The cafe was cosy and had a nice ambiance. We were served by a polite and charismatic gentleman that obviously had been in the hospitality industry for some years- exceptional service. The coffee is defiantly the best that I have tasted down Bridge Road which says a lot as I used to be a barista for 4 years and am very particular with my coffee. Our breakfasts were substantial and were great value for money. The big breakfast took me a while to get through however I was content to spend time just relaxing and soaking up the hustle and bustle of Bridge Road.
The Belgium truffles were heaven. My favourite from the box I bought would defiantly be the butter cup creams and the ginger dark chocolates ;0) It is nice to see a good independent chocolaterie that is well priced as there are many franchise stores out now that just don't have that same quality. I would recommend this place to anyone who loves big breakfast, great coffee and exceptional chocolates.

Approximate cost: $20

We had our wedding at Morning Star in October 2008 which we paid a considerable amount of money for. There is no doubt that the venue was beautiful and the views were priceless however the service was disappointing. We had a cocktail style reception for 80 people at approximately $130 p/head. We found that not all of the food that we selected was served and the portions which were priced at approximately $4 per piece were quite stingy. Our wedding cake that could have served 150 people and cost $800 was served in slithers and the rest of the cake was not returned neither were the handmade flowers. We had a wedding co-ordinator for the service who we had met prior to the day however had a change of co-ordinator for the reception which was not communicated. We were also advised that coffee and tea would be served with our cake however this was not the case and our guests were asked to pay for these beverages. We read a previous comment that was posted on this site regarding the kitchen and had issues with that as well. All that can be heard during my husband's speech was dishes being loaded into a dishwasher of some sort. The most disappointing part of our experience was that we did not receive written correspondence regarding our complaint as promised. i had followed this complaint up with management on three occassions and it has now been over a month and a half since my wedding.

Approximate cost: $50 per head/ cocktail style event