Creatures of Habit - City of Knox

This café is in the Springvale Homemaker Centre. We were feeling a little peckish and decided to have 2nd breakfast and coffee. My husband had the big breakfast and I had the Zucchini and Corn Fritters. We were very happy with the food, and the staff were very helpful and friendly.

Came here for mothers day breakfast and had the big breakfast. It was very enjoyable. Fresh. Tasty. And the cheese kransky is to die for. It is hand made on the premises and wrapped in bacon. Takes a little time to prepare and cook, but we were asked if that was ok. Didnt take all that long and sooooo good. Lots to chose from also in terms of toasties, and cakes and breakfast and lunch menu. Even though it is in the centre, this place has outside access and lots of light. We will be back.

Busy cafe, but staff would walk out coffees to people and fail to notice that every single available table (about 10) had food and mess and dishes left on it from the people before. They would walk back with nothing in their hands and leave their customers to clean up the mess for them. Really poor presentation.

I work in the city center and used to frequent this restaurant often. However, after a recent visit with my sister, I am still upset about how we were treated. When we were asked for our vaccination certificates at the checkout, I showed mine on my phone and my sister presented her fully vaccinated card from the government. Despite this, the man at the front of the restaurant told us we could not sit inside, even though everything was in order. He insisted my sister, who had only ordered coffee, sit outside. When we explained we were fine with sitting outside, he insisted she sit on a different bench away from the main area. This embarrassing situation caused my sister to cry, and we decided to move to a corner of the outdoor seating area. My sister spent our lunchtime downloading the documents on her phone in frustration, not wanting to deal with the drama and present them to him. I have never been treated like this before and will never return to this restaurant again. The person in charge needs to stay in the back of the house.

It is always difficult if a café had no vegan option. The falafel packaging would have been an option, but because they were prefabricated, they had already put a milk base sauce on it. This then leaves chips (if the only option in a cafe that does not take into account the food options) So I have joined sides of avocado, toast, mushrooms and hash browns. How do they do something so bad? I returned my food first because it was not hot (Mushrooms, Haschbraun, Toast). When it was warmed up, the hash browns were so oily and the toast was not kept warm while the other objects were reheated. It cost me almost $20. Nice bottle of apple juice thought.