Great service. Friendly and very helpful. They even went and got a newspaper for my partner to read. The coffee and food are excellent. The goats cheese and mushroom omlete is the best I have ever eaten. We had breakfast there two days in a row as couldn't go past their coffee and service. Like the garden vibe.
Our running group meets every Sunday morning for a different walk/jog and then at a different Canberra cafe for breakfast afterwards. In five years, we've seen a LOT of cafes, and a hugely varied range of service. The staff at Secret Garden were very friendly and attentive and we didn't feel at all rushed. In other cafes, we often get the vibe that we're an 'inconvenience' because we're usually a group of around ten (we get this vibe even when we book ahead), but we felt very welcome at Secret Garden. Great service, thank you, and amazing food presentation! We'll be back. :-)
A lovely little cafe hidden inside one of Manuka’s shopping arcades. Interesting Asian fusion lunch menu. I only wish they would offer some Asian breakfast such as rice porridge, bread with kaya or some small noodle dish. Coffee is pretty good with great prices.
Check it out - I think it’s better than some of the bigger, noisier cafes around here.
Very friendly staff. Food is a cut above the local cafés. Rosti stack with salmon was great.
The food at this place was impeccable! The cafe does well enough to create a pleasant atmosphere in a shared indoor space and just about manages to escape the "plaza" feel. Staff are friendly and coffee was nice. Again, couldn't fault the food for the life of me. Would definitely recommend.
Good food, quick friendly service. I think the physical layout needs some working on, though - the large table in the middle and the lack of dividers and pot plants between tables gives the feeling of a lack of privacy for customers seated at tables. This feeling is reinforced by the cafe's location in the courtyard of a shopping centre.
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