Caffe Di Moda

I hate to do this, I am never one to actually complain but we Arrived at 7:01 am ordered 2 ice coffees, a simple avocado and bacon on toast and fritters with poached eggs. It is now 8:03 am and we still have not received our meals and our ice coffees came out only about 20 mins ago!!!! After I had to ask for them. We were offered a free drink for the wait i declined . One meal was finally brougt out an hour and 10 mins after ordering and the eggs and fritters were cold, as if they had pulled them out of the fridge.The other meal was still no where in sight. We decided that after the externally long wait and the fact that the food we had been waiting for was stone cold that we would not wait around for the second meal and that we were not happy and left. The lady came out after us and demanded we pay for our drinks..... which she did offer us free ones extra but declined. I would not recommend this place to any one service was terrible.

A once very good cafe has been replaced with a grubby exterior and poor food. There is a reason why you pay upfront because the breakfast I received was terrible and I certainly wouldn’t have paid for it. Old and meagre salad, tiny, undercooked zucchini fritters, awful. A waitress that could not understand our request for “tomato sauce please”. Old and dirty furniture and floor. Poor signage. I took my breakfast back to the counter to be met with a blank stare and no offer of anything else. If the staff, manager and chief do not like feeding people then make way for others. There are many other cafes in the area that deserve your patronage.

One of my favorite lunch spots in Stones Corner and trust me, working in the area I've tried something from virtually every cafe there. Love the lunch specials, particularly the Lamb Salad and Awesome pasta. Yes, it's called "Awesome Pasta"! Haha. The girls are lovely and friendly, and are genuinely concerned when they haven't seen me for a while. I don't know if that's a good thing though. Lol.

Well here we are. Back at this cafe that we have been to for the past 14 years or so. Started to revisit after a slight break away. We have been having breakie once a week for some weeks now. I must say that the place has been lacking some spit and polish with creaky and unbalanced tables. Menus need a total review. Hard to follow and work out what's available and when. It is with a heavy heart I have to review my 4 star rating. Orders are not taken or executed properly. Items missing off the dishes as written. This has been frequent and not just once off. The prices are ok mostly. The food is very hit and miss. The staff are friendly enough but there seems to be confusion between the fact that you need to place and pay for orders first at the counter. Or they decide to do table service and pay later. Both seem to be an option. Unless this is just because of our frequency of our visits. Is it time for a new old favourite or will we hold and pray someone has a bit of a revelation. Will wait and see. Cheers