Fellows Bar & Cafe — Restaurant in District of Canberra Central

Tricky review to write. Overall, Fellows Bar and Cafe has really gone downhill. The food remains good, and the atmosphere is still nice, but under new management it doesn't seem to know what it is trying to be. A cafe, a bar, a fully a la carte restaurant, or all three.

At the cafe side, the coffee is good, selected cakes are good and there are a nice range of places to sit.

The restaurant seems to be where things are most confused and the reason for 3 stars. Is it a bistro, is it a restaurant? Is it a sandwich bar? Is it a salad bar? No! It's everything all at the same time!

The main thing that drove me and colleagues to Fellows was the quality hot buffet space that has now been replaced by a pitiful sandwich Bar comprising primarily of a giant pile of shredded carrot.

Now they have removed the limited hot 'of the day' buffet (usually a pasta, a vegan and some other option) it is virtually empty at what should be peak times on a university campus. The sandwich bar drastically slows down customer service - leaving a slow moving line.

With the Kambri development there are newer and more interesting meeting places on Campus for lunch and sadly I doubt I'll return.

Photos taken at 12:45pm on a Thursday...

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