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3.5 Consistency is sometimes hard in hospitality, however West 48 seems to be able to deliver. Having visited quite a number of times over the last co…
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6 Reviews on “West 48”
Try this place on a weekday because it is super busy on the weekend. The staff are always so friendly and helpful in trying to get you a seat but when seated, you never feel rushed to leave. The food is good and they have a really good citrus tart.
Looking at the menu before our arrival, I was really excited to have brunch here. Local, highly rated and a unique menu serving breakfast all day and some lunch specials.
Food: we ordered the eggs benedict and pulled beef brisket, Vietnamese ice coffee and a cappuccino. The coffee was quite good, rich strong and dark blend. Worked really nicely as an Vietnamese ice coffee! Both dishes didnt come with bread and instead had hash browns! A little bit rich but you can always order some bread like we did. The beef brisket wasnt tender and fall a part but had a good punch of flavours.
Service: we experienced some poor customer service where we were ignored for quite a while at the front even though multiple staff members walked past us and not until the barista asked someone to tend to us did we get a seat (the store wasnt busy) and we were treated like a burden when we tried to get a certain waiters attention as he said hed have it up to hear *rolling eyes and making hand signals that hes annoyed* and cannot deal with this right now. This was after he was really happily chatting to his coworker 1 second earlier and pushed another waitress at us to have her tend to us. When we went to pay no one asked us how our meal was or said thanks but when another couple walked in they were immediately, happily and enthusiastically greeted. I actually messaged the cafe on Facebook about this because I didnt want to post a mean review and they told me all feed back is welcomed and didnt seem to care about my experience so I should post this review here, I never really got an explanation as to what may have happened for us to be treated this way but I assure you I was never be rude to anyone in hospitality as I am a retail worker myself and understand the circumstances. Quite disappointing. Wasnt welcoming at all.
3.5
Consistency is sometimes hard in hospitality, however West 48 seems to be able to deliver.
Having visited quite a number of times over the last couple of years, we find that the service and food draws us back despite there being numerous alternatives.
The only negative is street parking – not easy.
More a 4.5. Loved this place. Unsuspecting little cafe off the main stretch of Footscray. Staff were friendly and the food was SO GOOD. A couple of different options that steer away from the usual. Good use of space. Nice coffee. Would come back here
Rating: 3.5
We had always wanted to try out this brunch spot in the West. We were seated with very friendly staff who checked on us a few times throughout our experience.
We ordered the chilli egg scramble which was spicy but I enjoyed it alongside the chorizo.
I really enjoyed the mac n cheese which had an egg to top it off and a toast inside to give it a bit of texture.
My friend ordered the corn fritters with smoked salmon which was very filling. The smoked salmon complimented the feta cheese.
We ordered a bowl of fries to share with our group of friends, in which we could not finish between a group of 5.
The coffee is good as always like most cafes.
Everything was very filling and worth its price. Will come back to try the poke bowl, noodles or anything else on the menu!
West 48 used to be one of my top rated local brunch spots. Safe to say I probably wont be visiting again anytime soon after eating todays dishes.
I ordered the Our Benny & the Pulled pork brisket.
As you can see in the pictures, both dishes were sickly drenched in the hollandaise sauce. Maybe they could get away with it if the sauce was any good, but sorry it wasnt.
Our Benny – the sweet potato hash usually full of flavor, today was so flat and tasteless. I tried to give the left overs to my dog but she didnt want it either. Every bite was like eating hollandaise sauce w/ a side of egg and bacon. It was quite disappointing considering I used to label their eggs benedict to be the best Ive ever had.
Pulled pork brisket – the potato rosti/ hash brown was dry, the brisket on top – plain. It needed some salad or something to balance the heaviness of this dish. Could not find any cabbage that was meant to come with the dish. Maybe some coleslaw on the side would help lighten it. Again, slopping on the hollandaise will not save the dish, but rather ruin it.
Im not sure whats happened with the quality of the food, maybe a change of chefs?
Today was a waste of money.