Cafe Denada (08) 9315 3003, 38 Moolyeen Rd, Ardross

Really busy on this fresh Sunday morning,

Decent Coffee and the tasty fig and ginger bread.  The smoked salmon, egg and spinach is a miss unfortunately.

The Attic Fremantle (08) 9385 6248 16 Bannister Street, Fremantle

A great feel as you arrive at this little place with the small counter and stairs right in front of you. Up the stairs is a nice surprise a vaulted room with an arrangement of chairs and tables.  It holds surprisingly few people.

Coffee art is some of the best I have seen, coffee good, not mind blowing.

Food was yummy, Avacado, bulagarian white cheese, lime, on toast and bircher muesli, pistachio, fresh fruit.

On balance I think I prefer Moore and Moore just around the corner.  It is fantastic to see places opening like this is Freo

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9 Seeds Cafe, (08) 9433 5076, East Fremantle, 121 Marmion Street

Homely little place with excellent coffee.  Really good coffee is still rare in this neck of the woods.  At 8 on Sunday it is nice and quiet, I wondered about the noise at busier times.

Feel is relaxed and comfortable with a few table and benches inside.


Food was tasty, the fruit bread has big bits of fruit and and great nutty fresh taste, the beans in the Mexican breakfast are soft and just the right amount of spice.  Presentation might have been better and the menu is perhaps a little confused. Do we really need to name dishes by country all the time. 

The back yard is apparently to be used as a community garden, although  no sign of this at present.

Little Stove, Bicton, 7 to 5 everyday. 2.5 stars

Summary: If you are in the neighborhood

High lights:

• Tasty food (Roasted tomato, goats cheese and ham, and toasted banana bread)
• Nice neighborhood location

Low lights:

• Coffee (Ordinary - had to go and find a good coffee immediately after finishing breakfast)
  
• Mixed service - can you bring coffee but leave all the plates from the previous customers on the table?  That just seems lazy.  Then the same person tried to deliver our food to table already full of food.

Wild Fig Cafe, Scarborough/North Beach, 2 stars

Extra-ordinary location, ordinary cafe. 

This place reminds me of some of our first Perth experiences, the tables are far apart and when we arrive there is a big thing about about the fact that we have not booked resulting in us getting a table next to the kitchen while ocean side tables go unused for the hour+ we stayed.  Its hard to describe without resorting to profanity just how @#$@! this kind of behavior is.  The only thing that can be said is that it is almost certainty ignorance rather than malice.  It totally feels like they have the model wrong.  How about closer together tables, creating more of a buzz, cheaper prices, super fast sit down and eat service, smiling staff and first come first serviced. Revenues would probably double.

During the meal the spare chair at our table gets removed and replaced several times without so much as node. The waitress trips on my chair leg as she goes by twice, I move the chair and she still trips on it.  Really this is to much, just sloppy and inattentive to the job at hand and the customers

Joys

• The view
• Some imagination in the menu and very well presented food
• Pleasing architecture and decor, although a bit international

Woes

• Dirty table
• Inattentive service (Not really slow in the end, but 5 minutes to bring water is just to much)
• Poorly trained staff

Final Word

• A great location, kind of squandered.
• We won't go again, not for a while away, and we won't look forward to coming back particularly.
• You can't take visitors to Perth here because the service and attitude are just to embarrassing, a real shame. 

33 West Coast Dr
(08) 9246 9222

Toast - What kind of Toast? East Perth (2.5 Stars)

After reading some reviews I was expecting something special, perhaps the walnut and fig or yummy chewy bagel.  I am thinking a little more sourdough in the end.

Fun

Great location in this quiet little haven away from the traffic. Simple decor with a slight French bent and efficient service.

On this day a cool breeze blows and the cafe buzz is enticing.

Food
Alas, ordinary.

We had the potato, mint and feta pancakes with smoked salmon, poached eggs, sour cream and chives and the fig and walnut toast.  Both not what we hoped.  To much vinegar on the poached egg never impresses and invades the other flavours.  The mint and feta go unnoticed (or perhaps not even present). 

Coffee to was fairly tasteless and far from the best that is around.  Macc, or Tiger Tiger or Mini or any number are way better.

http://toasteastperth.com/

Macc, 19 Blinco St, Fremantle

Some what incongruous in its surroundings.  A mix of residential and old light industrial, this area is in the throws of a significant slow change.  So slow that it is more like Limbo than change, perhaps it waits for the ROE highway extension that could threaten for ever.

Food: Great coffee, basic regular food, cafe like service, overall a great neighbourhood place with the eccentricity of fringe Freo.

For us: Fruit toast and home made Jam and double egg/ bacon on a bun.

Finding: Mon-Thurs + Sat 7am-3pm, Fri + Sun 7am-10pm

Fummary: Not a location destination but great local eatery.

Might be interesting during the week if you can get access to the arts studios in the same building.

La Galette de France, 125 Broadway Rd, Nedlands

This place comes with a big reputation, that always a red flag.  Another review states "La Galette de France makes the entire population of Perth patisseries look like hacks".  There is no doubting that this is good food, not sure it is the best in town.   The service results in the drink coming way after the food leaving me wondering if they talk to each other all.


Food: The spinach quiche has too must spinach, overpowering what should be a delicious egginess and the ham and cheese croissant was a little overcooked.  Still this is a bit picky, overall a delish.

Find: Nedlands and 25 Mends St Shop 3, South Perth

Fummery:  If I am in the area yum, if not won't travel

Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, 2 stars

Walking through the door is like going back in time 15 years, maybe 20.  Well overdue a face lift.

Had a number of breakfast, lunch and dinners here.  nice enough,

Buffet breakfasts and lunches are good, just a little old fashioned.  The bread is tip top brand, the orange juice not fresh, the scrambled egg to watery, the coffee bitter and flat.  Overall, not bad just really not great.

Dinner consisted of overcooked meat and nicely prepared veggies.

Summary:  My 90 year grandmothers favourite place.

Cimbalino – Dalkeith, 4 stars

OK, Mini's coffee is good, Cimbalino's is really delicious.  Really nicely balanced, tasty, refreshing, yummy.

Open 7am to 5pm daily.

Mends Street Cafe, South Perth

Generally Ordinary breakfast. Nice enough, but ordinary really.

One breakfast came well before the other which was actually OK as we shared the 2 meals, but also unplanned. It could have been irritating.

The fruit salad was not fresh, not off but not fresh.

Urban Bean, Margaret River

The best coffee in Margaret River. We always go here for breaky at some point when in the area.

Nice food, basic, nothing really special, but good clean food with a bit of healthy focus.

UWA Club, Nedlands, 3.5 stars

Nice Casual breakfast. Vegimite on toast is great.... as is the omelet.

Service is generally really nice

Velvet, King St, Perth, 3.5 stars

Some of the best coffee in Perth CBD.

The Blue Duck, North Cottesloe Beach

On the beach eating is never bad. That is true at the blue duck. We have been here a few times.

This time we had the mussels special and the Tuna Salad, both excellent, tasty, not to spicy and the tuna was cooked perfectly.

The only let down was the olives and anchovies in the tuna salad, both very poor examples. In WA there are so many great olives what are they doing servicing these watery week imitations.

The service is not bad at all, the place is busy and had a great buzz although perhaps it is even a little to noisy (or am I getting older) and that sometimes effects the service, but they are all working hard and are very responsive and the service does not get in the way of a good experience at all.

Update: Breakfast: nice, good coffee (not the best but good) and excellent fruit toast and french toast. Let down is the Jam coming in little Jars - what is wrong with nice fresh home make. Particularly for $1.60.

Summary: Almost great due to let downs each time.

Salt (was Oyster Bar ) - On the Beach (4 out of 5 stars)

Ok we only went for a coffee and toast, but it was great. Coffee was excellent (sadly rarely) and the toast and jam was tasty.

Newspapers on all the tables and nice relaxing service, great after a walk on the beach.

We will definitely be back at some point.

UPDATE- Turns out the menu is new as of around Jan 22, and not great. Coffee is still good.

UPDATE 2 - make sure to go to the restaurant part not the cafe - the menu is reasonable

UPDATE 3 - the view is just great and they have really worked on the service.

UPDATE 4 - change hands and name - still excellent

Left Bank, Fremantle 2.5 Stars

Nice location

A Little expensive on the beer front but good place

Update: Actually kind of ordinary, ordinary food and ordinary beer and kind of dirty.

Walters River Cafe (08) 9330 9330 - 3.5 stars

In the point Walter reserve, this location is just great, with the park and the river and sand...

Pros

• Food was good, surprisingly good. although one of our party did not like the steak sandwich much and the pasta was a little overcooked, all in all a really nice cafe meal on the river.
• Service was pleasant and somewhat attentive.
• location as mentioned already.
  

Cons

• The place is not that clean, I know its kind of a beach, semi outside place, but it needs a good clean, including all the cracks and corners.
• Service was slow and uninspired and lacked confidence.
  

Well worth it if you are in the area.