Canteen Cafe

This café doesn’t initially give off the best impressions — but the food and coffee are surprisingly good. When you walk in, the space is huge and you get the impression it’s the type of place that churns out quantity food and coffee rather than quality. However, looks are deceiving and I really like this place.
To start — the food is very reasonably priced and very good. I had poached eggs and mince on toast with ciabatta toast for $ 12.50. The mince was delicious and tasty, and the eggs perfectly cooked. Much better than $ 18 plates of mince of toast I’ve had recently! The coffee was good too and there is a huge range of cabinet food, an extensive all day breakfast and lunch menu.
The only thing detracting is the décor which is all over the place (some corners are tastefully decorated and others not so). There are also no menus or table service — everything is order at the counter from the huge whiteboard. I don’t mind this at all but I think table service is a great way to up the service and get 5 stars.

I have always meant to come to this place during the day and experience what it is like at a café, because I came here at night as my friend had hired it as a venue for her 21^st. That party was definitely one of the best 21^st’s I have ever been too and the venue is what set it apart from the rest. It’s a great size, not too big and not too small. They allowed you to take in your own food, which they heated up and served around which is great as most places make you have the food they supply. They also allowed her to supply her own alcohol so we had a great selection, not just wine and beer. The staff they had supplied to serve were fantastic, really polite and attentive just when I was feeling I wanted another bite of food, they would be there with something… amazing!