I've been visiting The Diplomat for a while and can honestly say that it's my favourite venue for a coffee, a bite to eat and a place to meet friends and family! The coffee is outstanding and the venue has a great feel to it but it's the staff that make this place so special!
The front of house staff are so friendly, down-to-earth and welcoming that it makes my week just to visit. Eban and the crew have really made something amazing!
And the phenomenal work done by the Kitchen staff really comes through with their food. The menu is incredible and the specials are mind blowing each time they change. Alot of love and hard work has gone into each plate and it shows, amazing work!!
Absolutely an awesome place. Beautiful, friendly staff, delicious coffee and food. Can not find any fault with this place. Highly recommend!!
My husband and I came here for lunch for the first time today and The Diplomat did not disappoint!
Unfortunately they were unable to seat us inside due to restrictions however, they sat us outside with the outdoor heater on and were happy to bring us inside when a table became available.
I ordered the smashed avo and my husband ordered the mushrooms. Not only was the food arrived within a reasonable time frame, it was also presented beautifully and delicious! There was a nice balance of ingredients with the sweetness of the beetroot pureé being accompanied with the slighyly salty goats cheese.
2 meals and 2 coffees set us back $50 exactly which I felt is quite reasonable. We look forward to our future visits to The Diplomat
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The Diplomat is an awesome café that serves delicious food and has great customer service!
It’s the first time I’d ever been to the suburb of Highett. It was a long journey to get there to catch up with a friend who lives out that way. Highett is suburb next to Moorabbin and is only 5 minutes away from Southland Shopping Centre.
For a Saturday, 11.30am arrival, the café was about 70% occupied and it got busier with the weekend lunch crowd.
🔆LOCATION🔆
The Diplomat café is situated on the corner of Railway Parade and Highett Road, opposite to Highett Train Station. This area has a great variety of shops and eateries and convenient access by car and public transport.
The café is very spacious and has lovely greenery overhanging the top with long wide high table.
Near the register is a cabinet with nice selection of cakes and pastries. There’s ample seating and kid/pram friendly.
🔆SERVICE🔆
All the staff here were very friendly and quite prompt with service. We enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere of this café. Although busy, we didn’t feel rushed and our waitress gave us great advice on food options.
🔆MENU/PRICE🔆
My friend and I ordered:
Smoked Salmon Benedict, $22.00
(with potato & leek rosti, sautéed kale, two poached eggs, beetroot hollandaise & side of inhouse pickled vegetables)
Supersalad, $18.00
(served with quinoah, broccoli, adamame, cauliflower, goji berries, seed mix, shredded kale & beetroot hummus, tossed with inhouse vinaigrette)
Added halloumi $4.50
Latte, $3.80
Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice, $6.50
🔆VERDICT🔆
The price for our meals were very reasonable and servings was generous as well. I really enjoyed my smoked salmon benedict. I opt to change poached eggs to semi-fried eggs which they were happy to cater for. I really enjoyed the beetroot hollaindaise, and the potato and leek rosti was very light, fluffy and tasty. Overall a great dish.
My friends supersalad was delicious – had great combination of vegetables and seed the beetroot hummus and vinaigrette was flavourful and worked well with the dish.
Even the drinks we ordered were very reasonably priced. Overall, we had a wonderful lunch at The Diplomat. The service, atmosphere and the food was fabulous.
My favourite local cafe visit weekly, good environment friendly staff, dog friendly, and good cafe food, nice coffee and selection of pastry’s!
So happy they changed their kids menu back to original pancakes so we could return here every weekend for breakfast as a family :) thank you! Always such friendly staff, a beautiful place to have brunch with the family and the food is always delicious. And after trying out all the others, it definitely has the best coffee on the block 👍
We came to this lovely cafe yesterday for a brunch. Coffe was really good even though we ordered the skinny milk. I almost ordered the second cup coz the cup was kinda small. Food was tasty. I would come bback in the future.
Service by the waiting staff could be better but otherwise the food was fabulous
I love this local gem in Highett! A consistently great & awesome cafe which I love to go to!
Cinnamon French Toast w. Mango + Honey + Creme Pat + Red Berry Coulis + Coconut Flakes & Pistachio Praline. This plate was not only aesthetically pleasing to look at, it delivered in flavour on a whole other level! Sweet + Bold + Rich + Textured + Hot & Cold - gave this dish it's outstanding flavour however the Coulis & Fresh mango were a fantastic palate cleanser! Very easy to devour 👍🏽
Broccoli + Pea & Spring Onion Fritters w. Smoked Salmon + Smashed Avo + Lime Aioli & a Poached Egg || 🍞🍳👌🏼
Such lovely attentive staff! Happy to accommodate for all needs & wants! This dish is a great savoury option with some bold & rich flavours!
Don't really make it to this side of town much but when I do, I make a point of trying the food! Chose The Diplomat to grab brekkie with the hubby. Parking was no trouble and we were seated immediately which was a sign of the really great service we received all round. I ordered a soy latte which was so creamy and delicious, that I ordered a second before brekkie was over. I got the chilli scrambled eggs that were ordered extra spicy and with a side of salmon. Partner ordered his usual eggs on toast with bacon and an iced coffee. Food arrived promptly and was delicious. Serving sizes are decent and quality of the food was above average. Cons: we had to ask for butter as it is obviously not served with toast, $7 for smoked salmon is a bit excessive and and I think in this day, plastic straws are a no no. Bill came to $53 including a surcharge for soy milk. Would recommend The Diplomat if you are in the Bayside looking for a meal.
Such a great vibe with beautiful artwork. The food was even better! I had the okonomiyaki which was cooked to perfection and so filling! They did a great job of putting a breakfast twist on a traditional Japanese dish 👏
I went here for breakfast this morning they were a bit under the pump staff still really friendly and not to mention I had ONE OF THE BEST MEALS IVE HAD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE !!!!! Salmon Benedict I could eat it everyday until I die !!!!
We had the breakfast burritos, a milkshake and a tea and everything was amazing! The burritos were huge and full of flavour, the milkshake was delicious and the tea was perfect.
Thank you for having us, best breakfast we've had in Melbourne on our stay ☺️
A beautiful cafe is here.
The atmosphere is perfect, food and coffee are good as well!
Must visiting!
Wasn’t too bad, the staff were super friendly which was soo lovely. The hash browns weren’t cooked that well but the chorizo was the best I have had in a long time! Will be back for that
Diplomat is consistently good quality. Kimmy makes the best coffee in highett and Lee always remembers your order/says hello. They value their regular customers. Try the porridge or burrito.
Great food. A little wait for attention due to low waiter service and the floor manager could help a little more with customer service but for all that, the vibe was good and food great.
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