corellis

good service and place if you're white/caucasian. if you're not, good luck. i've been here twice and on both occasions, the guy behind the counter (not the owner) was extremely disinterested in serving me or advising me. on the flipside, the dude was very friendly, helpful and even gave table service to the people he felt were worth it. i observed this multiple times while i was having my meal.

good service and food. seating is limited. acceptable wait time. accepts mastercard payments. generous portions. good value for money. fresh ingredients.

first ever foody visit to newtown & was cheerfully welcomed with happy smiles, the best soy mocha (hard to get right btw) you could have when you're fluey(sick) a hefty chicken & corn soup(plentiful for price) and was offered,on the house, a lemon/ginger healthy juice cause the lovely barista felt for my sickly vocal.workers danced away to aretha franklin on the radio and the menu offering and mouth watering sweet options made me consider elongating my illness just to partake of their delights!!
stayed for over 2hours doing work, eating & enjoying the staffs company.
thank you for my newtown welcome! i'll be back xoxox

absolute shocking. while the food was respectable (if ordinary) the service bordered on offensive. upon arrival i waited at the entry as most tables were littered with dirty plates and food scraps. i was going to leave but grabbed a menu out of interest. i asked a member of staff if i could order some breakfast. "to take away?" she asked. i told her i was wanting to dine in. she caustically told me (with a kind of cold hard stare) that i should sit at a table so she could take my order. the exchange continued in this vein as i ordered some food. rude, uncaring and so obviously chemically altered from the night before. i should have left then, but was hungry and had little time. i urge anyone considering this 'cafe' to go elsewhere. this level service is completely inexcusable.

i have this craving for coffee at weird hours when most of the cafes seem to be closed. this was one which not only was open but it had an old european street cafe feel. we ordered a large cap and a blueberry cheesecake. the slice of the cake was humongous, so much so that both of us were unable to finish the entire piece. but the taste was divine. it just had this barely there sweetness and the berry compote on top genuinely had berries. the coffee was alright as well and it did come in a large cup unlike other cafes that tend to serve large coffee in a small cup.

the customer service is great.
i had walked out and down king st for 10m when i tripped and my hot chocolate went for a jog..
went back to grab a new one and staff gave it for me for free.

i love how they use powder and not syrups for the chai latte and hot chocolates 😊

toilet needs an upgrade, ahh the cockroaches that are crawling in there are ridiculously disgusting 😤😤

the rating is for the staff only.

this is the first time i have ever written a review of a place or felt compelled to leave a complaint. i have never experienced such horrendous customer service as i did at this cafe (saturday 21st november 2015). the staff that took my order and brought out my food were friendly, but when it came time to pay for my meal, the man taking my payment was incredibly rude when he got frustrated by my wanting to pay for my friends meal and my meal separately. it wasn't a big order and very simple to do but as he was taking the payments he was shaking his head and i told him that isn't good customer service and there was no need for him to shake his head and then he got visibly angry so i told him to calm down to which he responded that i was the one who needed to calm down and that i was scaring him. i just stood there dumbfounded. as i left the cafe he shook his head again at me. this was more than someone having a bad day at work which i can understand, this man was arrogant and rude and clearly has no customer service skills or respect for his workplace.

corelli's rules. it's our favourite cafe. my housemates and i went there literally every morning for at least a year, and we still frequent it quite often. 
there's no friendly bullshit here - the staff are normal human beings that don't flash around fake smiles to everyone and are a bit on the cynical side. 
obviously, don't order any food because it doesn't look great (and the kitchen looks dodgy) - although the nachos look all right and the crumble is actually really good -they serve it to you heated up and with this big dollop of triple cream. 
the coffee is burnt half the time, but they give you tiny teddy's with with it and they're open until midnight. 
this place is not about the food or the coffee though. it's a newtown staple. 
overall, corelli's is the pinnacle of freedom.

late weekend arvo, a pit stop between appointments and a place to rest the feet.  the coffee turned out so good, it was the right choice to stop. not as packed on breakfast and brunch mornings but service was efficient. corner location is great, with a side road and outside table seating as well.

delicious!. amazing amazing food that isn't too expensive. they have great portions and it's good quality. i would definitely go again and i would recommend.

you dont go here for service or good food. you go here because its open late and you can watch the world go by.
terrible service.
average food.
average coffee.
but it is open really late.

disappointment all round. dined here for the first time today, within arrival the service was drowning and uninviting. the staff did not welcome us as we walked in the door, nor seemed to care to show any form of acknowledgement for customers. the waitress was disinterested from taking our drink orders to after a thirty minute wait for her to return to take our meal orders. after around forty minutes on waiting for our soft bean burrito, the meal was blain and was certainly nothing to brag about. overall comment is that i will not be returning to corellis' cafe anytime soon.

avoid. it's difficult to say what i hated most about this place. purely because i am overwhelmed by a selection of reasons why and i don't think i can rank them. was it when the waitress brought our drinks and one was overflowing, spilling down the sides and onto the table when she placed it? or when we had to request a napkin rather than the waitress making one available? or how about when the waitress sprinted away before we could even finish a sentence when ordering? perhaps there was an emergency inside, either that or the concept of remembering two simple orders was so startling for her that she had to run to the closest available paper and pen. granted our meals did come within a reasonable time frame, but it was a short lived silver lining, the hot cakes were, in reality slightly cooked starch with a heavy aftertaste. they also looked like the yoghurt and berry compote had melted on the 5m journey to our table. the eggs could only have been microwaved and would explain why our meals were so quick to arrive. i guess a frying pan is a little too 2014 for these guys. luckily though, we knew some water could possibly save our taste buds from annihilation, so we went inside to see if they had self serve. they didn't. so we waited 3 minutes in the empty interior to be assisted and asked for some. first, they forgot. second, they ducked a head outside to see us and thus jog their memory about the simple task we asked of them. third, out came the water but alas with all the empty tables and only two customers (us) outside they were confused as to which table needed the water. so they wandered for a moment before common sense kicked in. then we reluctantly paid and left, avoid is all we can say.

appalling service. i walked in and sat at one of the tables. the waitress did come to take my order promptly. she even asked me if i wanted ice cream with the apple crumble. sadly, more than half an hour later i was still waiting. nothing arrived another staff member arrived and asked me what i wanted. i told her i was still waiting for my order which the other waitress had taken over 30 minutes ago. they'd obviously forgotten all about it. she asked me if i still wanted it? i really didn't feel like re-ordering after the long wait, so declined. i went to another place where i was served promptly. rude staff, not even an apology!. won't be going back there again.

user reviews. we've been going to corellis for years. it's conveniently located, great to sit outside and watch the world pass by. and the [good variety & quality of] food, and service has always been ok. but, corellis is slipping, which is unfortunate.