Two Hamilton Gardens Cafe staff have been left shaken but uninjured after two people stormed in the office, assaulted them and fled with their handbags.
Cafe owner Jenny Fraser remained upbeat about the situation today but admitted it was pretty shocking and traumatic at the time.
Fraser said her and a staff member were in the office about 5.45pm on Saturday preparing to welcome people for a staff Christmas party when two men, described as Maori, walked into the office.
"Everybody is all fine, it was an incident that happened that was over and done with pretty quickly too," said Fraser, who was pushed over during the attack.
"[I] got pushed and another got hit in the face and she ended up on the ground. She's okay and she didn't need to go to hospital or anything like that. Was a bit traumatic, it's not the thing you expect to happen."