Rust Bucket

Woke up Saturday morning looking for somewhere to grab a lazy breakfast that had somehow had become lunch, and decided on the Rust Bucket., a local coffee shop serving great coffee and a Turkish inspired menu. The first thing you notice is the rustic industrial setting with exposed concrete, timber and flourishes of greenery. Ordering at the counter, it was difficult to settle on a dish and we ended up getting the Med Breakfast with poached eggs and the Baked Eggs. Both dishes were delicious, with the eggs poached to perfection and the baked eggs rich in flavours of the middle east. Will definitely be going back as we slowly work our way through the menu.

Expensive for what it is, nice in terms of flavour, poor service and restaurant itself was average. We had breakfast after hearing about this place from a few friends. We ordered the bosphorus breakfast for 3 and some fresh orange juice. We walked in, sat down were greeted with a warm smile. The menus didn't have pictures, it was quite hard to pick what we wanted. We put our hands up like 5-6 times and it turned out we had to order at the counter. Once we ordered we discovered that the OJ wasn't freshly squeezed, (not the end of the world). A nice platter came, fluffed up with a lot veggies and stuff. Half of it was just fluff. The pastirma was good, sujuk subpar, the egg was kinda plain. Our cutlery did not arrive till we asked for it, along with the tea. The tea was a nice 2-pot Turkish tea setup, tasted just right too. The hot water kept running out and having to ask for it took a while which got a bit annoying. The cheese selection was excellent. They had different types of bread and pastries. The sigara borek was by far one of the best I've ever had. If I could walk in and just order that I would. Price wise, it is not cheap. With the level of service provided unfortunately I can't rate then being "worth it". We paid about $120 all up for 3 people. We asked for a place to wash up (our hands at the least). We were told to walk around the corner find door no:3 and there'd be a toilet. We got there only to find a door with no handle on it, inaccessible. Comparing it to Kismet and Cook&Co. I'd say this place is 2nd. So better than cook and co in Auburn, but a long shot from kismet grounds in Granville.

Delicious! A must stop for all my friends who come through Belmore to visit me. I have one friend who will literally text me "RB" as a way of telling me we need a good feed whilst catching up on gossip or planning our next adventure. My boyfriend also knows that taking me here and ordering the Turkish eggs is a great way to cheer me up after a long week

This place was a shake up for me, brunches are a thing that you know you always talk about with your friends or loved ones that you want to go do on those weekends and you either pull through and get out and go, or you just don't. So you know that if you're doing this you want the experience of the place to just hit the right spot whether it was the vibe or the flavours and presentation. Let me tell you this, it was DEFINITELY worth every bit of it. You kind of always walk into these places hoping in the back of your mind this place better justify why I've gotten myself out of bed today. Well guys and girl's it's a 5 out of 5 from us. We definitely recommend it, and we definitely are a set of returning customers.

We got the Carmel pancakes and Turkish breakfast with a few coffees, the Turkish breakfast was soggy and tasteless, the pancakes where so thick and it tasted like flour, so wasn't cooked properly. But the worst the strawberries that came with the pancakes were old and had mould on them ?.... Yes we did takeaway because it was covid, but seriously in if you want to run a store that is providing takeaway during the pandemic, please make sure the food quality is up to standard before sending home an unseen order !!! This is not the first time we where disappointed with our takeaway and I just had to speak up ! beware people their food hygiene standards are not up to scratch ! One last thing to add, the wait for our food was way to long, clearly they are understaffed which is causing quality issues with there food. Mind you the owner is lovely I just think its the incompetent staff in the kitchen.