I love all their cakes and enjoy the different textures in layers and fruity-floral flavors. Best…read moreof the best! Friendly staffs and good quality of coffee.

Oh my goodness! Dessert heaven, must try for all, will definitely be back! Fabulous treat, desserts…read morethat taste as good as they look! Just a tip, take cash as they don't accept cards, deserts are around the$10 mark each

Hooray! Aqua S has finally opened up in Macquarie Centre!…read more Located on Upper Level 2 near the Coles Area (just near the escalators) Same menu as their city store. Unfortunately they do not have the nice sky blue wall to take pics of your delicious soft serve. Oh well at least you won't have to trek all the way to the city if you live near Ryde!

So glad when they finally opened one near me. Though, I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad…read morething. Good for the feels, bad for the waistline. It needs to be open later!

Located in the Chatswood interchange this is the perfect cafe to satisfy your sweet tooth cravings…read more The Choc Pot sells amazing dessert such as waffles, brownies, sundaes, crêpes there is something to satisfy everyone's taste we had the honeycomb waffles & red velvet hot chocolate. There is plenty of seating, the staff are friendly and the service is fast. The place is perfect for a catch up with a friend, desserts cravings after a lunch or dinner in Chatswood OR a cheeky little treat for a long day at work

Awesome hot chocolate but they make a good flat white too. Located in The District, this seems like…read morethe only coffee shop in it. But it's a good one! It's also pretty convenient to grab your coffee here while you wait in line for your food somewhere. They also sell their chocolate sauces so you can make it all at home too.

The food is presented so lovely and still this place serves my favourite mocca…read more I don't like that you will only be seated at the bar if you don't eat. You shouldn't have to be banned at the bar if you are 'only' getting coffee or an expensive smoothie. If you want tap water be prepared to ask numerous times but sadly that seems to be the norm in cafes now. If it's free, it's not important...sigh

Friendly staff seems to be the consensus among Yelpsters when it comes to The Missing Piece…read more Friendly and observant. With Mr Hangrypants distracted by a sneaker store down the way, I lined up alone to get a table as there was a bit of a queue. "Table for two?" I was asked almost immediately. Crikey, she must have seen us coming a mile away. Bill arrived as I was being shown to our table and we were efficiently given menus and then not forgotten about despite the place being jammed. We ordered food and coffee and the drinks arrived almost immediately, again, as I already mentioned, despite the place being jammed. A little while later our food arrived piping hot, again, and I can not be more emphatic about this, DESPITE THE PLACE BEING JAMMED! This sort of efficient service just doesn't happen in suburban Sydney. The coffee at The Missing Piece is great. The food is top quality. We had Big Breakfasts or "The Complete Picture", in keeping with the theme. Standard price at $18. I was thoroughly impressed all round with my experience and will be back. The only downer is that the OJ is really some kind of Orange Fruit Drink and I did come here one time early on in the piece and they served my tea with milk in a syringe on the side. I hope they have stopped that off putting little nod to modern cafe hipsterism. Other than that, all good in the hood (if North Ryde could indeed be described as a hood...)

This Zumbo is located in the Macquarie Shopping Centre near the Woolworths. Good place to stop by…read moreafter doing a big shop! Offering the usual selections of bread, Zumbarons, Zonuts, and cakes as the rest of the chain. A selection of Zumbarons were chosen as it was bought as a gift for friends and easy to transport in their handy boxes. Service was a bit so so. As it was a slow time and not much passing trade and since we were taking a bit of time deciding on what flavours to get, the original server didn't end up serving us and went somewhere else to start sweeping. The other server eventually came over after we waved her down.

We bought a rhubarb danish from Macquarie Centre on Thursday around lunch time. My husband had it…read moreand that was a serious mistake. The passion fruit seeds (at least that's what I hope it was) cut his soft palate, and he was suddenly in so much pain. I checked his mouth and there was a huge 'blood bag'. We rushed to the Macquarie Uni GP and was told that he had developed oral hematoma from the food that he just ate. He had to be on liquid diet for 48 hours, and though the condition is not life threatening, hewas in constant pain for a week. I would give them a zero star if I could. And their PR response to the whole issue was just appalling.

Worth the trip from the other side of Sydney to this gem. Best pastries I have ever had.read more

Food service ambiance terrible disappointed me today and last week they were all in a hurry to get…read moreme to eat and I was just sitting there waiting for them to come back and they didn't even come back to me so I had to wait until they got there to pick me up and I had no choice but to wait for them so I just went and picked her food out because she was hungry but she didn't even come back so I went home so upset she

I only knew about passion tree because I saw a pic on inst Abram of their watermelon shaved ice,…read more which looked very impressive. It was a watermelon half topped with a shaved ice and sorbet and then surrounded by watermelon balls. Definitely instagram worthy! The place is hard to find, which was troublesome for us and our reliance on google maps. The decor is really bright and fun, with chairs hanging from the ceiling- pretty cool and chill atmosphere. I was so sad to find out that the watermelon shaved ice was no longer on the menu, being replaced by a pineapple version.. But oh well, they had Hong Kong honey toast and other things. We chose the Hong Kong toast, the adzuki bean shaved ice and a peach Earl Grey ice tea. After spending a few minutes for photos (the presentation was pretty nice) we dug in. I have to say, the honey toast was on the small side because you'll find ones double or triple the size in Hong Kong, but it was really rich and delicious which it should be. The honey was more like a butterscotch, very fragrant and creamy. The bread was a buttery brioche type bread with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. The thing that really sets it off was the flaked almonds because the rich nutty toasty flavour adds that extra depth. On the other hand, I didn't enjoy the shaved ice because I prefer the fresh, fruity shaved ices. This one had a lot of different flavours like adzuki bean, toasted crunchy nut (?), some peanut buttery sauce, mini mochi, toasted almonds and other random things. Once you stir everything together and mix it with the ice it looks like a hot mess, really gross looking. Those flavours mixed together can work, but not with the watery ice puddle mixed with it. Watery and creamy... Thus us why I prefer fruit shaved ice. This was a miss and I ate the toast instead. The ice tea was nothing special, slightly artificial peach flavour with a hint of tea and way too much ice. No Bergamot flavour which is standard in Earl Grey. Not worth the $5-6. Overall, nice relaxing place that's a bit hidden away. The honey toast was surprisingly good but the shaved ice wasn't at all and neither was the ice tea. Total order came to $30. I feel that if you know what to get then it will be a better experience overall.

Perhaps I've just been trying the wrong things, but I haven't found myself going back for seconds…read moreof anything. Pretty standard stuff, and if there was any reason to go back, I think it'd have to be for the Matcha Mochi Pancakes which I am yet to try but look so good. They do seem to stock the cakes from Passiontree Velvet which I've tried at Macquarie Centre where the carrot cake was very very nice. However I haven't tried the cakes here, instead had one of their fizzy drinks, coffee, macarons, and a bingsoo. Nothing outstanding. The ade was particularly average. Also wifi is lousy here, doesn't even work properly.

If you're looking from a change up from the regular brunch options, head to Kin. Kin serves up…read moreAsian fusion brunch. They have congee and they put onsen eggs in everything! The congee was interesting, but at $15 a bowl of boiled white rice, compared to less than $5 a bowl at every other Chinese restaurant, it's a bit steep. Tasted and looked good though. The onsen eggs on toast and salmon was okay, but tasted a bit too ordinary. I saw both the ex Masterchef contestants hard at work. I liked seeing that they were personally behind the food and care about delivering quality food to customers. Too often these days, a celebrity chef will leave the restaurant to run itself.

You know those "Asian" restaurant which serves Chinese, Thai, Japanese and every other South East…read moreAsian cuisine that every country town in Australia seems to have? Well Kin is a bit like that but also in every way the opposite. Kin serves Asian-style cafe food, spanning Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese and Malaysian cuisines with some Australian cafe style food to boot. And somehow...it works! The salmon is out of this world - super tender but with a lovely charred surface. My money's on sous vide then blow torched. The accompanying spinach is a curious ball of umami and the onsen eggs have me leave poached eggs behind in the dust. The pho is incredibly rich yet delicate and the black sesame shake is grey like concrete, just the way black sesame anything should be. Despite not being a follower of My Kitchen Rules, I somehow still know of Shanelle and Uel. It's a delight to see them hard at work in the kitchen when we visit and even more so when we see them truly embodying their name, bantering with their staff and checking in to make sure they've eaten. It is clear that the food here is made with love. Kin, try as you may to keep me away with your terrible parking, puns and queues, but I will be back for the rest of the menu!

Purchased some take away tonight cuz craving dessert after some hardcore late night studying…read more Anyways, Meet Fresh at Ewood has satisfied my stomach so thanks heaps woot woot. I ordered their #1 Most popular dessert, the "Meet Fresh Signature Herbal Jelly" which was the bomb. The Herbal Jelly with the Herbal ice is so refreshing and so nICE. This ain't no 5 star dessert place so don't be raising your expectations, but all i can say is that its definitely worth the price! aaand I'll be back soon :D

Went to celebrate Meet Fresh's 2nd year anniversary this past weekend with 20% off all products…read more I must admit I'm not really a fan of Meet Fresh in Sydney. Even though they use the same brown seats as in Taiwan, that for a split second makes me travel miles and miles to a happy time in my life, when I take that first bite into whatever I've ordered it's just doesn't taste the same. I always struggle with what to order here. Not this time though! When I walked in I saw a sign board next to the counter that read 'yummy black sesame soup with toppings of smooth tofu pudding, chewy mini taro balls and lovely red beans'. Only served hot but I was very much in the mood for a warm dessert. I ordered the sesame soup and the cashier entered it into the machine and then ordered a milk tea which she keyed in too. Came to payment time and some other girl came over and said "I told you already we ran out of the sesame soup". NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shattered! If you've run out of something you should either take the sign down or stick something over it to say it's sold out. False advertising! False hope! Real sadness! Real disappointment! *cry* http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/eU82PxVanczqriHz5uZkgg?select=rjRqcPw2dgdSSiYQvp_38g#rjRqcPw2dgdSSiYQvp_38g how good does it look!!!

Stopped by to get the kids a milkshake and sweet snack. Two milkshakes for the kids and mocha and…read moreflat white for me and my wife. Milkshakes were top notch, really creamy and tasty. Coffees were excellent, and unusually were served hot without having to ask! I would recommend this place to anyone wanting a great milkshake or a really good hot coffee. 5/5.