Talisman - Karangahake

Wow what a cafe, you could not ask for a better place to take your family, with a good range from kids menu -gluten free, everything was home made YUM YUM. Great outdoor setting in the garden. The food was excellent. It had a great atmosphere and wonderfull service. Definitely recommend this cafe to anyone heading to the historic karangahake gorge for a walk

Always enjoy time spent at the Talisman with friends. Lovely setting, good food, good coffee and friendly staff. Jude

Our group of 4 went to the Talisman and had a lovely lunch. Nice warm atmosphere, yum food, friendly prompt service. Thank you.

We were on that train from Waihi, and I looked up the Talisman on menu mania as we were considering it for lunch. I trawled through all the terrible reviews and was intrigued to see how bad a place could be. I was sadly disappointed. It was lovely. The food was really nice, especially the warm salad and Panini melt, but what really did it for us was beautiful layout, the wood fire smell, the really interesting knick-knacks to play with and yes, the lovely service. I had to check that we were at the same pace you guys had written about becouse honestly, it was brilliant. What was lovely was the smiles on the staff's face when I told them so too. Highly, highly recommend it. This place was fun.

Just recently i visited the talisman cafe and to my surprise it exceeded my expectations after reading the reviews above the food was exceptional well presented and could tell each plate had its own loving touch put to it and tasted even better then it looked. And every thing was well priced some even under priced . so i believe the people BELOW don't get out much at all as prices in other cafes are either the same or higher specially in Auckland. the staff where great big smiles and talked lots is i am a chef i was well pleased with what i received and encourage every one to give it a try you wont be disappointed . and to those BELOW if your looking for a cheap meal go to McDonald's they love to serve cheap people and arseholes. <br/ <br/ Beautiful cafe looking forward to been back for some more awesome food thanks guys