Columbus Coffee at Mitre 10 MEGA Te Awamutu

"My wife and I went for lunch today, Waitangi day. Probably around 12.30. We were warned of a 15 to 20 minute wait despite the place only being half full. That was not a problem. When the coffee finally arrived it was in the standard takeaway plastic/paper cop's with drinking lids. No explanation/apology and no spoon to stir in sugar! The food followed shortly after. Both meals were from the cabinet. My wife had Cheese and Onion toasted sandwiches. They had lost the appeal they had in the cabinet. Very flat, dry, hardly any visible cheese and pretty raw chunks of onion. I had a Tortilla. Pretty much cold. Very unappealing. All the vegetable prices were so big they had to be cut up just to get in my mouth. We have frequently gone to this Cafe over the years and nearly always enjoyed the food and the service. Could be while before we're back."

"Just went for lunch, firstly our cutlery was thrown at us and fell over, young server just walked away. Then, same server delivered our food for two of us and put it down on the table beside us and walked away nothing spoken we had to get it ourselves! My son had the burger which he said was ok quite average. My Eggs bene with mushrooms and hash was bad 3/10. Eggs hard, I mean hard, not any softness, hash was crunchy and when pressed oil oozed out Gross. I did eat the mushrooms, they were ok. What a disappointment."

"Last two visits their coffee making has not been very good. I think they need to train their batista how to make a proper cappuccino, it had no frothed milk on top. Service was very slow, although to he fair it may be the staffing issues everyone seems to be plagued with."

"Service was standard. Food took a little while. But 5 stars as the food was amazingly tasty and I love they have heaters going."