Goodies Cafe & Catering — Restaurant in Gold Coast City

Disappointed is really the only word I can use to describe my first, and most likely last, experience of Goodies Cafe.

As friendly as the staff were, I had to get their attention to get service, something you'd expect a server to take the initiative to do themselves, but once I had their attention, they were helpful enough finding out about ingredients and allergens in the food.

The part that made this a really disappointing experience was the food. For context we ordered the fish and chips, the loaded avo toast with a side of poached eggs, bacon and mushrooms, and two smoothies. The descriptions on the menu sounded so appealing, so you can imagine our surprise when the crumbed fish looked like it had been bought from the frozen food section of Aldi, the loaded avocado toast was served on one slice of sourdough that again looked like it had been purchased from a local supermarket, and the side of "eggs" was actually side of "egg". My wife's bacon and mushrooms were drenched in oil and formed a little pool on her plate - not the most appetising presentation for a $75 outing.

Now if these had been $15 meals, I probably wouldn't be writing this review, but at $25 a piece, the quality was sorely lacking for this price bracket. Now I've had tastier, larger and better quality servings for less money from the Coffee Club so I don't buy the excuse that inflated food prices is the problem.

My wife has also asked me to mention the "creepy serving robot". A fun novelty to some, we personally found it annoying and uncomfortable.

I think that if Goodies wants to see out the year, it may need to listen to the feedback of its customers, start sourcing food from higher quality suppliers, drop the gimmicks like the robo waiter, and put some time into training its staff in food presentation and service.

I hope for the sake of the lovely and well-meaning staff at this cafe that the owners listen to their customers and make the changes that everyone...

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