Earthly Pleasures Cafe — Restaurant in Melbourne

Sunday morning, great weather for a drive. Googled great places to enjoy coffee and this one made to the list. So we went, reached at 11am and was attended at 11:04, table given at 11:10 upstairs sitting area. Wait staff arrived after 7-8 minutes, took the order and was advised 20 min wait time. Coffee was served first, nothing special about it though, roasted by AXIL coffee.

Food took more than 30 minutes, few patrons did come after us but were served first, guess the ordering and kitchen staff had no clue what was happening nor did the middle aged man dressed in black tshirt, moving sporadically inside jotting down something on his page which made no sense at all, not sure what was he up to!

I checked with him about the food wait time, he went to the kitchen and advised they are plating. Finally the food came, we ordered Cheeseburger, Banana Bread, Vegan Toastie and Okonamiyaki. Everything was disastrous minus the Toastie, the food wasn’t even warm, forget about hot! To me it seemed like the staff was a bit racist and rude, lacked service etiquettes and of course and had no value for customers coming in. Bless the locals for keeping this business still running, I guess people just visit this to kill time which is cool because the staff is actually playing lost and found with themselves.

Spent $97.60, expectations were supreme but of course were shattered by the ultra low level of service.

Shame on you,...

This is definitely a hidden gem in every way you measure it. Amazing coffee blend; diverse choice of tasty, conscientious, healthy and locally sourced menu options and anyone working in this beautiful building on the most stunning location in Belgrave, i help but feel a calming sense of being connected to nature and the universe in a uniquely lucky way. Full disclosure; I have had a long held friendship with the family that runs this business, and I feel confident in saying, that neither they or I would ever dare compromise the integrity of the public review system and all of the statements I have made regarding Earthly Pleasures cafe has been true and correct to my enjoyable experience and the pride and respect i have for Adam and Sharon in the reputable company they have finally developed into. It has been the customers best interests that have influenced their decisions and without their continued persistence and ridiculous resilience there would be some seriously dangerous people not getting that vital first hit of caffeine to start their day and I'd hate to think of the potential evil that their amazing baristas prevented and the satisfaction they produced to this point of time and will continue to do into the future... God obviously blessed us all and the Belgrave shopping district when this great family gave us Earthly Pleasures cafe and we thank them for...

My mum and I went today and arrived about 11:45 before the lunch rush. We ordered drinks and then food at about 12. We were on a long table and another group sat next to us at about the same time we ordered our food. They then ordered after us. They recv’d their food about 20 mins later. We were still waiting almost an hour later; 3 other groups had ordered, eaten and left! And we were still waiting. As my mum had an appointment for a health condition, I went inside to ask how much longer the wait might be. I spoke to what seemed like the manager, who said he’d find out and then continued to do what he was doing (in what felt like an ignore because I dared ask). So I saw our waitress and asked her, but she just walked off. At that point I’d had enough. It’s not a crime to ask after waiting nearly an hour, some people don’t have the luxury of waiting an hour for lunch. I cancelled our order and went to pay for coffees when I was confronted with “maybe you shouldn’t have asked three people” by the ostensible manager. It was two attempts, the third was to inform the cancellation mate.

Avoid. As a Belgrave local it’s a rude and arrogant establishment which I won’t be going to again and frankly there are nicer places nearby with...