The Coffee Club Café - Tuggeranong — Restaurant in District of Tuggeranong

I've had coffee here before, usually to accompany my newspaper. Yesterday, Thursday 14 Jan 2021, I had a coffee here at about 11am and settled down with the paper. After I had finished my drink and while I was still working on my paper a waiter approached to ask if I had finished my drink and if I wanted anything else. No thank you, I replied and continued to read the paper. To my surprise he came back a little later and told me that because two new customers needed a table he would like me to move to another place in the café, a request which surprised me a great deal as I felt that I was within my rights to stay where I was. I glanced around and didn't notice any free places to sit, other than tables where other customers were seated and somehow I thought that they would not welcome a stranger at their table. So I decided to leave the café and now will think very carefully about...

Two years or so ago they served my sister chicken schnitzel that was off and made her ill. So we avoided them ever since but today thought surely they've improved, we had hungry kids. We saw several other people seated and eating, we sat and went through the rigamarole of getting kids seated etc, looking at the menu and then only when we went to order did they tell us they were closed. They were rude about it too. After another customer tried to order and got sent away they thought enough to put up a sign at the register. I don't know what they were thinking, half a dozen staff pfaffing about watching us sitting and looking at the menu, and not one of them thought to tell us they were about to close. Never bothering with this...

Let's set the scene, I had just finished an hour long journey to South Dot Point, the air was stale and harsh, I hadn't had any coffee in days, but then the club. As we line up to order the clerk didn't say next please, I appreciate that, they just smiled and listened. There is nothing better than an old friend just wanting to listen, it's so comforting. My mouth opened, sending tantalising vibrations to their ears, "a salted caramel espresso frappé please" I whispered softly. "SpEaK uP" demanded, so strong, so firm, s-so caffeinating. I melted and as I dropped to the floor, I tapped my card. It was done. To be honest I won't share what happened between ordering and receiving my drink because it...