Lorenz's Bar And Cafe - Tongariro National Park Bruce Road

Not enough food and servers for people. We ended up ordering chicken nuggets - 10 small pieces and some french fries for 30 NZD! Long waiting line. A cup of coffee took 30 minutes. This is why we saw many people brought their own packed food.

Cafe food quality was good with a lot of varieties. Kitchen closed at 3pm even cafe closed at 4:30pm. So if you want to order proper meal be aware of the time. Personally I prefer this cafe over Knoll Ridge Cafe if you don't need to supervise the kid by looking at Happy Valley ski field.

Don't eat here unless you can absolutely avoid it. Even if you bring your own food, sit outside or in another cafe if you want to avoid being screamed at by rude staff for no reason at all. I was sitting by some bags that weren't even mine, and a staff member came and complained that I was disgusting and ruining the place by leaving "my" trash everywhere. When I said I had no idea who they belonged to, she wouldn't stop pestering me that she needed to know whose they were, and it was somehow now my problem. Quickly left the cafe ready to go sit somewhere else. This doesn't even get started for the food. $10.50 for the same bowl of chips you can get for $6 down in happy valley. Don't recommend.

The sun’s is out. What a view! Pity about the wooden tea spoon. And I can’t get my finger in the handle of the teacup to drink from it. So it spilt. Maybe it’s designed for that purpose.

Cafe at the base of Whakapapa. The cafe is alright. They have a nice outdoor seating area which is a nice place to sit and relazxafter a day of snowboarding.

A really nice cafe, great for breakfast before climbing or skiing. Beautiful view providing the weather holds up.

We made the drive up to here. Then walked up from the car park. I was hesitant because of the reviews, but glad we ordered food. Decent pricing compared to other places in the park. We ordered the Hot Lemon and Lime Chicken Wings, bowl of chips, a hot chai latte, and the breakfast muffin. The breakfast muffin was like a breakfast sandwich on an English muffin with bacon, fried egg, a hashbrown, tomato, and two types of sauces. Husband really enjoyed it. $10.00 Despite the chicken wings being $15, they were a lot of wings. Full wings not broken down into drumettes. A couple were really large and should have been cooked a bit longer, ended up not eating the drumette on those ones. The sauce was not spicy at all. If you have ever had Chinese food, there is a Peking sparerib dish, same sauce flavor on these wings. Sweet and sour type sauce but a little more robust. The bowl of chips were $9.50, not bad pricing. I see more and more people being their own sauces, I understand why. Whereas in the USA, condiments are usually unlimited, you get one or however many are allotted for your meal, any extras will cost you a pretty amount. Interesting that if you wanted a tiny container of tomato sauce it will cost you $0.80. For the size of the fries, you should have been given two sauces. The fries were hot and crisp with fluffy insides. The staff were alright. The guy working the counter seemed more friendly than his female counterparts. I only got to order from the female counterpart. One of the staffers carried a tray from the counter and lost a container of tomato sauce on the floor. What a mess that made.

Not value for money at all. Staffs are very rude toward customers. Even the lady asked for our passport to check if we have the same name as our credit card we pay for food. We traveled many countries around, but here is the first time. I don't know it is racist or security check. All foods we ordered tasted real bad, felt like they used too old beef. Disappointed.... That's why it so empty If I can give zero star I would but luckily google map has 1 star minimum It is a shame for the location that has really beautiful view.