Café Societea - Canberra

Change of Management and quality of food is drastically down from our previous visit. I had a BLT. I don't believe they are sourcing their produce from the othe... read more Change of Management and quality of food is drastically down from our previous visit. I had a BLT. I don't believe they are sourcing their produce from the other Griffith stores. The bread roll (hot dog bun) was stale and the filling was vastly outweighed by the bun. My friend had the classic breakfast and was really looking forwards to the chipotles. Unfortunately they were pre-cooked before being warmed or cooked again so were dry and hard. There was also a time gap of around 15 minutes between each of us receiving our meals. Unfortunate when we dined together.

Great customer service, coffee not so great. Home feeling, feels as if you are at your grandma's home. Homey and cosy. Short list of cake variety. Yet to try hi... read more Great customer service, coffee not so great. Home feeling, feels as if you are at your grandma's home. Homey and cosy. Short list of cake variety. Yet to try high tea!

While I had no trouble with the food and service at Cafe Societea, I was deeply offended by the cardboard cutout caricature of a figure in blackface (essentiall... read more While I had no trouble with the food and service at Cafe Societea, I was deeply offended by the cardboard cutout caricature of a figure in blackface (essentially a gollywog) that was quite prominent upstairs. My partner spoke to the owner about why this was an incredibly racist item to have, but was assured that it was not racist and was in fact a "collectible item". They later agreed to 'take it home', so hopefully it will no longer be present at the cafe. I'm sure that the owners did not do this intentionally, and were unaware of the extreme racial connotations, but it was a very confronting and upsetting thing to look at and I sincerely hope that they do remove it.

This is a hidden gem, we had devonshire tea which is like a mini high tea, cost was $25pp.  Service was excellent.  I would definitely go back to Cafe Societea. read more This is a hidden gem, we had devonshire tea which is like a mini high tea, cost was $25pp.  Service was excellent.  I would definitely go back to Cafe Societea.

It 's not easy to find this place, it 's nestled into a shopping strip with only a doorway and a sign.  We would have walked right past it except there were a c... read more It 's not easy to find this place, it 's nestled into a shopping strip with only a doorway and a sign.  We would have walked right past it except there were a couple of tables and chairs out the front that signaled that there was a cafe here.  You walk down a narrow hallway to the cafe itself.  It is a very 'girly ' place with lots of beautiful china on display they do lots of high teas apparently.  We both ordered eggs benedict, one with gluten free toast.  My only gripe was that it took a really long time to get our food, and as the place didn 't seem that busy, I don 't know why that was, but it was tasty.