Wonderful and relaxed spot for brunch. I made a reservation for eight people in advance and we were…read morepromptly seated upon arrival. Service here is friendly and casual - order at the counter, get a number, and wait for your dishes at your table. I ordered the Pumpkin Bread dish (grilled pumpkin bread, poached egg, smashed avocado, honey ricotta, balsamic, kale, toasted pepitas, grilled halloumi) and the combination of sweet and slight savoriness was absolutely delicious. The sweetness wasn't overwhelming, and the different textures made for a very satisfying dish that made you want to keep eating more. In fact, it's been over a month since I've been here and I'm still dreaming about this dish today and thinking of ways on how I can remake this at home! Coffee and drinks here were also excellent. I tried the Rose Petal & Earl Grey latte and enjoyed the light and floral flavor. All in all, a fantastic cafe with some great and healthy brunch choices for everyone. Next time, I'd be even happy just stopping by for their pastries/pies/baked goods - everything in their bakery display looked so fresh!

Good bread. Good coffee…read more Good staff. Good doggos outside. I wished the menu would utilise more of the bakery's goods (not into the milk buns compared to the bread offered at their bakery) which is amazing, which would have gotten them the full 5 stars. Tip: use their sourdough loaf, cut out the middle, fill it with cob loaf dip of your choosing. All my reviews are standardised to the following star ratings: 1. Customer service I.e. friendly, easy to book, etc. 2. Accessibility I.e. location, decor and scenery, easily assessable or flexible, etc. 3. Work, health and safety I.e. clean, safe, etc. 4. Quality of goods and/or services I.e. good food, good movers, etc. 5. Comparison to similar for location - I.e. would I recommend this above other places

I ordered the pan roasted Salmon, and it was delicious. The cook took good care of my order and…read moreeven though it took a while for my dish to arrive, it was so tastefully done that it compensated for the wait. Plus in Canberra, you do have the time to wait, as no one is in a tearing hurry. Great place, must try.

Last night I flew to Canberra for a 40th birthday and after many glasses of bubbles and amazing…read moretapas food we indulged in some Espresso Martinis - normally when I see a martini with a twist I shy away, however this was simply AMAZING. It was shaken to perfection and finished off with a swirl of caramel sauce. 10 out of 10 from me. Espresso Martinis are the only way I drink Coffee

We visited Highroad in Canberra in the northern suburb of Dickson. The cafe is owned by the Ona…read moreCoffee brand and it is certainly not your run of the mill cafe. It is unique in its menu, stylish in its decor and has a very cool vibe to it. Architecturally, I describe the cafe as an industrial/Art Deco/urban architecture blend. High ceilings, floor to ceiling windows and a huge expansive space to sit with mod style chairs and wooden booths as well as communal tables. The back of the cafe has another large dining space. The bathrooms are reminiscent of an old cinema. The area just had great feng shui to it, and felt quiet and calming despite it's size. This was especially interesting since we found the clientele was majority families with young children. The coffee bench sprawls the wall adjacent to the entry, and shows off their quality coffee gear and baristas doing what they do best. The coffee here is outstanding. Using beans roasted in their Ona Fyshwick roastery, the way they serve it is visionary, with different milk based blends and you can order according to taste preference, and the staff even can advise which milk would work best. In addition there's also filter, cold brew espresso (single o and blends). They even have a reserve list for their espressos. You can guarantee a good coffee here. Behind the coffee bench is an impressive installation showcasing bottles of wine, and they have a wine list as well as selling craft beers. The cafe has an all day menu and meals to suit dining at brekkie, brunch or lunch so it's extremely versatile. The food here is impressive and the dishes have interesting takes on classics, the use of new and cool ingredients and presented well. It was most certainly a tough ask to settle on a preferred option since they all sounded appealing. I went with the Kingfish, a gf option with a lovely and light cured Hiramasa Kingfish perched on a piece of dark rye, spread with cream cheese and arranged with green apple, beetroot, fennel and dill. We added a side of pickles and this dish was simply perfect. Our friend ordered the Beef Cheek which is suitable for a brunch option since the 16hr braised beef cheek is topped with a hollandaise sauce and the fact that it is served with pearl cous cous and tabouli salad brings it into a lunch dish. Our dining party also ordered their unique take on the smashed avo. This is a gluten free and vegetarian option, served with a cool vegemite ricotta, toasted seeds and nuts, poached eggs, herbs, foccacia. We added some fried chicken to our dish to add a bigger protein hit. Other option include a parmesan & pickled jalapeno waffle, a beautiful green bowl, pork Sando or it can be as simple as a bacon and egg roll or Muesli. The staff here are excellent - efficient and knowledgeable. Overall this was a memorable dining experience.

Tasty bacon and egg roll. Pialligo bacon and pickles were a nice touch. Good coffee with a range of…read morebeans to choose from. Coffee temperature could have a little more heat, especially in winter. Staff are friendly and efficient. Lovely open and relaxed vibe. The eggs Benedict/Reuben combo with homemade corned beef is stunning and worth a visit just for that alone.

I am a massive fan of sinigang na baboy, just because the sourness of the soup immediately warms…read moreyou up. The pork of this dish was excitingly soft and had the right amount of fat, which compliments the sour taste of the soup. Lolo and Lola did not disappoint, the sinigang was not overly sour and it was surprisingly clean tasting. The other cuisines that were ordered that night, were the bulalo, sisig and halo-halo. Full review: purplecuriosity.wordpress.com/2020/11/03/lolo-and-lola/

I was here over the weekend and this place was packed--I can see why! We had the lumpiang hubad…read more(warm vegetable salad with garlic soy dressing--yummy!), bicol express (pork belly, very tasty but not as tender as I like), pares (beef brisket, my second favorite--and deliciously crunchy?), and lechon manok (chicken maryland, which was great but slightly outshone by some of the other dishes). Each of us also had the tsokolate eh! hot chocolate, which is much thicker than an Aussie hot chocolate and sweet enough to prevent us from enquiring about the otherwise amazing looking cakes on display. Service was not quite 100%, but the staff are so friendly and the food is so good that it doesn't matter. Everything is also great value for money ($11 to $15 a dish meant lunch for 4 was roughly $70), so I would be ecstatic to go back again sometime soon. I want to try some cake!

Brilliant Italian restaurant that goes beyond the pizza & pasta stereotype. We had a bowl of mixed…read moreolives as an entree and they were delicious and I don't like olives ! My wife had prawn linguine & I had the dock leg with pancetta & cous cous. She could not finish hers so I got to taste both. The prawns were incredibly fresh with a bit of heat from the chilli. I tend to not have seafood in places not near the sea but this proved me wrong. Likewise, the duck was tremendous. The Tira Mi Su finished off a perfect meal. Wine list was extensive with both European & Australian well represented. Highly recommend.

The best meal of my four day stay in Australia was here at Mezzalira…read more Inside was nice and cozy, hostess and servers were all nice, and the food was above well above par. I had the gnocchi and crossed my fingers that I would be delivered pillowly soft nuggets of starch; I was not let down. http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/yoPn8Ehy2dmDfZqjUqBGXA?select=S9eOY9iTOD65OJHkrk1IwA The gnocchi were among the best I've ever had, but the sauce was not my favorite. Broad beans and mint are not high on my list of things I want to eat. But regardless, I scraped my plate clean of every drop. It was a darn good plate of potatoes. For dessert I couldn't resist the tiramisu, my favorite dessert. This one was good except for the oddly thick sauce that coated it. It was almost like melted icing or a really thick creme anglaise. Very good, but very very rich. http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/yoPn8Ehy2dmDfZqjUqBGXA?select=SIWl530YMcG9Np76-9h1pw I would definitely come back if I'm ever trapped in Canberra again.

Updated some photos from my next trip. Ordered Caprese Salad -…read more Burrata cheese, medley tomato, grilled peach, fresh basil, avocado with passionfruit sauce. Was a beautiful summer dish and cheese was good quality.

Went to take my parents out for breakfast..... Sat down…read morelooked at the menu....... $16-$17 for muesli...... way too much for eggs and bacon.. After about 2 minutes I told my hubby and my parents there is no way it can be that amazing and we are going elsewhere.... For the suburbs of Canberra, and Jamison???? this place is over priced. All I could think is there are some places in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney that don't charge that (with views of the ocean) for a bowl of muesli...

Was introduced to this restaurant by a friend, best dinner in a while!…read more This restaurant took over what used to be Delissio in Braddon, was a little surprised. The menu isn't very big, though they all read beautifully. The desserts were written on the board and appears to change frequently. Of note is that they are a number of items with extensive wait times, including an apple tartin for dessert, up to 40 mins worth of waiting - but it's written in the menu so you are aware of the wait time when you're deciding - really appreciated that. Started off with the Beetroot cured kingfish. It came in a dish, presented too beautiful to be eaten really! There was a bit of a difficultly differentiating the kingfish from the beetroot salad - but every morsel was beautiful and the kingfish slid beautifully in your mouth. Next was the ash crusted duck a l'orange style, meant for 2 pax. This was an interesting one. While we were waiting for it to come, the waiter brought the cooking duck to show us how it was cooked - in a block of still burning/smoking ash. It smelt so gorgeous and I really like that block of ash! We were salivating but it was still a few more minutes to go before it came back to the table, all shiny and gorgeous waiting to jump into my mouth. The duck was so beautiful it might be hard to do it justice. It was falling off the bone and melt in your mouth kind of juicy. The smokey taste to it was balanced by the sweetness of one of the oranges and the tartness of another (two types of planes were used). None of the tastes were overwhelming so you can still taste the subdued duck beneath it all. Absolutely gorgeous. The creme brûlée came last, with a fire going over it till the sugar caramelised. It was such a cool thing to watch the fire burn yet the custard remained cool and not marred. Service provided was great. They were attentive to us from the start, explaining what each item was and how it was cooked. If we had further questions, they would come throwing information at us, no worries. Particularly, I like how they showed me the duck in the block of ash. I was so excited I forgot to take a picture of it. Value for money - for the 2 of us, we spent about 110 dollars. It's definitely a little pricier than what I usually pay for dinner, but in this scenario it's worth every penny and then some. The quality of the food, the thought put behind the balance of the senses deserve to be appreciated, but I am glad it is at that price so it's still within the reach of people who appreciate good food.

The ambiance is very very French at this little bistro sitting on its own in the refurbished suburb…read moreof Braddon. But locals know it well, so evenings and Saturdays can be quite busy. We had the place to ourselves for midweek lunch, yet never felt abandoned or an inconvenience. Quite the opposite. We indulged in a couple of signature cocktails (I recommend the L'Automne), and pork rillette and escargot starters. Zut alors, they were good! Main course was a shared Beef Wellington; perfectly done and surrounded with mushroom pieces and foie gras to separate the pastry and meat. With a recommended French Cabernet Franc to mix it up, we left sated and fulfilled in our goal to have an authentic experience in Canberra.

This is the most amazing place in Canberra. The chef is committed to cooking each dish to suit the…read morepallet of the individual . The fish head curry and the crab is just divine . The staff are extremely gracious and friendly . This place is sure to win a award for the standards they maintain!!!!!!well done !

best restaurant ever !!!!! seriously would eat here every day if i could :):):) recommend this…read moreplace to everyone!!! the vegan menu=the best. yummmmm