Located in a nursery in Dural, NSW is this gem of a cafe, Wild Pear serving delicious breakfast of homemade pastries and beignets woth mascarpone and candied apples, a sumptuous and delicious spanner crab omelet with that side of an amazing salad, and a delicious cup of flat white coffee it's a perfect way to get our day started. read more

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The food was ordinary for the price. Out of a party of 6, 3 ordered the Reuben sandwich which was sloppy and a real struggle to eat without cutlery. They all arrived with super soggy wet rye bread and corned beef that was like eating shoe leather. The corn fritters, flathead and smashed avocado were delicious. The service was good except that we had to ask for so many things which weren't asked about when ordering or provided up front; such things as serviettes, sugar for coffee, cutlery and salt/pepper. We all thought that this cafe was overrated and a bit up itself for what was on offer. read more

I visited Wildpear Cafe a day before Fathers Day because we couldn't get a booking for the actual day - they were full up! This kind of already proved to me that we were in for one heck of a treat that Saturday morning! My family and I braved the wind and rain and found ourselves in a small cosy, grandmother-style home with trinkets and jars and plants everywhere. It was so welcoming! The flurry of conversation all around is wasn't a bother, and we were pleasantly served throughout the entire meal! And what a meal. I can't go through all the dishes because my family and I have a tendency to eat like gluttons (no regrets :D) but here are a few of the dishes and drinks that stood out! 1. The Affogato - despite not being on the drinks menu when we went, they made one classy dessert-drink! It was generously served in a large glass, espresso on the side, with vanilla ice cream softening into the puddle of caramel in the large glass. On the side were two wafer thin but delicious pieces of nutty biscotti. Sigh. 2. The French Toast - Imagine all the sweetness and citrusy fragrance of orange blossom infused into a thick cut french toast drowning in syrup and cream. Not a bad image right? It becomes reality at this cafe, being the perfect brunch dish! 3. Bacon and avocado Stack - Fresh. Wholesome. Delicious. I would like to emphasise it is healthy considering there were large pieces of avocado, so yes, good for you to an extent too. Generous servings as well :D Overall, especially considering Wildpear is a only 10 minutes from my place, I will definitely be returning there again... and again.. and again! read more

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If you are in Dural this is probably one of the nicer places to come and have some food. However, it is on the expensive side (for this area). Be prepared to book before hand or you might not find a place to sit. Saying that I prefer the Baron or the Tuckshop over Wildpear - I think they have better coffee and more interesting food. But if you are looking for a good and big breakfast, then this is probably the place for you. So this cafe is also part of a nursery, which is part of its charm. If you sit at the back, on the veranda, you get to look out at all the plants that they have on offer. This is a family friendly place that gets extremely crowded on weekends. The all time seller is their big breakfast, which as the title goes it quite big. However, it isn't special just big. You get eggs, sausages, bacon and the whole shabang. But it will set you back a good $23. The atmosphere is nice, the staff are over run as this place is always busy. If you are looking for a place that is a bit different in the Dural area then come past, but if you want a coffee and a good quick breakfast I would not come here. I would go to the Tuckshop - but that is my personal opinion. read more

Wildpear Cafe - Cafes Near Me - Dural, NSW

Summary: Expensive, poor service, fresh, quality ingredients but tasted bland and uninteresting. Upon entering the restaurant for lunch, it was packed and staff seemed disorganised, and we waited 7 mins for a waiter to greet us and be seated. Food was overpriced - the quality was there, you could tell the ingredients were really fresh, clean, and healthy, but there was no magic touch that distinguished the dishes from something I could cook myself, to restaurant quality food. For me, the enjoyment of dining out lies in tasting food that I'm not able to replicate at home myself, and if a restaurant can't deliver that, then it's money wasted. Interesting nursery at the back of the restaurant, but you can find much better nurseries in the area. It's as though the owners were too preoccupied with the restaurant and have let go of their management of the nursery. read more

Wildpear Cafe - Salmon - Cafes Near Me - Dural, NSW

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This cafe was awesome! Went here for lunch on the weekend and it was quite packed but still managed to get a table outdoors. I had the pan fried gnocchi and it was very filling. Still had room for some dessert though, had the pecan pie with ice cream.. It was alright but wouldn't get it again, was abit too heavy. I've heard the breakfast is amazing! I will be back! read more

Wildpear Cafe - Cafes Near Me - Dural, NSW

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It was my mums birthday and she hasn't been feeling the best lately, so I recommended we drop by Wildpear to buy some cakes as I had done before. My mum goes in and asks for 2 cakes takeaway. They then say "No", telling me that the dine-in customers are higher priority and we are saving them all for them, despite having LOADS of them. I intervened saying I have gotten take-away a few times before, where they basically said 'not now'. We all then left empty-handed and feeling embarrassed because of their arrogance, and feeling even worse for my mum who managed to enjoy herself before that. For a place that is essentially a cafe for the most part doing the same fare as a lot of others around, they sure have let it get to their heads to actually DENY people food! The WORST customer experience I've ever had! Shame on you Wildpear!!! read more

I have to give it one star. This cafe has been riding off the coat tails of a good review in the paper 2 years ago, and now the Masterchef win. Don't let that fool you. The menu hasn't changed in forever. That's not because they are unique creations, they have a beef burger, fish and chips, and a "middle eastern" mixed grill as 3 of the times. However the worst part of this place is the shocking service. They have clearly expanded to fit more tables and make more money but haven't added the staff. The place was near capacity. It took 55 minutes for a salad and fish and chips to arrive. When I asked I was told it was coming right up but then saw the panic in the kitchen as they scrambled to make it. The staff never service the tables to ask if you need anything, I will never go here again and will openly encourage others not to as well. read more

Day before spring, beautiful day, super hungry and wanting to explore Sydney like a tourist. So what better way to start the day is with a your not so guilty and oh so scrumptious brunch. Wildpear cafe in Dural was top of my list, located in a nursery. This homely cafe reminds me of visiting my Aunt and Uncle for breakfast in their country home. The place was packed, as usual, but the keen eye of the waitress spotted a cosy spot in the corner for us to be seated within minutes. I ordered Spanish Eggs with a cappuccino. The hot pan came out with two runny eggs floating on the bubbling pool of red tomato sauce with chorizo. The eggs were cooked perfectly as the yolk oozed out when I dipped my sourdough bread into the pan. The rich sauce was beautiful and flavoursome from the spices and slices of capsicum but the beauty of this great hang over dish is the slices of chorizo you find in there. I literally mopped up the dish with the bread and felt very satisfied after my meal. The Good - Friendly and very welcoming staff, very efficient, the excellent home style rustic food, country home setting, and ambience. The Bad - some people might find it too crowded and loud. I was still able to hold a conversation and enjoy my meal leisurely without being pressured to leave. The Ugly - the more we start yelping about this place, the earlier I have to get in to beat the crowd. read more

A sunny morning after Sydney storms, and reading what my fellow Yelpers said about this place, I ventured to the part of Old Northern Road that isn't on my regular trail. Arriving just before 9 the verandah area was already filled with couples and families. If you are coming here with friends or family I think you'd be wise to make a booking. The menu looked good. I like to see things that I wouldn't be bothered to make at home. This place gets big ticks already. I was SO tempted by the Sugar n Spice French Toast, but opted for Sweet Pea Felafel of poached eggs, haloumi & avo with 2 delicious pea falafels nestled in wonderful fresh herbs. Delicious! Probably ate too much as it was such a generous serve, but I told myself that I was getting my week's serve of greens in one sitting. I haven't finished my coffee, let alone paid the bill, but I'm already thinking about a return visit sometime soon to try something from the lunch menu. read more

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I have been here twice. Both times I have experienced very poor and unfriendly service. They don't have a decent wait space and the menu is very expensive . The food is decent and they have added a vegan salad which was delicious . The coffee was 'burnt' and not the best. I have decided not to return . Definitely not the top of my list and not the best use of my hard earned dollars. read more

Foods great however I hated the attitude of some staff today when we rocked up at 11.30am for brunch only to be told it's either the breakfast menu or wait 15 minutes if you want food from the lunch menu. Clearly there is no concept of an all day breakfast menu. It was as if our table was going to determine when they stopped serving breakfast I can live with that but the way it was delivered to us was unacceptable and their breakfast menu has 9am to 4pm printed on the bottom of it so it looks like it should be available during those hours Fortunately the food was up to their usually high standard read more

An adorable place that never dissapoints. The food is always perfect, good quality and full of flavour (locally sourced too) The staff are very friendly/helpful and I particularly love the county house feel. read more

Wildpear Cafe - Blueberry french toast - Cafes Near Me - Dural, NSW

The food was good, but the success of the cafe makes it very noisy and chaotic with terrible parking. If you want just as good food with better coffee and pleasant service plus much better grounds with decent parking travel a little further to Greenshades in Galston village. read more

All in all a nice cafe, I was here on a weekday morning and it was already starting to fill up when I left at 10.30am (do people who live in Dural not work?!). I had bacon and egg on toast with baby spinach (also meant to come with cherry tomatoes but unless they were the smallest ones in creation I didn't see any). I did ask the waitress to cook my eggs to within an inch of their life... which resulted in me sending the eggs back to be cooked more as they were still runny when I got them. Not sure what part of 'kill my eggs till they are almost burnt' wasn't clear. Accompanied by a glass of orange juice, nothing spectacular just juice. I couldn't tell if it was freshly squeezed or not, it didn't mention it on the menu. Being that jugs of juice were priced at $16 you'd want to hope they were oranges picked by naked virgins under a full moon. I think that's what irked me the most about Wildpear - the cost. Granted, Dural is a fairly affluent area, but $25 for bacon and eggs and a juice is just a bit much. I'd probably pay that at Paper Planes in Parra, but their meals are the size of my head and a lot more imaginative (although I am still weeping about the loss of honey baked bacon from their menu). I did pick up a brownie on the way out and it was pretty tasty, almost made up for my lackluster meal. My dining companion had a fancier meal, chorizo hot pot style thing. She said it was great, it certainly smelled great, and it was more worth the money. Overall ok, but Baron at Castle Hill would be a better pick if you're in the Hills. read more

Great brunch. Really enjoy the vegetarian big breakfast and the chilli jam in the avocado and bacon stack was great. The only thing is that it would have been even better with more avocado. read more

Wildpear Cafe - Cafes Near Me - Dural, NSW

Been to Wildpear 3 times. The food is amazing and unique. It is a whole step up from the standard cafes. Had big breakfast this time, and was impressed. Pricey, yes, at around $21.50, but was well worthwhile. The bacon was particularly outstanding. This cafe is very busy, especially on the weekends. Expect to wait 5-30 minutes for a table. The atmosphere inside is seriously good. Great vibe and good city-country location. Take a stroll in the flower nursery next door after your meal. Only criticism would be the service. Not enough waiters (but this may be justified because of the lack of space), and the service was standard. read more

Great food, great service and priced appropriately. But you people have killed it. Too many of you have ruined what was once a delightful experience. Now I have to wait for a hour to get a table. No fault of the restaurant. Go find your own breakfast spot and leave my place alone read more

Wild pear cafe staff are rude, unattentive and disrespectful. They try and have a young hip yibe by not doing things the right way, perhaps a type of music that older people would not come back next time instead of not attending to older patrons, would be a more respectable manner. Not impressed at the lack of service when plenty of staff not doing anything when trying to get seating a menu or water, ended up walking out and going to Geranium Cottage much better service and friendly hospitality. read more

Stopped off here after my brothers suggestion. You wouldn't notice it much otherwise, being located in a nursery. Took a while to get their attention and grab a seat and it wasn't too busy. Also took a while for them to take my order. It was between breakfast and lunch so I could choose off either menu, so I went with the lunch option for something a bit healthier but had to wait about ten minutes from a back log of orders. That's ok, I was reading. I ordered the trout salad that had three large pieces of smoked trout with cucumber, radish, beetroot and orange which cut through the fish nicely. It was seasoned with dukkah and labne. It was a very tasty meal and beautifully presented. In fact all the dishes look like they take a long time to prepare. Beautiful! tasted very fresh and healthy. There's a range of choices like a burger, fish and chips, quinoa salad, pea fritters and wines to accompany lunch. They also do lots of desserts that look amazing, just wasn't the right time for it. They have an obsession with fairy floss on their desserts and drinks too by the look of it. I just had a coffee with my meal and the flavour of it was decent. A nice meal, a tad expensive, everything was at least $18 plus. read more

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read good reviews about this cafe. Went there few days ago for trial. Very busy. Food is nice but not as generous portion as I thought. Customer service is smile but no knowledge of the menu with excuse of quite new working there. The waitress/ waiter only passed our seats every 15 mins or more bcoz we didn't get the good position table. We had to walk 2 times to the front find out what's happening as our foods were not coming after more than 30 mins and no follow up. I would only go back there if I could get good position table. Nevertheless you paid for the food, atmosphere and SERVICE. read more

The food took over an hour to arrive and people who arrived half an hour after us got their order first. I ordered a barrumundi with prawn. My prawn was cold. The food was not worth the wait. Though we asked multiple times where our order was, the staff disappeared without answering. On top of that when we complained after the meal the staff was unapologetic. We will never ever go there again. read more

I had been recommended to Wild Pear and it was certainly worth the hour drive. Lots of gluten free options, service was great as was the food. I'll certainly be back. read more

We had a baby shower hosted here today & the food and space was great. The service and organisation was awful, we had been advised to arrive at 1:30 for a 2:30 start, to decorate. When we arrived there was a party of 20ish people sitting in the back veranda area which we had been advised would be reserved for us. When trying to follow up with the manager, we were rudely brushed off and told that the booking was at 2:30. Had we been advised that the space would not be available earlier we would have had our guests arrive later. Instead our guests had to stand outside in the car park for 20 minutes after we finally (at 2:30) got the manager to ask the other group to leave. read more

If I could give no stars I would. This place had terrible service. The glasses, menus, plates and cutlery were all dirty. There were no vegan options on the menu and you weren't even allowed to make changes to their dishes on weekends. Would not recommend. read more