Prefab Cafe

Jessie Street Wellington

Well, this is post number 41 if my numeracy skills are correct which means we are closer to the end than the beginning of our blogging journey. We have mixed feelings as we discuss the impending anniversary and we wonder if we should go large on our final post. Perhaps we can be like Game of Thrones and make the final episode one our readers won’t forget! Or then again…maybe we could just remind ourselves these are amateurish cafe reviews with a handful of followers, most of whom will not even realise when they just stop after number 52. *sigh*

Anyway…on to this weeks review. Thanks to Lucy, we’re off to Prefab cafe in Jessie Street central Wellington. Oddly, when we drive by there’s no large sign outside indicating we have arrived and if it wasn’t for Siri announcing “Your destination is on the right.” we may have driven right past. The street is narrow and we’re fortunate to find a park about 100m away. We can’t imagine everyone would be so lucky so be prepared to drive round the block a few times or locate a parking building during peak times.

Once inside we quickly realise this is THE place to come if you enjoy inner city living with all the trappings. The place is PACKED! However, a lovely waitress who reminds me somewhat of Polly Gillespie soon has us seated at one end of a table for four while Sue Heck’s twin and a friend are at the other end. (Google images Sue Heck) We arrange our table accoutrements to delineate our half and we sneak up to the cabinet to see what’s on offer. It looks promising.

We’re not left on our own for very long before orders are taken and whisked off to the kitchen where Andre espies a chef who bears a striking resemblance to David Beckham. We muse over whether it might actually be DB but quickly put that aside as our food and drinks all arrive in a timely fashion.

Rachael takes one for the team and tucks into a scrambled eggs on toast (eye roll from Andre), while his lordship orders up the mushroom with poached egg.

At the same time, our cabinet selections make their way to our table. Rachael a highly recommended custard donut and Andre an almond croissant. Both of these turned out to be the highlight of the meal.

As we eat, we glance at the door and notice the queue is right back to the footpath. Some of these people are in for quite a wait…it’s probably worth it.

All up, we enjoyed our visit to Prefab. We recommend it’s highly efficient and friendly staff, good food and clean plus modern interior. There’s free wifi and orders were quickly delivered. There’s a lot of positive things to say about this cafe and yet…we can’t help but feel it’s too efficient, too dynamic almost to be enjoyable. The food was great quality and yet not memorable. Given how busy it was, it felt almost impolite to linger when others were waiting to come in. This cafe in some ways is almost a victim of its own success. If you’re looking for relaxed and quirky…this isn’t the cafe for you. A well deserved 4 stars.