14/07/12
Mike's Kitchen tries just a little bit hard to be the latest hipster cafe hidden behind the old paper barks in a wharehouse with no signage!! A fun morning despite a terrible quiz score (12/20), one brunch member's refusal to start at 9am and some crappy disorganised service (but incidentally excellent dunnies).
This warehouse in the middle of the warehoused suburb of Roseberry was a good find by Brad and regular Brunch guest (and now a regular himself) Shelley. The food was delicious and the smaller portion sizes were actually really filling. Great set decoration inside.
Conversation was brimmed full of the possibilities of our soon impending trip to Tasmania (Granny Bear included who also joined us this lovely July sunny morn).
Service was pretty woeful due to a one-man show at - the - counter service who insisted on chatting about every menu possibility to every customer and was having some problems processing the credit card payments.
Shelley waited in line for an eternity just to buy a small pot of jam. Not a good look when there are more people standing in line waiting to order/pay than sitting down. Also, when our super-confident Brad tried to offer some constructive advice on how to improve the service the head guy got very defensive.
BRAD & SHELLEY SAY: Small portion size were perfect and I liked the decor But the internet warnings were true about the bad & stupid service system. 3.5 very slowly delivered eggs
SAL SAYS: Great location. Food portion size were good however you can't serve breakfast on a tin plate without it getting cold. Tragic processes for ordering and paying. Tragic!! Loved the shop however in this environment they will fail cause it's too expensive. If they're price point was keener they would be very successful. 3 Golden Eggs for ambience and fun
GRANNY BEAR SAYS: I didn't think the food was that good really but it is a very hip place. Just 2 Golden eggs
ANDREW SAYS: 4 out of 5 for coffee and food. 3 out of 5 for service
Located in the main street of Launceston Tassie, "This Cafe" offered us a very acceptable brekkie during a recent visit to the Apple Isle. Good coffee and scrambled eggs with leeks (slightly overdone) scrambled eggs are always best when they leave the pan slightly underdone. A very relaxed morning discussing our day ahead's adventure. A drive up the Tamar visiting the local vineyards.
