Frederick's Cafe

Quite a disappointing start to our holiday! We paid almost $100 for breakfast for 4 people just to be disappointed. It took 25 minutes for it to be served in a non busy hour. The eggs on the Benedict were overcooked, the sauce tasted sour and had to ask for the elements like maypole syrup be served with what presented on the menu. The fresh juice was only commendable. I do not recommend it. 😞

Very pleasant staff and service. The breakfasts were quite well made. Gypsy Eggs (a spin on Shakshuka) has a sweeter gravy with a little bit of vinegar, my wife had the vegetarian, it would probably be better with the chorizo. I had the eggs benedict with bacon which was cooked well, served on English muffin. The Hollandaise sauce has a bit of sweetness to it which is pleasant. Unfortunately all the tables were wiped with a cloth which had a strong egg smell which was a bit nauseating. My wife had a decaf mocha which had a level of chocolate which was not overpowering the coffee however the milk temperature was a bit too high to drink. The macchiato I ordered was a bit under-extracted. It might be that the barista was still dialling in the beans. I think both could be improved with an upgraded grinder and dialling in espresso just before the morning crowd. Otherwise quite a pleasant cafe and some pleasant music.

It was really great they had a heater on the closed in verandah outside. However the area for tables had a 20com drop off to another level of the pavement and the chairs were right on the edge of this. Not safe. I was watching an elderly lady trying to set herself down on the edge. She only had to step back a couple of inches and she'd have toppled over. Then the coffee wasn't hot and my husband ordered extra hot and it was still only just warm. When the food came the couple who ordered with us were given there's about ten minutes before ours, instead of us all having our meal roughly about the same time, and we had actually ordered ours before them. When mine finally came out, I pulled out a great big long black hair. Certainly wasn't mine. So, not a good experience. 😕 sorry folks, I don't usually have bad experiences out but sadly this was. Sorry for the bad review.