Beantree Cafe - Mills Circle, Hayfields, Pietermaritzburg

What a fantastic coffee shop! Lots bigger than ours in Jo'burg. Hubby chose the normal bacon-eggs breakfast. I wanted brown toast and grated Cheddar cheese. The toast was FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know – crisp and crisp and yum!!!!! I only managed 1 slice – but with honey and cheese – delicious! Snatched some of hubby's bacon and also an egg yolk – ‘cause we love to share. He enjoyed some of my cheese. With an Americano and a cappuccino, our total breakfast cost was R93. Friendly waitress, great spot. Bit hot at 7 am, I used my fan!

Lovely spot for breakfast/brunch. The omelette is always a winner.

Very limited menu compared to the bean tree website. Bad service, waitress basically ignored us after ordering drinks, manager ended up taking our order, the food sat and waited by the kitchen for a while before being brought to the table and the place wasn’t busy. Overall very underwhelming experience, I would not recommend. Rather go to Wimpy across the road. Sad as I’ve been to other Bean Tree’s which had a much bigger menu and far better service.

Service was shocking,patrons had to get up and go ask for their bills , orders were written down but messed up. Manager too busy cooling herself in the coke fridge . Absolute disgrace .

Service here is shocking waitrons are hard to get hold off food is stable and poorly presented Ordered the salad bellow the olives were soft and soggy the lettuce stale the tamotoes were a day or twice with old.

The staff are very goid. Service is great. Its a very well priced coffee shop. Goid for a quick meeting. The looks are a short walk away shared with the Spar. Vegetarian options: Limited vegetarian options

The customer service is amazing Food is fresh and well made Prices are of adequate value The decor is Cafe-like and vibrant. I wouldn't came here regularly but for a not so often meal out then I highly suggest it, great working environment if you want to do same work there. They have a menu of what you expect from a Cafe, the prices are the same as most of the other competitors. It's nothing special but it's a great local Cafe.

Shop is located in a nice spot however found R80 for a toasted sandwich a bit too much and so only opted for a Milkshake, they had run out of the ice cream for the Milkshake and I soon discovered they purchase the cheapest ice cream from Spar next door to make it. Think my daughter amd I would have rather gone to Milky Lane next door at Spar. Anyway we all learn as we progress through life.

My Fiance was served raw chicken, we complained and told them to take it back. They offered to make a new one but just microwaved the chicken until it was cooked. Completely disappoint and very disgusted. If you love life, for God's sake, don't eat here.

To be honest, I found this spot to be a bit generic and unimaginative. The layout is nice and it is very well located. My expectations might have been a bit high, but based on the level of store that this is associated with, being next to Mills Spar, i was disappointed. The coffee was very average and lacked a solid flavour. The menu was also a bit sad and I did find that the service lacked some good old 'Wow, this is awesome'.