Good One, ah, Good One. And it is... This has been my favourite Auckland cafe since it opened a few years back, delivering perfectly much of what I would ask for in a cafe - great design aesthetics, super staff, delicious food (and coffee - it is 'Supreme' here in Auckland), and a space that feels both like home and quite different from it.Good One doesn't disappoint on the toilet front either. The one, unisex, loo has many of my favourite features, despite the fact that it has no natural light, and no art to speak of... It's spacious (disabled), with domestic loo paper, and, joy of joys, one of those big-old-fabric-rolls for hand-drying. Why did they go out of fashion? (As it happens, we have them at work, so it's not like I'm regularly deprived. I admit, though, that while they're great when working perfectly, they rapidly shift to awful when the roll runs out and is not replaced!). The soap is some non-defined liquid that does the job - but at least it's not a commercial 'tub' on the wall. The basin is pleasantly round, with a single, temperature-adjustable flow... bliss. The pièce de résistance is the reading material. One of Good One's 'things' has been an unrivalled collection of old National Geographics; these feature heavily in the loo. Here's your chance to catch up on the key issues of the day in 1963!
Two traps for young players here: i) if the door lock outside shows 'red,' the loo is free; if it shows 'green,' it's not. And ii) when you turn on the tap, if you're too enthusiastic, you risk a nice splatter down your front and onto the floor. Never a good look, so go gentle on the tap.
Update: they also have paper hand towels! how could I have failed to mention it... but they aren't a permanent feature, rather occupying a precarious position on the edge of one of the shelves of national geographics (you can spot them).
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