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Food is decent the staff just so so with attitude I guess not everyone is good at service too much attitude but the foods ok the kitchen staff are great. It’s only hit and miss with the staff I guess. Not easy to find excellent staff in Sydney. Girls are great super friendly down to earth. Atmosphere is nice but I think it’s a one off for me I have eaten much better cafes in Syd where the food has so much more flare.

Not to speak ill of the dead but considering these hotcakes are absolutely renowned I didn’t think they were that flavoursome. Granted it’s a great texture but sticking a piece of random banana underneath that isn’t even caramelised or anything is not particularly inspired. Not to mention I made a reservation and received about 4 confirmation texts on it yet when I reached the restaurant they had no record of it 🤔

Sometimes nothing changing is exactly as you want your resto. Reliable can be a great thing. Here, though, it just feels as if the rest of the cafe world has caught up and passed this menu by. The ricotta cakes are perfectly fine. The honeycomb butter is lacking, the bananas mediocre. But the whole thing is ok. Same goes for the toast. If you don’t get out much, I’m sure this will all work for you. But the price has moved with the times. Premium 2024. Maybe the food should too

Flavour is king. These corn fritters are the best I’ve ever had by a long short.
The first bite was so rich and juicy!
The avocado had a lovely zest that paired with it very well.

The cold drip was made from quality beans.

If only the service staff knew we existed. Seated right next to the payment area, it took what felt like 20 minutes to get noticed. For the first time In my life I was about to get up and go find someone to serve us, it was that frustrating. It wasn’t from a lack of staff either, they just somehow managed to never look in our direction so we could get their attention.

Probably won’t come back for this reason.

Well I wanted pancakes and so ventured out to find this cafe. Clearly quite popular, I arrived about 8.30am on a Saturday morning and was able to get a table straight away. 45 minutes later when I left there was already a queue. There is seating inside however it seemed quite noisy and so with beautiful weather, I elected to sit outside. There is a nice streetscape and relatively little traffic.

I ordered the Ricotta and Pancakes which come with banana and an iced latte. I was not asked what size and was a bit surprised when my tiny little iced latte (served in a glass not much bigger than a latte glass) arrived. Still it has a good flavour and hit the spot. About 10 minutes later my pancakes arrived. They look quite uninviting and simple to look at however they are indeed beautiful and fluffy. They provide a small side jug of maple syrup which I only needed to use sparingly.

It’s quite a pricey place to eat ($35 for my breakfast) however the pancakes were excellent and sitting on the sidewalk in the morning filtered light was quite lovely. So good food, good coffee and nice atmosphere. They could however work a bit harder on their service. It felt like I should be grateful for having been served at all.