a brewer's tale café

great food, even better service! 

the staff here are really on the ball, food looks amazing, and it comes out relatively quick! the green tealatteis also a winner!

this little corner of darlinghurst goes through rather a bit of a changeover and it’s taken me a while to get to this latest incarnation: a brewer’s tale cafe. the menu looks great with some asian-influenced items. there’s hot coffee, and cold-drip coffee and various other coffees which makes me embarrassed to just have ordered a large latte. there’s bags of coffee to buy. a real coffee aficionado joint. i've also enjoyed the tarolattehere... the matcha hotcakes were a disappointment, but perhaps that's just me (i thought the elements were disparate) but my pal was happy with his stuffed mushroom with a poached egg. wonderful service, and a very nice atmosphere.

this is an adorable cafe open up to burton street, a short distance from the busy taylor square and oxford street.  the cafe is decorated with various pot plants, some hanging off the ceiling, some arranged neatly by the entrance, and others as part of table decoration.  

we had a matchalatteand a taro latte, both on point and tasted strong in flavours.  the bacon and egg roll was served in a round bread roll with spinach and a mild tomato sauce.  the yolk burst at the touch of knife tip and produced the perfect eggporn.  the size of raisins in the raisin toast was staggering, the saltiness in the butter and sweetness in the fruit worked well together.

it was an enjoyable breakfast after an early trip to the nearby hospital, love to come back and try the lunch menu.

came to this cafe for brunch today after seeing the instagram worthy photos! we ordered the signature matcha pancakes, the meatballs, a hot chocolate and mint and a chai latte. personally, i hated my chai latte. i would go as far as saying it was the worst chailattei have ever had. it wasn't frothy and the chai flavour was very off. i wouldn't recommend it. my meatballs however were delicious. the homemade sauce was great and it was all very well seasoned - i could taste the herbs throughout. the matcha pancakes were very average. there was hardly a matcha taste and they were burnt. i loved the addition of persian fairy floss but my friend wasn't a fan. and the chocolate and mint drink wasn't anything special. it was virtually empty when we came in but we did make a booking. i probably wouldn't recommend coming here.

i've been wanting to go to this cafe for a while - the beautiful pictures on instagram have been calling me. the cafe is adorable. it had bench seats, tables and very comfortable cushions. it is beautifully styled with old suitcases, pretty cushions, pot plants, bird cages with chandeliers.
the menu is super cute - like a photo book. the drinks menu is large with milkshakes (including cookies and cream and coconuts caramel), iced drinks, special lattes, cold drip (single origin), acai smoothies, fresh juices, super food smoothies, organic tea and iced tea. i got the 'super c' which is orange, pineapple and apple'. it was nice and fresh and came out super quick.
for the breakfast options there's so many nice sounding options like matcha hot cakes, brioche french toast or the amazing looking black sesame porridge. there's also big meals like smashed avo, eggs benedict, zucchini and green pts fritters, ricotta stuffed field mushrooms and a breakfast plank. i got the green breakfast bowl which is organic quinoa, male, haloumi, poached eggs, baby spinach, asparagus, avocado, mushrooms, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, pesto and lemon. what a healthy amazing meal! i'd love to come back sometime for some more breakfast choices. i love that they also sell breakfast all day.
lunch options are served from 11:30 and there are pastas, sandwiches, pulled pork, beef burgers, grilled salmon and a vegetable stack. i also got a green tea matchalatte- thelatteart wasn't as i had hoped but the flavour was on par. the staff were absolutely divine. super friendly and great service.