cake! delicious - we will go searching for floriditas when next in Welli, hopefully visiting this year xx
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