The Worst Breakfast Ever
We found our table at 'Northern Bites'
on Manly's South Styne beachfront by walking past a row of cafes
and went to the one that smelt the nicest, I think we smelt some
french toast. I wish one of us had ordered it but cést la vie. I
hate to start a review so poorly, but there were so very few good
things to say about our experience here, what was good had more to
do with the scenery walking past to and from the surf carnival that
was on that day. It took 20 minutes for someone to take our order
and another 20 more minutes for my coffee to arrive which I'd
finished by the time my food did and Mel's meal didn't arrive until
after I'd finished eating mine. Appalling.
Of my big breakfast, everything was cold, except the baked beans
(cutely serviced in an espresso cup), and some how, even though the
food had been cold, the butter hadn't warmed up from being taken
out of the fridge. The hash brown was from a packet and so was the
bread. It's very disappointing because it still cost in the order
of $17 when the cafés on the same block had similar meals with
potato rosti, organic sourdough and organic lamb sausages... There
really wasn't anything to say that stood out from that meal, I
stopped eating half way through. Heck, they even just served slices
of tomato instead of the grilled tomato everywhere else does.
Saturday morning breakfasts are meant
to be a casual affair, but if it was any more casual I'd still be
waiting. Again, I'm sorry to sound so negative about it, but the
excuse were given about why Mel's eggs benedict being an hour was
because the guy they went to Coles to *BUY* the hollandaise sauce
hadn't come back yet. What cafe BUYS hollandaise sauce, and then
admits it to their customers? Even though I got mine faster 15
minutes before Mel, my food was only just warm, to the point that
the fat had started to congeal.
Food, 3/10 - their big breakfast had everything
you'd expect, but the lowest quality possible
Service, 2/10 - only because two of the waiters
were good looking, and one of them very obviously wasn't wearing
underwear
Coffee, 5/10 - it arrived 20 minutes after I
ordered but it was hot and good quality
Value, 1/10 - I'd only give a zero if they took my
money and didn't feed me
Location, 8/10 - nothing you couldn't have gotten
from anywhere else on the street
It's only saving grace was the coffee and location, but I am sure
any other cafe on the beachfront in Manly could do better
