Little Bird Kitchen

I love this cafe sooo much. If you go there you must try the iced coffee shake and the bird bowl. The cheesecake is so delicious. Service is always amazing, the girls are super nice and friendly. A little bit pricey but it’s definitely worth it. Update: still love this place but unfortunately they changed the bird bowl, this one is not as good as the other one, nothing special about it, flavours are not as good. I wouldn’t order it again.

Lovely little cafe with an impressive selection of plant based cakes and sweets, while also serving lunches with full table service. I will be honest, I really did not enjoy my food at all, but the way the staff handled that was amazing. They inquired as to why to understand, made me feel comfortable about being honest and didn’t charge me. I couldn’t eat it so appreciated it. I will be back to try other items as I love creative vegan food but found specifically the Vietnamese Crepe to be extremely unbalanced. It had so many bitter and astringent elements and the texture was rough and stringy with an occasional mouthful of pickled carrot batons or cashew, none of which I was fond of. The pancake itself was almost more like injera in a Vietnamese style. I love injera and traditional Vietnamese pancakes - but this did not work for me. All the same - I will be back. I really appreciated the staff and options in general.

With great ambience, high quality tasty vegan meals this vegan restaurant / cafe has a lot going for it. We loved everything we had, I'm told the coffee was great too. The mushroom rosti and sprouted bread come recommended by me

Delicious and healthy vegan food. Coming here is always a treat! Favourite cafe in Auckland!

Update (mid Feb 2024): I don’t often update my reviews, but man, the service has changed since we last came here. We went today, and the service was so slow even though there were 4 FOH staff and the restaurant was at 15-20% capacity. We waited at least 20 minutes to order, and then food was around a 30 minute wait on top of that. The food IS good, but when the staff look your way so little you can’t make a wave or eye contact to say you want to order is low key crazy. My partner and I definitely didn’t think a casual Saturday brunch would take > 60 mins. Would love to see service be at the counter only, as this could save time and streamline the ordering process, if waiting tables is not efficient for the staff. Whilst the food is good, not worth the wait. Original review (late 2024): The kai is amazing, with lots of gluten-free and dairy-free options. The corn toastie and waffles are both highlights!

Absolutely delightful on all fronts. It will never get old being able to order without checking if things contain dairy (which I am allergic to). I had the maca smoothie and the ginger hotcakes and both were delicious. Wonderfully helpful and friendly staff. I couldn't resist taking two pieces of cake away for the big day of travelling ahead!

Being a massive meat eater and not realising this was a Vegan Cafe, it turned out to be a great experience. The Vietnamese Crepe & Pumpkin, Parsnip with chickpea soup was amazing. The produce was very fresh and flavoursome, serving sizes were decent as well. The coffee was great, the atmosphere was relaxing and a large selection of raw food slices. Worth a visit when in Ponsonby and the 4PM closure time is a bonus.