Had the egg Benedict with salmon. The portions were just perfect. The Hollandaise sauce was amazing. This restaurant is now my favourite place for Sunday breakfast.
Hands down the best cafe in the East-everything from their beverages,food,ambiance and customer service is exceptional. We have been coming here for years and always leave happy-highly recommended!
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Still open for business and trading through what must be a tough period for them. Less people inside and reserved signs on alternate tables but still the same friendly team and delicious looking food. Many more patrons doing the take away coffees this morning but we sat out front to escape the rain and ordered a couple of lattes one with a smooth blend (for me) and the other with a sharp blend for KD. These tended to suit us both and were flavoursome although I wouldn’t have minded mine a little hotter. It’s important that people support their local cafes.
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Previous Review 2017
Too cold to get up for brunch today so we made our way to the Food Republic Cafe early afternoon. A fire closed this cafe down in 2016 and I hadn't been back since. It looked similar from the outside but the inside was quite different to how I remember it. Large central share tables, sleek decorative iron look paneling and some really interesting light fittings gave the place a modern feel and the mosaic tiled bar area added a splash of colour.
I ordered a veal parmigiana meal with salad and duck fat potatoes. This was from the specials menu. Kelisi was conflicted with a couple of option but went eventually went for Oatmeal pancakes with blueberry & vanilla coulis, lemon curd and mascarpone. Quick turn around and meals were delightfully presented. Veal was tender and crumb flavoursome. Pancakes were lite and fluffy despite being made with oatmeal flour. Interesting that they now refer to dishes as either Gluten free or Low Gluten on the menu. I haven't seen that before. My only criticism about the whole meal was that the lemon curd, though tasty, wasn't "pucker worthy" and needed more authentic tartiness to balance out the sweetness of the coulis. We finished the meal off with an Italian donut and coffees. Staff were highly attentive regularly coming along and filling water and checking up on us.
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