Went to buy a coffee, while the doors were open and there was people still inside and outside and got turned out because “we’re closed and these are all our friends”. Your coffee machine is on and your door is open and you’re clearly able to serve your customer. Def won’t be back, terrible service and communication.
Close to my worksite, you can tell that this place is super chill. Old school look, and cool background music being played. - iced coffee with milk and shot if caramel 8.3/10 I like this combo. And the price is fair.
We were here before 8.30 and there was very little available to eat. No savory muffins or scones and they don't make smoothies. The coffee was good but didn't make up for the lack of food available.
Definitely one of my favorite coffee shops in Auckland. Unlike the date I met here, the coffee never leaves a bitter taste and is genuinely good! I love how the caramel syrup actually mixes well, and so far my favorite blend is the rapture. Perfection. The employees are always friendly too and the book selection is so varied.
Excellent service and great tune. Awesome that Lydia greets customers by name :) Awesome spicy Chai and Road runner coffee! Great setting with books and instruments. Highly recommend.
Really understated cafe and we saw of just stumbled across it this morning. They have three different coffee beans to choose from which works a lot better than the 10 different coffee types to drink (which all kinda taste the same). The coffee is amazing! My partner had a mocha which he said was the best coffee he'd had all year. I had a cappuccino which was perfection. There's a few options for food from the cabinet but it's just what's in the cabinet, which was fine. When we were there, they had filled bagels, filled croissants and a few sweet treats. We shared a salmon bagel and a ham bagel and they both were really good. The combination worked well and ours was toasted to perfection. So really, a winning breakfast for feeling miserable days! The backroom was something grand! When you walk in, there's all these musical instruments to play on (a few needing tuning) but there were percussion instruments, wind instruments, guitars, ukulele, and things I dont know the name of! They were also stacks of those old lead based books, along with paperbacks. So many different styles of writing and all inviting. Peculiar items like chess boards ( you have to see it to understand its peculiarity) and niknaks too. The service was very friendly and kind! The cafe doesn't look like it has it's own allocated parking but there was plenty of street parking.
The Activist is located at 136 Seabrook Avenue, New Lynn, Auckland 0600, New Zealand
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