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Our Sunday breakfast. Michael had the big breakfast very enjoyable. I had salmon Benedict which was lovely. The cappuccino was a strong brew with a ni…
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I have lived in Springwood for 6 years and always resisted going as I was never wowed by the menu and its prices. My hunches were correct. I went to c…
Elinor Macquarie
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This place has an identity issue, it thinks it's a big swankey city restaurant, but sadly it's not. Extremely over priced food and bad coffee. Not to …
James Rogers
The Ori Cafe
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The Ori Cafe is open for Casual Dining. The Ori Cafe serves Modern Australian, Italian and Coffee and Tea dishes. Incorrect or missing information? Make a report, or claim the restaurant if you own it!Details
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9 Reviews on “The Ori Cafe”
This place has an identity issue, it thinks it’s a big swankey city restaurant, but sadly it’s not. Extremely over priced food and bad coffee. Not to mention the very small portion sizes. There are better options in Springwood than this place.
We came to the ‘Ori’ for our date night as we have been doing for the last few years (and breakfast most weekends). The food until the last 4 months had been spectacular and it has been our go-to place.We have only had one bad experience with an overcooked breakfast minute steak, which we requested ‘bloody’. (The middle aged waitress, with abhorrent service skills who has always been terrible, and indeed self righteous, served us at this time, but more on that later). Other than that it has been great.Lately we have been noticing the food quality becoming erratic, hit and miss although generally good. Notwithstanding we thought we would give it another try. To be fair, in general the waitresses are fantastically polite, friendly and helpful and the bearded guy at the bar is a customer service icon. (He should get a pay rise!). He always finds us and takes our order wherever we are!Tonight, we were undecided between the Ori and the Thai place across the road (which is unashamedly cheap, delicious and satisfying) and ultimately made a poor decision by going to the Ori Cafe. I ordered the ’12 hour’ beef and my wife ordered the snapper from the Specials board. I made a point of asking if the beef was rare (given our recent experience with the steak) expecting something akin to slow cooked beef cheeks. We were told it probably will fall off the bone. Yeah…no…it was a very, very, very overcooked sirloin steak. Not a ‘piece of beef’.Who cooks sirloin, with its low fat content, for 12 hours….yep me either. It was genuinely like leather. The steak was just tough, and it was a real effort to cut with the steak knife. My wife tried it and agreed it was like eating leather. We laughed and STILL ordered the dessert which was fine.All good at this stage, we were still giggling as to how bad it was (NB: the entree soft shell crab was lovely). I made my way to the counter to pay and a waitress asked how it was. I told her (with a smile) it made my top 3 worst steaks ever, politely, mind you.And then the ‘witch’ appeared. The frumpy, disagreeable, ill-mannered, always angry looking waitress. Although to call her a waitress is being kind, on each occasion she served us she didn’t bring water, forgot cutlery etc. She was awful. To be fair, I have been served by work experience student with more skill, verve and enthusiasm. Yet I digress.This self righteous, middle aged women saw fit to interject and exclaim loudly ‘you always complain…every time you come in…’. WOW. Really, you just said that?? We had the misfortune to be served by you 3 or 4 times and we asked once for the steak to come back (nicely) rare. Really.I might have lost my cool a tiny bit and told her she was one of the worst waitresses I had ever been served by, which is true.Anyway. We can live with a poor meal now and then but not a rude, really poor, abhorrent waitress. I am sure no one will miss the $250 we spent as a family every fortnight, but since she was so vociferously rude, we will let our friends know. Poor food happens, its forgivable, but rude service is unforgivable.
Popped in for lunch. Great food as usual. I had the chicken supreme – and yes it was, it was fabulous. The Ori is very child friendly, and the service is great.
Never disappointed. Always enjoy eating here, food is always prepared quickly and staff are always presented professionally. The service is impeccable. Waitstaff will always advise of the specials of the day and in a friendly manner too. If it’s not busy, expect a friendly chat.Always enjoyable.
Always impressed. I head up to the Ori Cafe every month or two, and have never been disappointed. It is a little expensive, but that’s because it’s not serving pub food – the quality here is excellent (and consistently so), and the menu itself is elegant and varied. Although I have tried, and enjoyed, nearly all of the vegetarian options here, the Ori Salad is a standout – easily one of the very best salads I’ve had (the eggplant chips are a close second. Oh, and the cannelloni).The restaurant part of the pub has a nice feeling inside and out – inside, there’s lots of character and sunlight and lovely high ceilings, and outside there’s plenty of room with undercover tables readily available and good privacy from the street noise and traffic.
Very nice. OMGoodness the lamb back strap was devine. I would have licked my plate, but I was trying to be ladylike. Service and staff friendly and speedy.
Have visited the Ori and have always found the food and service to be great. Our most recent visit was for lunch. The outside dining area is lovely. We have always found to food to be delicious and the seasonal menu changes and the daily specials keep us interested and never disappoint. Love the Parmesan eggplant chips! The service is also consistently friendly and attentive without being obtrusive. The Ori will continue to be our local favourite venue for drinks, lunch or dinner.