winter's cafe

consistently high quality food. innovative and modern menu. well presented and delicious. very nice coffee. great service. we go to winters regularly when in geelong for the footy.

after a great win by the cats on saturday night where we stayed in possibly the last available accommodation in geelong we agreed to meet for breaky at winters cafe. our friends are geelong locals and had not been there in a weekend
we waited 25 mins fir coffee and 38 minutes for breakfast (on top of the coffee wait)
food was yummy if a little skimpy on bacon. one piece??
second coffee we waited 15 mins again.
plenty of staff who floated around with a smile but no eye contact. perhaps something had gone wrong in the kitchen ??? perhaps they should have said something.
in the end it gave us plenty of time to chat but have a piece of toast or cup of coffee before you arrive on a sunday

a mixed bag.  service was prompt initially, i was offered a newspaper to read, nice atmosphere.  i asked about the trout but the waitress couldn't tell me what came with it.  lovely cold glass of pinot gris.  trout arrived, stuffed with tomatoes, olives and over-fried kipfler wedges.  there was too much liquid on the plate.  also, it was sort of plopped in a hurry, on the other side of the table from me.  the fish was great, but i don't like olives!  i wish i had been told, i would have ordered something else.  decided i needed a dessert.  wasn't overly thrilled by the desert menu, but went for a caramel slice.  asked if there was cream or ice cream to go with it - was told a flat no.  it came, the smallest little slice i have ever seen.  it was too sweet.  $6.50!  the whole bill was $41, and i was told to pay at the till.  for $41, i really expect a little more customer service.  totally underwhelmed and feeling more than a little hard done by.

great reading menu, and food tasted amazing. 👍🏼.

loved the food, loved the service. amazing feel inside with great finishes. it's a must if you haven't been here before.
a really nice local touch with the menu's also... well done to the two lads in there.

don't go here! disgusting coffee, unacceptable waiting time, totally disorganised staff, and average food.

a breakfast which totalled to $50. we each ordered two eggs (as the base), plus the extras of hollandaise, ham, and tomato. also ordered were two iced coffees. although the food wasn't too bad, it was definitely not worth $50! normally, eggs benedict would come with hollandaise, but here it is considered a "side/extra". as a comparison, the eggs, hollandaise and ham here equalled $16 alone, whereas the cafe next door has eggs benedict (ham option) for only $13.50 which includes hollandaise. also, personally i didn't like the bread it was on as the crust was very hard (even the egg yolk didn't soften it). further, we've had iced coffees from so many different cafes but the ones here were the most expensive we've ever had. it's unlikely we'll be returning as it was quite average and we've had better for less!

birthday brunch spoiled by terrible service from female wait staff!. i scheduled a birthday brunch for a large party at winters cafe. arranging was easy and i appreciated that, but reports after the brunch were framed by the grumpy and careless female wait staff. one staff member carelessly pushed things onto the table causing a drink to spill on someones belongings - unacceptable and by all accounts, totally avoidable. with the exception of "the guy" who was nice, the service was terrible and the food only ok. sad to say we will not be back winter's!

had a very nice breakfast here food service and coffee was all good only negative was the poached eggs were fairly cold but other than that i would recomend

like. i find the service a little stand-offish at times, but generally it's fine. the food and coffee here is always a treat.

finally!. finally, finally, i find a place that can get a good breakfast.
the eggs are perfect. just a slight scent of vinegar but otherwise just beautiful.
staff are charming. ham and bacon and mushrooms and sausages perfectly cooked.
i love that they are using russian tomatoes but perhaps ordinary old ones are better cooked?
the russian cooked ones aren't that nice cooked, due to the lack of acidity. hydro or field are better.
anyway, i'm being picky here. overall it was the best breakfast i have had in a geelong café in many years.
just lovely and highly recommended.
it's a nice atmosphere and a lovely place to have breakfast. finally.

not whiting. i was so disappointed with winters on my latest visit. i discussed the dish i was interested in with the waitress who told me the whiting was delicious. being a whiting lover and knowing how scarce it is i was pleased at the prospect of eating it. it came on a bland bed of black barley no taste in it at all. and the fish was huge with a rough skin not whiting when i asked the same waitress she became very defensive and said it is a different sort of whiting it is trumpeter ! ok so why wasn't i informed of that when i had the discussion trumpeter is trumpeter it is like saying flathead is a different sort of salmon. it was a bland and boring dish and i was not offered any compensation eg a free coffee would have been nice. trumpeter is boring and bland and i would not choose it. my companion discussed the pork dish with caramel saying he didn't like anything too sweet. it was unedible the three of us tasted it and it was like eating a bowl of honey, again no compensation when he returned the meal to her she became very offended and dismissive. sorry winters you have lost us for a time. while i look for a restaurant who serves the fish they say they are going to serve

such a shame, i left with no meal!. this wasn't my first experience as winter's cafe but it was most definitely the time that i was most disappointed, and enough to not return.
the current winter menu was extremely impressive on paper and when ordering from the lunch menu today, we were very excited to try the chicken with pomegranate.
we waited for an hour and when i asked the staff how much longer i would need to wait, i was informed that as i ordered the chicken it would take long to cook and this was the reason it was taking so long. the staff proceeded to tell me everything was made from scratch making things take longer. my assumption was that all the meals were made to order? we were informed it wouldn't be much longer so we went back to waiting.
15 minutes later, the staff member returned again to inform us that she was sorry but the docket must have 'blown away' and that they were now on to making our meals. i was extremely disappointed that we were obviously given excuse after excuse. my daughter was very hungry, being a toddler, and i was becoming impatient. we were informed it wouldn't be long. to add to the debacle, we were offered chips or a coffee to compensate. i didn't want anything apart from my meal. how insulting to assume that we were ignorant enough to know they were covering their incompetance.
again we waited and waited but when i saw that staff were clearly not giving us any eye contact, one is assuming due to embarrassment, we realised it would clearly be longer than we were willing to wait. i picked up my bags, my well behaved daughter, and left without a meal even nearing our table. how many times would i have to ask regarding our order?
this was a total disappointment. unfortunately, i can't tell you how the meal was as we didn't get it!

love the food here, heaps of filling, tasty & healthy options in the menu. the chicken with freekah was amazing & can't wait to try the duck roti wrap! sounds delicious! staff are always friendly & attentive. great local in geelong. added bonus of almond milk & plenty of vego & gluten free choices!

it's a winner!. always good service there. food is amazing, staff are really nice. always a good idea to book a table for breakfast especially on weekends. really can't find a bad thing to say about them.
love the hollandaise guys. bring it on..