I have had dinner here quite a few times over the years with my family. I find it's a great place to take kids as they offer generous sized and reasonably priced kids meals like chicken nuggets and chips which is what my daughter always orders, but the kids meals also come with a drink and a little toy, which is good value. Last time we went there we ordered the usual kids meal, a steak with Diane sauce and Vegies for my husband, and I ordered a salad with prawns. The steak was cooked well and a generous portion size, and I found my salad to be quite tasty although the size was a bit smaller than I had hoped. Overall prices for adult meals are about average restaurant prices, main meals can be about $25-$30 or less depending on what you order. The service is friendly but generally if we go there on a Friday or Saturday night there is a bit of a wait for the meals to be ready.

I have been here quite a few times over the past couple of years, and every time they have consistently good food. I usually get a cake or slice and coffee, and they normally offer a great priced coffee and cake deal. Their cakes are absolutely amazing tasting with a good range of flavours, I love how they offer so many different chocolate varieties. Although whats on offer differs slightly from day to day typically they have a chocolate mousse cake which I always order, it is really rich with layers of white, dark and milk chocolate, very yummy! They also make some of the best coffee I have ever had and they always give me a little chocolate on the side of my cappuccino saucer so that's a nice little touch I think. They do have some main meal light options like sandwiches and wraps but I go there for the cake! The prices are really reasonable and members of the club can get a discount there too.

I had lunch here with a fairly large group in the school holidays. It is in a handy spot within the hunter ice skating stadium, and is very convenient when you want to warm up with a hot drink as the centre is freezing cold! We had cappuccinos and hot chocolates with some hot chips for lunch. The cafe has it's own sealed off dining area which is a lot warmer than the main skating area so it's quite comfy in there. The chips were crispy and well made and the coffees were hot and strong so I have no complaints on the food, however there was quite a long wait for the chips and even for the drinks, but then again to be fair they were very busy that day. At least we could go skating while we waited anyway. The drinks are average priced, but the food is a little higher than some other cafes.

I have stopped here for a quick morning or afternoon tea a few times when catching a train to Wyong to see family. Most recently I had some morning coffee and hot chocolate there. As always the staff were very friendly and had a chat with me on this occasion. It is in a very handy spot near the train station and they made my order quite quickly. The coffee was strong and hot how I like it, and reasonably priced. It has a nice atmosphere and a kind of homely cottage feel to it with all the wooden interiors. I would certainly go there again.

I had lunch here while I was waiting between trains. This little cafe had quite a reasonable selection of foods and I managed to find a good vegetarian option for lunch, a vegie burger. The burger was a generous size and quite filling and they didn't take too long to make it, which is important when needing to catch a train! The service was friendly and although tasty the food is fairly average, and decor isn't exactly upmarket, but it does the job. The prices are good value for the size of the servings.

I have had lunch and morning tea a few times here, they are friendly and the food always tastes quite fresh, it can take awhile for the food to be made when you eat in at busy times like lunch though, but they do have a polite sign at the counter warning people to please be patient as they are not a take away place as such. They do a good take away coffee though and offer a loyalty card with each 10th coffee free so that's good. The coffee is always hot enough how I like it. I would recommend there fresh wraps. Overall it's a decent little cafe and I would go there again.

I had morning tea here with a friend. My coffee was really good and they had great diet options available with non-diary milk alternatives like almond milk. I tried some sugar and gluten free chocolate slice, it was a brownie I think, which was served with some non-diary 'cream' on the side. The cream was made out of coconut I think though I couldn't really ascertain exactly what it was. It was great to have some non-sugar snacks and the food was presented really nicely, but it wasn't very sweet or tasty for a treat, I suppose on account of there being no sugar. The coffee was really good though and the service was friendly, I don't mind going here for something different and healthy.

I went here with a group on a Sunday morning recently for breakfast. It was my first time eating here and it was surprisingly busy for a little place. The decor was lovely with lots of art work on display and good mood lighting and I noticed they had candles burning in the toilets and lots of sea themed decorations in there so it was quite pretty. The food itself was tasty enough, I ordered the french toast and a cappuccino, but I thought the food could have done with being presented a bit better for a place that had a fine dining kind of feel to it. Also it took quite a while for the drinks to come out, some were forgotten and we had to remind the staff about them. I think maybe they were just a bit overwhelmed due to the busyness as I only spotted two or three staff and it was packed out with people. Not bad overall and in a nice spot near the beach.

I dined here for dinner on a Saturday night with my husband recently. It was my first time in the new restaurant here, I hadn't been there since it was owned by the Madison. We ordered a vegetarian lasagna, a rump steak, and some garlic and cheese bread. My lasagna was quite rich and was an interesting modern take, as there wasn't much pasta sheets, mostly layered vegetables and cheese and it was very tasty! My husband thought his steak was well cooked and the portion sizes were reasonable, not huge, but larger than I expect from fine dining restaurants so it was good that they were filling. The meals were well presented and the service was friendly, also our meals came out quite quickly so overall I found the service to be really good. I ordered a caramel appletini cocktail from the bar there and that was tasty and well made too. Prices are reasonable and about middle range I would say, at about $30 for a main, maybe less depending on what you order. Judging by the size of the mains though I would suggest getting some breads or entrees like we did to help fill up. A nice play and I would defiantly recommend it!

I went here for lunch with my husband on a busy Saturday recently. We wanted something quick, so we ordered two foccacia's a chicken and sundried tomato one and a vegetarian with pesto and fetta, as these were listed under the ready made items on the menu which just come out of the display window. Unfortunately it still took quite a while to come out, and it wasn't very presentable looking as it was served on a bed of quite wilted and dead looking greens. It tasted alright however. They were clearly understaffed with two visible staff on to take orders at the counter and also bring the food to the tables and they looked quite overwhelmed. There were jugs of drinking water for customers to help themselves to but I had to ask several times for them to be refilled as they were empty and it was a very hot day and there were also no glasses out. I was told they would bring some to my table but they never arrived so I went hunting and had to grab some clean glasses when I saw staff put them down on another table! Everything seemed so disorganised that we weren't game to try to order a drink as we thought it would never come so we left quickly to buy drinks elsewhere. The only positive about our visit was the convenient location of the cafe within the grounds of the park so parents can watch the kids play.

Approximate cost: $15