and so, the night is like this...
I watch the Tasman Sea get angry - the grey of the sky loses the horizon to the grey of the sea. Only the wild whitecaps break the monotony of that loss of colour.
I slip into Hemingway's, a Manly beachfront bar and order a Mediterranean pizza and a schooner of Cooper's. The music is the definition of my being young - Cat Stevens, Donovan and Neil Young.
The food was good, the beer was good. the music was good and the day, as it submitted to a stormy night was best of all.
Great lunch sat watching the ocean and the world go by, great vibe in an awesome location, the staff were super nice and provided excellent service. Even Alfie, our dog, was looked after with bacon bits and some cold water. You could do a lot worse in life than to head down to Hemingways and heed the words on the back of the staff t-shirts.
I visited this amazing place during the Christmas break. This place has my heart. The best hot chocolate and chicken nuggets I have ever had! Loved the location and the food! A must visit.. highly recommend! The vibe of this place is so warm! Loved it!
Super nice and relaxing restaurant by the beach! Loved their cauliflower nuggets and chicken nuggets. We also got the mussels and cassoulet which were both quite good.
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I happened to notice this restaurant. The name and cozy atmosphere caught me when I was crossing the road.
The menu was brilliant. I didn’t know why the waiter gave me a book. Inside of the book, there were menus of beverages.
I ordered Hemingway’s cup 2.0 and a steak. Hemingway’s cup 2.0 has nice visual and taste. I am not fond of drinking alcohol but I liked it.
The Steak was good enough even though there was a sinew in it. Side salad was good as well. I was disappointed with side salads hundreds of times, but this time I wasn’t. It suited the steak.
I have got to mention chilly sauce. If there is a award of sauce, the chef deserves it. It was a perfect sauce for chips. The waiter explained that the chef made mayonnaise herself or himself and mixed it with something I couldn’t remember. I could not stop eating chips with the sauce. When I finished my chips, I ordered extra chips to finish the sauce.
I was starving. So I wondered whether It affected me. However, the chips with the chilly sauce were still ‘finger-lickingly’ good after I finished the stake and a chicken nugget that I ordered later.
Foods were not that salty. Actually, foods in Australia were too salty for me. So I had been a little bit disappointed with the foods. But foods were as salty as they are necessary.
Above all, the crew was so friendly. One of the waiters who said he worked for years tried to have a friendly chat with customers. He served me an extra sauce to take out after I said that I liked it.
It is the first time in my life that I wrote any review on a restaurant in online. I could not but do it.
We were seated upstairs which was nice and cost for a rainy Saturday morning. Our waiter had English as a second language so we had to try explain our order a little more. We also tried to order some drinks at a later stage which got forgot because I think they were busy. The meals tasted alright but I'm not in a rush to go back.
We went here for breakfast... The food was fine but nothing to write home about. Very friendly staff, but not a very kid-friendly place. Might go back to check out the dinner menu.
Went here for breakfast... Not very kid-friendly but very lovely staff. The food was nice but nothing to write home about. Might give the place another go to check out the dinner menu.
Food quality is decent to say the least. Sat outside watching the beach on a cold sunny day. Food was a great accompaniment to the beach view and people watching.
Had the kale salad and salt pepper squid, with the fish and chips.
Kale salad 3.5/5.
Salt pepper squid 3.5/5.
Fish and chips 3/5.
Interior of the place is a good library/rustic feel.
the pulled pork burger was really good with a large portion although it was a bit wet since there was too much gravy with it😕 but the overall flavours were good! the chicken nuggets were scrumptious😍
we went to Hemingway's for brunch on a wednesday afternoon while visiting sydney. we chose it because of the rating and the location. the location was good. however the staff was not very friendly and the service was very slow. a burger and a salad took 30 minutes. the burger however was delicious. the quinoa and chicken salad was quite tasteless and dry.
Ordered: food/cauliflower nuggets, roasted mushrooms on toast drinks/sweet cheeks & up beet
Goods
- Good qaulity food in sizable portions enough for 2 people per main plate
- A variety of foods and drinks catering to healthy and no so health conscious eaters
- Upbeat and friendly staff. Up for a talk which is always nice
- Location: less than a 20 seconds walk to the beach front. Ideal location for a sit down meal. Plenty of parking and great for people watching
- easy to find area
Bads
- Meals needed more sauces ( cauliflower nugget sauce and pesto on the mushroom meal)
- Cramped spaces and a lot of foot traffic
- expect to wait if you arrive during peak hours
Cafe oozed out good vibes. Very chilled out area and typical beachy cafe for manly. Food, drinks, views, staff.. it was all a great experience. Will come again.
A unique cafe ☕️ in Manly beach. Croissant 🥐 is amazing 🤩. It’s delicious and yummy. The best Croissant I have ever tried. Fries 🍟 is great too. It’s great to have an outdoor seating and enjoy a good cup of coffee in Hermingway’s Manly. Love it 🥰
Very hearty dishes. Everything comes with baguette, just can't get enough of it
This was the most amazing breakfast i’ve ever had! It was absolutely delicious and i could not recommend it enough. staff were so polite and the food was quite literally to die for. me and my partner finished our plates with no leftovers in sight (which is rare for us). if your in manly PLEASE check them out and i promise you won’t be disappointed!!
On Manly beach this is a popular cafe with a French inspired menus. Seating outdoors and inside with a library of course, for the book lovers. Recently around February 2022 this restaurant was refurbished,still much the same, with a new menus. The dishes we had were next level delicious, would have been good to have some bread to soak up the tasty sauce. Also expect to pay a bit more from the old menu, but worth it.
BEST BREAKFAST EVER !!!! food was incredible and so was service. very little wait time and the most delicious feast you could imagine. my partner and i both finished our meals which says a lot as i rarely ever do. we will 100% be returning to hemingway’s!
Delicious food. Very friendly manager.
Great coffee great food great view great staff - thank you 🙏
How can you beat this!? Great hospitality from the hosts.
I’ll come that seafood stew next time 😉
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