I've never been a big fan of franchises like this considering we live in Melbourne and are surrounded by many unique and wonderful cafes. Nonetheless Degani is one of the only places around uni hill for breakfast.
This place is always busy when I walk by, and even busy today. A downside to this is that it can get very loud and hard to have a conversation even at a 4 person table. And unfortunately being a cafe with a door to the outside there are some unpleasant seating positions when the doors open and Mr Breeze comes in.
As far as food is concerned the portion sizes are quite enormous. Most savoury breakfast items come with 2 massive pieces of toast (far too much in my opinion).
I ordered the Chef's special breaky, and my friends ordered the vegetarian breakfast and the hotcakes with banana. The flavours were alright, the feta in my meal was very strong and at times too overpowering for the balance of the meal. I wasn't a fan of the hotcake texture but props to soaking them in syrup, for once I thought there was too much haha
Staff were a bit all over the place, we were asked by 3 different servers if we wanted to order and when our food was being delivered, instead of pancakes my friend received a risotto. This mistake was quickly rectified.
All in all its just another Degani. Nothing special about it.
Also they don't split bills which is annoying in this day and age and especially considering the popularity of the venue with the local people. read more