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    Ground Zero

    3.3 (12 reviews)
    InexpensiveCafes
    Closed 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Classy
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed
    Good for kids

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    Hannah J.

    They have such a splendid breakfast menu, that my heart actually broke a little when I realized I had just missed it. They closed the breakfast menu at 3pm, and I arrived at 3:10. The injustice of it all! The staff aren't particularly friendly, but they're okay. This isn't the kind of place you come to for the service, anyway, not like your local mom and pop store. It's quite a classy little café, with a gorgeous seating area out the back, with palm trees and other miscellaneous plant life forming a semi-canopy overhead. I decided to have a spinach and feta pie, which was phenomenal. No, seriously, I loved it, in a way that I don't usually love vegetarian dishes. The feta was amazingly crumbly and creamy, the spinach was seasoned beautifully, and it came with a salad, and a tomato coulis. The coulis wasn't particularly good, kind of just tasted like watered down ketchup, but the salad was amazing. I don't even know why, it was just leaves and sprouts, but they put *something*, some unidentifiable dressing in it, that changed everything. I ate with gusto, and I don't normally touch salad. Carnivorous all the way! Except on that particular day, apparently. All in all, I like it. Would go again.

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    Jordan M.

    Quite like this place after a surf when in Manly. Nice coffees and creative breakfast options such as corn fritters with poached egg avo and tomato relish or Tuscan style eggs. Specialties are their açai brekky bowl. Nice patio seating out front or in back

    May 2015

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    1 year ago

    Good service and great food. I had the salmon eggs with a side of bacon and it was delicious. Lovely coffee too.

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    Laurent Boulangerie Patisserie Manly

    Laurent Boulangerie Patisserie Manly

    2.8(4 reviews)
    0.3 kmManly

    I had just got done spending a lovely little afternoon in Manly. As the sun started to fall, I made…read moremy way back toward the ferry terminal and decided to treat myself to a coffee as I waited. I stood at the terminal entrance and was faced with two options: a) Gloria Jeans or b) unnamed bakery / café across the way. Being the anti-corporation, "mum and pop" supporter that I am, that choice was a no brainer. I ordered a soy cappuccino and a chocolate macaroon. As I touched that coffee to my lips, I was thrilled with my decision. The coffee was remarkably made, had a perfect medium roast and silky smooth milk. The macaroon was a perfect combination of airy crunch followed by chewy finish. It was so delicious I probably could have thrown 4 or 5 of those little loves down the hatch and not looked back. Luckily, I cut it to the last minute and had to run straight past Laurent in order to catch my ferry home. Temporary fatness averted.

    This is a Victorian based series of stores, and as a result, there are only two in Sydney; one here…read morein the Maly wharf, and the other in Bondi Junction. This place is great; very reasonably priced food and a great atmosphere inside the Manly wharf. I bought a chicken and avocado roll for $6, and it was amazing! Well presented, tasted good, and even though it was only a chicken roll, it made me feel upper class. You should see the deserts they have available! Little miatures cakes of various designs and flavours, they have had a lot of effort put into their production. I actually saw someone stop as they walked past, look at the cakes, and exclaim in excitement. Its not only a café, but also a bakery, so yu can pick up some pretty nice-looking loaves of bread on your way home. I guess the best part is the vibe. You don't spend heaps, but the open luxury of the café, with the sound of seagulls on the wharf... It's a cool place to stop for coffee. But having said that, it's not a restaurant, so don't plan a big event out of it, it's a simple café, inside a wharf.

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    Laurent Boulangerie Patisserie Manly

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    Rollers Bakehouse - Perfect display of pastries

    Rollers Bakehouse

    4.8(6 reviews)
    0.1 kmManly

    Shortly after riding the ferry over to Manly, we stopped by Rollers for pastries and coffee to…read morestart our morning. They close at 2:00P, so we wanted to get there early and choose from the full selection. I loved their display of baked goods which are all lined up neatly into perfect arrays. Racks of the pastries were right behind the counter, including both sweet and savory options. The employee manning the front was so warm and seemed happy to help answer our questions about the day's offerings. She said the most popular item all year round is their almond croissant, filled with an almond frangipane, but her personal favorite at the time was the seasonal Hazelnut Praline Brioche. Given that this is something you don't see at any ordinary bakery, I couldn't resist and you could say she talked me into it! My second choice would have been their handheld apple pie with its perfect lattice and caramelized sugar on top. The HAZELNUT PRALINE BRIOCHE (A$12) was essentially a light airy donut filled with a smooth chocolate hazelnut cream that tasted like a Ferrero Rocher. The amount of filling was generous and oozed out with every bite... I could have eaten spoonfuls of the filling just by itself! A slightly crunchy praline crumb topping gave it a crisp cap. I thoroughly enjoyed every bite of this brioche as it wasn't too rich nor too sweet. I also got a flat white coffee which was good, hot and paired nicely with my brioche. My mom got their seasonal lemon monkey bread which she said was just okay. It didn't have that cinnamon gooeyness that one would normally expect in this type of dessert. Similarly, they also offered a lemon vanilla custard tart which my sister enjoyed. Oddly, it was labeled only as a "vanilla tart" on the display, which is a little misleading, especially for anyone who's not a fan of citrus. This cafe has a nice open air seating area with ample space, a couple seats at the coffee counter and some seats outside. Most of the tables were already occupied by the time we arrived, so we sat outside. With the cafe being located in an alleyway, we were able to savor our pastries in the morning sun without any cars or traffic whizzing by. What a lovely way to begin our day in Manly!

    This bakery or bake house is a bit different from normal ones since they had some interesting…read moreflavors. I went when it was about to close so there weren't many customers there. Rollers was designed nicely and has an outdoor/indoor patio is a minute from the beach at Manly. Now on to the food. The pastry I got, hash brown, chorizo and cheddar was a lot heftier and filling than I was expecting. I felt like there more chorizo and cheddar filling than hash brown so was a little depressed i didn't taste that. But all in all the croissant still tasted great. 5/5 stars

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    Look at the lattice on the apple pies!

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