The cafe is one of very few good ones on campus. Staff is friendly and meals are reasonably fast. Their coffee is the best on campus I reckon.
Their staple lunch item is a selection of 5 pasta bowls with herb bread. Very filling and tasty with home style sauce. They have pre-made salad from the fridge. Can take away or ask them to heat it and add some proteins. Their peri peri chicken is not tender at all, hope they improve it. I had many omelettes at this place (breakfast stops at 11am), some more photos to come later. 4 eggs is a lot according to omelette connoisseur Xihuahua 🐶..
Remember to add them on fb if you are a regular as they frequently post their special dishes or deals. Lots of freebies! Chilly oil and parmesan dust at the window for extra flavor!
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Perhaps it's because I can't deal with spice, but I was the only one out of my group that thought the pasta sauce was a little spicy. Still a delicious sauce and tastes good in any way! Apparently if you add chilli (which is offered for free), you'll get a lovely hot arrabiata. Comes with some grilled bread (supposedly garlic, but it's definitely more olive oil then garlic. Still good though). I love some good handmade food, and am surprised to find this quality on USYD's campus. Service is brisk and may come off a tad aggressive but when you consider the speed at which they pump out food, forgivable. I am a fan of the large selection of drinks, desserts, and meals-to-go (i.e salads, pastas, sandwiches). If you try one thing, try the cheeseburger with bacon. My god, I could marry this burger. Truly dangerous and addicting stuff! Juicy beef, crispy bacon, perfectly melted cheese (when it gets a little crunchy mmm), and the wonderfully acidic bite of pickles to cut through everything. The burger is actually refreshing, despite the richness of everything else. The bread holds up well to the sauce and maintains integrity, saving white shirts everywhere. The atmosphere is great, but the constant shouting of order numbers ruins this and brings about many headaches with the ceaseless nature. If the weather permits, I suggest enjoying the great food out on the soccer or on the steps of the Education Building/Annex.
Prices/Recommendations:Ralph's Cheeseburger with Bacon = $13
+ side of hand cut wedges with spicy mayo = $3Penne with Calabrian Sausage and Buffalo Mozarella = $14
Stumbled literally into this place looking for my first coffee for the morning and I am glad I did. Not only is the coffee great (a flat white in my case) but I tried their bacon and egg breakfast burger which was also great.
Service is brisk and not particularly friendly and the surroundings let it down a bit which is why it gets a 4 and not a 5.
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