continental cafe

certainly more than a cafe. a broad food menu and wine list reasonably priced with professional, pleasant service. everyone was more than happy with their meals and we took along two children who were generously catered for from agreatkids menu. with the added bonus of full air conditioning! highly recommend.

more seasoning. i like this restaurant. everyone is friendly including kitchen staff and chef.greatmenu. modern flavour combinations. i'll go back. but! my entrée of bruschetta was vibrant and fresh but needed a kick. seasoning! salt etc. steak for main. good cut, perfectly cooked, but served with a béarnaise sauce that was a bit flavourless. it needed seasoning!greatflavour ideas, just missing the mark with lack of seasoning.

continental cafe is classic dining . lovely food and beautiful service.greatdesserts as well.
its been running for a while and there is a reason for it.

menu not reflective of meal. ordered the risotto with seafood tonight....tastedgreat... until i started to feel unwell. i asked the staff if the risotto contained cream....their answer was yes.. . cream and butter. there was no mention of cream on the menu...... i dont put cream in my risotto...and other restaurants would say dash of cream...... very dissapointed...i leave with really bad heart burn and running home to use the bathroom.....

service wasgreatand coffee was amazing. i ordered the seared tuna and pork belly which was nice too!

fabulous. i have held a number of celebrations at the continental cafe and all of them have been suchgreatexperiences.greatfood andgreatservice with some of the most helpful staff that i have ever encountered. we usually hire the function room and children are also beautifully catered for.

thanks heaps folks

sherry

can't stop going back for seconds. my wife and i eat out 2-3 times a week. we go to places like il-centro, kingsley's, beccofino, restaurant two and sono, but we love going back to continental cafe.
the food is alwaysgreatand the prices are so reasonable. it is hard to find a good meal under $30(sarah's comments added on july 31, must of had to many cones) these days and this place has all but one meal below that and the wine is very reasonable. you must have the sticky date with the butterscotch sauce. will be there again this weekend!


-----13 dec, 2013-----

can't stop going back for seconds. my wife and i eat out 2-3 times a week. we go to places like il-centro, kingsley's, beccofino, restaurant two and sono, but we love going back to continental cafe.
the food is alwaysgreatand the prices are so reasonable. it is hard to find a good meal under $30(sarah's comments added on july 31,she must of had to many joints) these days and this place has all but one meal below that and the wine is very reasonable. you must have the sticky date with the butterscotch sauce. will be there again this weekend!

consistently good. i've been going to continental for years and it's an old fave of mine. food is consistently good,greatflavours, good sized portions, seasonal menu as well as the old continental classics. i love the way you often see multi-generations dining together. bustling, can be noisy when full. an institution!

old classic. every visit to the continental cafe is agreatone. food is always delicious, service is typical french, you sometimes struggle to get some but other times, it's too much. but with such a place i'm happy to wait for a bit of service. it always friendly there, it's also pleasing to see into the kitchen as well. some items on the menu haven't changed since it first opened i hear, and i understand why. soy lime chicken breast, coconut risotto, steamed bok choy, chilli, the best dish on the menu for me. i seem to have it every second time i am there. i try and taste a different dish every time, but sometimes you just crave a well put together dish, that all the flavors complement each other and melt in you mouth.

i booked a table for 4 with my friends on a wednesday night after seeinggreatreviews about this place. on entrance we were not greeted and eventually were seated in the middle of the room. the restaurant itself is quite sweet and hasgreatambience to it, however the bathrooms were disgusting for a restaurant of this price range. we ordered the escargots as starters which were pretty good- wasn't overly smothered in butter like other places that i've eaten escargots. i ordered the medium rare steak au pouvre with pepper sauce and french fries- the steak was tough and had some sinu which i did not finish even though i was famished. the fries were thick cut steak fries that you'd get from a pub. it actually tasted like a cheap pub steak to be honest. just really disappointed in this place all in all. expected a much nicer restaurant with staff who might have been at least friendly first and foremost- and also expected good food was but was greatly unhappy about my meal. all my friends agreed that we most likely wouldn't return here again, and at about $40 per person for the meal only, we would rather save our money for a decent restaurant instead.

add me to the fanboy list. reallygreatdinner here...i had lovely pate, which serve was so substantial i had to cancel my mains order! hubby had an awesome seafood pasta and friend mike had the lime chicken (the coconut rice was ridiculously good). service was great, requests handled promptly and with grace, and we were glad we came early as even on a weeknight this place was full at 7.30!. no room for dessert, though i compromised and had the burnt caramel affogato...lattes were good too. will definitely be back, had trouble choosing what to eat. all meals out of the kitchen looked scrumdiddly and happy diners surrounded us.

we went to continental cafe after doing a search on urban spoon, what a cute little restaurant this was.greatservice, the food was very good. the bill was relatively inexpensive and we were out in less than 2 hours which is what i love in a good quality restaurant, fast, efficient, no mess. we'd definitely go back!

lovely lovely lovely. i have eaten here twice in one week, both times my guest and i ordered the same dishes. spagetti with prawns, and the seafood risotto. both times the dishes were fantastic. this is agreatrestuarant, highly recommended.

late late lunch. being a big fan of the sunday sleep-in i'm usually struggling to find a nice place for a late lunch on a sunday arvo. the continental ticks this box perfectly,greatstaff and this trendy yet old fashioned looking place serves good food and reasonable prices. overall a good dining experience.

very reliable local bistro. our group of four enjoyed another all roundgreatmeal at conti last night. we all sampled a main from their "winter specials" menu. all were delicious with the melt in your mouth beef cheeks and white polenta being voted best on ground. desserts are always a highlight here. the sticky date pudding was deliciously moist with decadently sweet butterscotch sauce; the creme brulee was, as always, perfectly executed; and the apple and rhubarb tarte tatin with its wafer thin caramelised pastry and tender fruit was a real winter treat. i generally don't have any criticisms of conti but i was slightly disappointed that there was no soup of the day on offer on this visit as it would have been a perfect entree on a cold rainy winter night.