Crate Cafe

We had what can only be described as a pretty poor time at Crate.
I should maybe mention that we went there early last year, so it’s possible thing have improved in that time, but there’s no way I’m going back to check.
We ended up there in the first place because I confused Crate Café with Crave Café. Whoopsie. Trick for young players…
The place looked pretty good on arrival — huge bifold floor-​to-​ceiling doors that opened out on a grassy area. Nice. The downside was it was a unseasonably cold morning, and because they had put furniture out where the doors would shut, there was no closing it off from the elements — yikes. They did have blankets on some chairs, but still not enough to take the chill off. Some powerful heaters would have been appreciated.
The food was simply not good. They were big portions, but the omelette was bland and blah — I probably ate only half of it — and the egg benedict was much the same. The old ‘eggs so poached they’re hard’ problem. I would gladly have taken less food if it meant increased quality.
The coffee was alright — in actual fact, much better than the food — but the chai latte was like wam milk with a slight cinnamon flavour
The sole staff member was nice enough, but seemed pretty frazzled and could have done with another person to allow her to come and take our orders at the table, etc
it was cheap, and I can see how it would be an appealing spot for a breakfast out with kids, but I wonder if it’d be worth them hiking the prices and producing higher quality food, when there are so many other cafes around the suburb providing much, much better.

Great coffee lovely place to pass the time come and see Daniel for all your coffee and food requirements.

Crate is a relatively new café and eatery that opened in September in the Morningside shops and is starting to pick up a following.
With a $ 5 and $ 10 menu, (as well as other meal and snack options), Crate is very well priced and you get a lot of bang for your buck. The $ 5 bacon butty on ciabatta bread is fantastic, for example, and is the perfect way to start your day.
A kids menu is available at Crate, and is basically the adult options only smaller adn cheaper. This is good to keep in mind — not only for youngsters, but for yourself! If you’re not overly hungry, don’t panic about trying to finish an adult meal — just get the kids one. My friend had the kid’s ‘big breakfast’ and found it to be the perfect size. And with it being much cheaper, it’s definitely worth remembering!
Crate also offer freshly scooped ice-​creams, with a great range of flavours and toppings available to mix and match. I was really impressed by the crumbled brownie they offer as a topping — how good would that be with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. — YUM.
Open late nights, Crate make beautifully big delicious burgers. These burgers are huge — they’re far bigger than those you find at Burger Fuel, and they cost a similar amount.
With a lawn right in front of the café, Crate caters to the kiddies by supplying swingball, miniature cricket sets and other such summer time activities.

My wife and I came here last weekend for brunch. We had coffee here before but the food looked so good we decided to come back one day and try it. There’s a very relaxed vibe to this café and the staff are very warm and friendly. There’s a big play area in front which is good if you have kids so you can keep an eye on them while they play. The thing that struck me about the menu was how cheap some of the options were — there was $ 5 and $ 10 options which I thought was very cheap for this day and age. Seems more like the prices you’d get from three or four years ago. I figured if the food was really good at those type of prices, this place is worth recommending. However the food was just ok, not amazing. I had a eggs and bacon on toast — the toast was nice and thick which filled me up but the eggs were poorly poached. My wife got a quesadilla which while being cheap wasn’t remotely Mexican in any way — it was just basic ingreedients in a tortilla. I think if they perked up their food (and charged more if necessary) this place would be worth checking out.

Crate is just down the road from where we live. We would often go to the café it replaced for brunch on Sundays so we thought we would give it a go. We had the eggs benedict and the french toast and it was ok… just ok. But the cool thing about the café is definitely the outdoor playing area for the kids, there’s all sorts of games to entertain the little monsters while you can relax and have a chat. I think we will give Crate another go at some point because it is so close, but this time I think we’ll go to one of their $ 5 or $ 10 burger nights on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.