The Unexpected Duck

Mark is always such a friendly and easy to talk to small business owner! I get my daily coffees here which are deliciously made with a smile and the big breakfast is very filling. Bacon, eggs, mushrooms, spinach, tomato, sausage, bread and I’m sure there was even more there. The Unexpected Duck theme is well done with a yellow duck out front and artwork to match on the inside. I highly recommend walking up the side street to give it a try!

It is unexpected. The cafe is tucked around the corner off the Hartwell shopping centre. You just don’t expect it to be there. Cute name. Cute little space as well. Friendly owner/server here. Clearly loved by the locals going by the interactions I saw! The cafe has a great local following. There are coffee loyalty cards posted everywhere at the counter. I took the amazing deal, a toastie and coffee for $10. It was lovely coffee and a large one too. And, it was a super super bacon and egg toastie as well. Great value. Beautifully cooked. They’d used great seeded bread as well. Nice place. Lovely service. Well worth a visit.

Easily my favourite cafe in the Hartwell/Camberwell area. The owner, Mark, is extremely personable and welcoming. His coffees are great and very affordable; no surcharge for alternate milk. Mark will also make any accommodation necessary e.g make a coffee with your own milk! His food is of the same standard and he does burger nights in the summer time on Fri and sat nights. I go to mark 3-5 times a week and many of his customera would consider him a friend; a real contributor to the community. Update: mark is the best

Really loved coming here a few days ago. The Eggs Benedict was so tasty and cooked perfectly. Super reasonable price and they even reserved a table for my boyfriend and I when we were just about to drop by. The male server that was waiting our table had a contagious positive attitude. Will definitely be coming back again.