My husband and l stopped in for New Years Day breakfast. The food was amazing, very tasty and beautifully presented. The coffee was great too, with lovely art on the top.
Love coming here, beautiful & friendly staff, amazing food (the vegie burger is to die for). Gorgeous relaxed interior to set the scene. Never dissapointed, always leave with a smile. :)
Beautiful ambiance, delicious food �, supportive staff what else you want. ����
Excellent food, real home-cooked style Indian food. Had me scraping the bottom of my curry bowl. ;)
One of my favourite places �️ lovely food, amazing coffee and chai.
I strongly recommend the dhal soup for those winter days..
Thank you Ravi for always make us feel like at home �
Yummy food and drink. Super friendly staff. Great concept to have mix of Indian and western food. And not a bad view of the bay too!
Loved this café. Returned a 2nd time. Equally as good. Lovely staff, great service. Very fresh and delicious food cooked on site (including the cakes). Excellent coffee. New fave cafe.
Excellent service,delicious food must visit.
Great friendly staff with excellent food and coffee.
Can't wait to visit again and work our way through the menu. Delicious food!
Beautiful relaxed cafe at the beach. Delicious food and coffees, lovely staff. We love coming here!
Our favourite local cafe. Warm, welcoming vibe and delicious different food, right by the bay. Chai lattes are superb! My daughter and I just tried some of their unique icecream flavours, yum!
Had a lovely brunch today for my sisters birthday. Burger of fools fantastic! Been a couple of times now always good!
Beautiful food ,fresh and REAL food no processed stuff,great environment
Friendly and talented staff
Love it despite the quirky name
Great service and location
Such an environmentally friendly place
Came here after a walk along the beach. Great location.
Straight away as you walk in, you know it's going to be different to.l most beach side cafes.
Run by a beautiful family who welcome you with open arms.
Firstly the coffee. Pretty good and beautifully presented. First tick!
Secondly food. Good.... I had the burger, which came out looking like the Taj Mahal. I did like the meat patty, which had it's very unique set of herbs and spices, but the rest of the burger was pretty average-ish.
Overall, very welcoming, beautifully treated as a customer alright food and nice coffee.
Thanks for the hospitality :)
Can't believe I've only just discovered this place and I run past it every weekend! I discovered this place by accident after not fuelling my run properly and needing food badly. I stumbled in and knew I'd discovered a winner - the feel of the place, and the menu looked great. My fruit toast came out looking adorable with a baby cinnamon shaker and it tasted great - lots of butter and yoghurt honey to spread on. Mango smoothie was delicious and generous size too. Can't wait to come back with friends and try out some of the meals.
Love this cafe, fantastic food, very friendly staff & great service. The coffee is excellent too, the best in Mentone I would say, glad I live so close by! 👍
Just picked up a round of coffees from this solitary store on the beach Rd
The gentleman on the counter was nothing less than charming and hospitable, a delight.
The coffee. Wow. I would schlep up from Town everyday for this. Rich, well balanced and perfectly made. Thanks for the treat!
Can I Have Some More Please?
+4
Great place! We were visiting Mentone and wanted to find a place for coffee and maybe lunch. Came across CoF. Great food, coffee and atmosphere. Very clever mix of Aust/Indian. Quirky but comfortable. Will be our go to when we visit Mentone again. Thanks for the mango pickle!
Coffee was great, mango smoothie was yum, atmosphere was great, loved the decor! Just across the road from the beach to, thanks! We will be back!
Excellent food, coffee, and service.
Amazing twist on breakfast. Had porridge today that was best I've had in years.
This place has bottomless chai that actually tastes great!!!
I HIGHLY recommend this place!
Excellent food, top class decor. We are fussy vegetarians and the food we had here was top class and full of flavour. The paneer curry we had hit the right spot with Indians like us. The best paneer curry I have had in a long long time. The Turmeric Golden Latte ice cream, which is made in house, was out of the world. I ended up having two double serves if that. Must go
This place is great. Unique food with an Indian bent. The bottomless herbal chai is a winner in the copper countertop pot. Will come back again. Great friendly staff too.
I finally made it! I'd been eyeing off this place just over the road from the beach for a while & was enticed by bottomless chai. It didnt really turn out as I expected and I'm not just talking about the chai! My meal was really delicious and full of flavour (hipster inspired fritters and fruit). Curry of the day also got a thumbs up. The service was awkward and not very welcoming. Looks to be husband serving and wife cooking set up. Just pleasant appearance inside (including random old box tv in the corner) and seating available out front to take in the beach view.
What a lunch !!! What a L U N C H ! ! !
I'm a fussy bugger. I like to be full with healthy food and feel light after. Perfect score for the FOOLS today.
We enjoyed a nice lunch there. The food selection is good, had a few veteran vegetarian options as well. Wife enjoyed the burger, kids loft their selection as well.
Amazing food at this bayside cafe! Quality ingredients (excellent mince, bacon & organic eggs) mixed with creativity using an Indian flair & flavor. Making eating a normal meal a bit more unique & delicious. Friendly staff & great coffee as well.
Went on a sunday where they seemed understaffed and overworked but this did not affect the kind staff and quick turn around on food. I tried the smashed avacado with feta and apple and fennel salad. I also ordered the extra poached eggs. I was not expecting much due to the staff looking so overworked but was amazingly surprised by the food. My husband ordered baccon and eggs with mushrooms and spinach. He was extremly happy with the food. The coffee was good,not great but not bad. I will be going back to try more food as it really was fantastic.
The staff are really friendly, good coffee, reasonably priced menu with heaps of options. fresh tasty food with yummy homemade sauces.
Drive past it every day and decided to stop in for lunch today on a Wednesday. Along with a great menu they have daily specials. Included Pumpkin Curry but unfortunately it was too popular and they had run out. The menu had many choices for me even though I don't eat red meat. The omelette with Chorizo was really great. So fluffy and full of flavour. I thoroughly enjoyed it with a side salad and relish. My friend had the pulled port baguette and she LOVED it. The coffee was really nice and to my taste. The staff were fabulous so friendly and attentive and helpful. Great view. In summer its going to be a very popular café. Highly recommend it.
Fantastic coffee and fantastic food! So glad we discovered this place..will definitely be back!
New favourite. Quirky recycled furnishings, warm, friendly staff, great tasting coffee served with artistic flair, generous, well presented food that is not just the same old cafe fair! What's not too love about this place? Breakfast was great but next time I'm trying the curry!
Very friendly!. We recently had breakfast at chain of fools, both the omelette and soup special were delicious!
We also loved the coffee art and all of the staff were extremely friendly.
Will definitely come back again!
First time visitor and the food and coffee was fantastic. Nice mix of traditional food with a slant of Indian thrown in. Great view, food, prices and service. Will be back. Chris and Mandi.
Benjamin George Salter
+4.5
Chain of fools is worth it. Consice menu but from our experience what they do offer they do it very well. We had a western omlette and a muesli, both were great value in the quantity and most importantly the quality!
Strong cap and soy chai also bang on.
For mine they've tried a little too hard creating interesting hi seats out of trolleys. Two patrons struggled slightly awkwardly to get seated, also the smell of new Chinese rubber of the wheels not terribly pleasant. Also if the light globes were warm white instead of cool the scene would improve markedly.
I'll be going back though, the quality is there where it counts!
Good coffee better chairs. At last a good coffee on Beach road. The outside tables were a bit tilted but the eggs and mushrooms hit the spot. I'll be back to try the lunch menu
They know what they are doing!. Great coffee, cafe looks impressive, simple breakfast menu, food was fantastic. Staff were lovely. Def will be returning!
Good customer service at chain of fools. Generous servings and quality food. Friendly staff. And the beach is just across the road! Soak in the fresh air.
Cafe menu with a Indian touch, delicious breakfast and lunch served on fluffy naan and yummy sides. Quick service and friendly staff, definitely coming back for more. 😋
Our favourite morning coffee spot. Today we came for lunch and were taken aback back how amazing the food is. Miles ahead of the cafes in the area. Reminds me of something you’d find on the Northside. The menu is interesting and original, and the food is super clean. So impressed.
The samosa is damn good! Huge and at $6.50, lots of homemade filling of potatoes, corn, vegetables, whole and ground spices, with a delicious sweet curry chutney on the side. Coffee is great too with Dimattina beans.
Thank you so much for bringing amazing memories back through the flavours and spices of this dish. This food literally brought me to tears. Which is mildly embarrassing but true. The poached pear ricotta hot cakes were the most delicious thing I've ever eaten. I asked to hug the chef. I'm seriously considering having this dish on my wedding menu it was incredible. Do yourself a favour and go to Chain of Fools. The staff are lovely and the food is amazing.
There are very few cafes that serve Western styled cuisines with a touch of Indian. And even fewer with a stone's throw from the beach! Good strong coffee with great food as well!! Will definitely come back again.
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