... Its been years since I've visited the Mangere Arts Centre.. When it first opened we use to go like all the time.. its pretty different now.. nice activity area for children though.. Need to go more I think!! been tooo long!!

After walking around the Mangere Town Centre, we saw this interesting building across the parking lot from McDonalds and decided to investigate. The building turned out to be the Mangere Arts Centre. We went inside and saw that there was a café just to the left of the entrance. We were a little chilly from the winter temperatures outside and decided to get a cup of coffee. There were also some meat pies and pastries and we got some of those. The meat pie was ok but the cinnamon roll type pastry that I had was delicious and with my flat white on the side, perfect winter weather treat. The café was clean and a nice open space. It was not crowded at this time in the afternoon and we found a table right away after ordering at the counter. What I remember most is the nice young Maori lady that was the cashier, she was very friendly and when we asked her is there any good restaurant around to get dinner, she made a frown and shook her head no. We were like, well thanks, that is all we need to know, and walk away chuckling to ourselves. We decided to go to Westfield mall and catch a movie instead so we did not explore the Arts Centre more, but we did enjoy our experience at the café there. A rest with a cup of coffee is nice anywhere.