Au79 — Restaurant in Melbourne

Initially the service was sub par. The servers seemed grumpy and had given me and my friend glasses with lipstick stains and dried food bits on them, twice. Nice of them to bring share plates but one of them had dried bits of egg yolk on it. With a big and welcoming space it was unfortunate the service lacked attentiveness and warmth.

Food was just alright, potato croquette was generous in size but the croquette itself was quite oily as if it had not been fried at the correct temperature. Smashed peas and pickles cabbage tasted good and was seasoned well. Eggs were poached well but lacked seasoning.

The waffle was just not a great dish. The gel that was in the chocolate shell had nice lime flavour but had an unpleasant pithy bitterness that ruined everything it touched. The chocolate itself didn't not taste very nice, perhaps it may not have been good quality chocolate? It had a bland taste and was overly sweet. The waffle itself lacked flavour and texture. The mousse and crumble were well made and had good texture but the dish overall had too many contrasting flavours.

As for the coffee, just average. The milk in the latte had nice sweetness but with a strong grassy flavour that was pretty unpleasant. The long black had a bit of roastiness and unpleasant acidity, although when cooled down it got sweeter and the acidity had mellowed out.

The second half of our stay the servers were more relaxed and seem more like they enjoyed being there, not sure what happened but would have been a better experience of they had the same attitude when we walked in.

All in all with that experience I would not come back. I know they have the ability to do better but I wouldn't take a chance going back there. I hope they improve and do well as they definitely have...

The AU79 just opened last April 2017. This cafe owned by CCC Group that has extensive experiences in the cafe business. CCC Group also owns Addict Food & Coffee, Sir Charles, Liar Liar and Prospect Espresso. AU79 "Good as Gold" has great interior design with the high quality materials, bright, modern, sleek and also greeny with additional hanging ferns on the ceiling and other plants.

They know how to treat their customers, the customer staffs were very attentive, friendly and cheerful. We've got a very good impression as soon as we arrived to this cafe. Hopefully it will be part of their business culture and not because of they're a new player in the cafe business to attract new customers.

We came for a lunch and ordered a signature burger Au79 Burger (Wagyu beef patty, mac and cheese, bacon, jack cheese, pickles, tomato, lettuce, ijonnaise and fries) for $20.00. I know $20.00 for a burger is pretty expensive but if you look at the size and portion of the burger, it was massive.

The Wagyu beef patty was cooked perfectly, great presentation and generous portion. They used a small pot to serve the fries which was a creative idea. Fries were also fresh, we enjoyed and really made a great choice. We would certainly come back to try some other dishes.

Yay : Spacious *plenty seats available, great interior design, great customer service, great value Nay : N/A

Food Service : 4.5 Price :...

Phenomenal food, phenomenal coffee, phenomenal service and a beautiful cafe! 🤩

FOOD & COFFEE: We ordered the Prawn Linguine and the Chilli Egg Scramble and it was wonderful! The portions were humongous and definitely worth the price! They’re also on Liven so a bonus point for us trying to save a small buck 😅 Their Prawn Linguine was the star of the show for me, I was blown away with the flavour of the dish! I’m a prawn or seafood lover so the dish sounded super enticing and when I tasted it, I was blown away! The prawns were cooked to perfection and for $27, the amount of prawns you get is definitely worth the money! The prawn bisque was flavourful and light and all the flavours just married together to have an amazing dish. It truly solidified itself as my FAVOURITE PASTA DISH EVER. The Chilli Egg Scramble was unique with a parmesan crusted croissant (have you ever heard of that?!) and although it was simple, it was done amazingly. The coffee was so rich and so flavourful that every sip I took truly was liquid gold!

SERVICE: Wonderful! Everyone was friendly and attentive with one of the servers being super chirpy and lighting up our morning

Overall, I adored AU79 and all they have to offer! Will I return? Most definitely! The food offerings were beyond amazing and I can’t wait to come back and try their other dishes (but definitely still order the prawn linguine for...