DAYDREAM café & restaurant (Brunch)

You walk into Daydream on Robertson Street and immediately get that feeling — the kind of place where the coffee's actually hot and they know what they're doing with eggs. It's the sort of café that's pulled together the morning crowd without any of the pretension that plagues some of Hastings' newer spots. The space feels lived-in rather than designed, which is precisely why locals keep coming back. Whether you're after a proper fry-up or something lighter, they've clearly thought about their menu rather than just copying what everyone else is doing.