Oceanic Cafe

This Sydney institution has been going since the 1930s. The décor is almost intact from when it first opened in the 1930s, aside from the odd lick of paint and groovy table tops introduced in the 1950s. The food hasn’t changed much either, and neither have the prices. $ 5 for a couple of sausages, peas, chips and buttered bread and $ 1 for tea or coffee. It’s Aussie comfort food, just like mum used to cook.
The café is run by a Greek mother and daughter team, the mother (who looks as though she’s at least 90) sits out the front whilst the daugher takes orders and cooks. The mother doesn’t say much, and the daughter is a bit loopy, but nice enough. The place is pretty quiet (meaning it doesn’t take long for the food to arrive), when I was there only one other person (a construction worker) was there, and from a brief chat with him that I had he seemed as though he was a regular customer who had being visiting the Oceanic for his lunch for years. From Internet searches it appears this place has something of a cult following similar to the Olympia Milk Bar at Stanmore.
I strongly suggest a visit to this Sydney icon while you can, the owners are both old so will eventually die or retire some day. Besides, where else in Sydney can you get lunch (including a coffee) for $ 6?