E For Ethel

E for excellent! Hidden cafe through boom gates on Melbourne street. We parked on Dunn St and crossed over. Good homemade food, nice coffee and good service. There was an acoustic guitarist playing inside mid afternoon (I’m not sure if this was once off due to Fringe or a regular show) with smooth tunes to eat to.

Wonderful artwork and design, the cafe is immaculate in terms of cleanliness, the price is very reasonable, the staff are friendly and polite; there is even a display of locally made products and artwork for sale. Everything is perfect, except for the most important thing about a cafe... The food and coffee. The coffee unfortunately was very weak, as for the food it was very bland, with a distinct lack of seasoning and lack of flavour of any kind. Presentation of the food was non-existant and so was the food in terms of proportions, for my pulled pork burger there roughly 50gm of meat mixed with shredded carrot. My biggest suggestion to the owners would be to invest in the help of a qualified chef to come up with a better menu, and source fresher produce.