Benedict's Café, General Store & Post Shop in the Maungaraki Shops forms a focus for much of the local community of Maungaraki in the Western Hills of Lower Hutt. The Cafe offers a smiling service of excellent coffee and a wide range of fresh, home-baked savoury and sweet items. The cafe environment, with its roaring fire in Winter offers a cosy place to chat to friends, for parents to unwind whilst children can enjoy the play area, or the space for a laid back business chat for those who work from home. We have a huge playarea dedicted to children! We also roast our own coffee, and love meeting new people