Phancy Cafe & Catering — Restaurant in Melbourne

UPDATE: SEE BELOW.

So It's been one heck of a year. So you can imagine my enthusiasm to come back to the cafe where it all began... It is to my dismay to inform you all...... "The Benny" is gone.

We returned twice after COVID hoping to see The Benny in all its glory. To have our tastebuds touched by an angel once more. It seems the cook has either changed, or those wonderous drops of balsamic reduction and pesto have packed up and moved away.

I beg of you if you read this review, please inform me when they have returned from their holiday.

Old Review Jan 2020

I dont usually write reviews, but buckle in for this bad boy...

Atmosphere here is great for a sunday brunch catch up with family or friends.

Ordered the Eggs Benedict, "Benny" they call it and my lord was it good.. The poached eggs were the best eggs I have ever laid my eyes on. Wasnt sure if I was going to eat them or propose to them. Everything about the meal was delicious right down to the little drops of garnish on the side.

Ordered a Caramel lattè and low and behold.... you bet your bottom dollar it was great...

Service here is friendly and don't pester you about how your food tastes during your first mouthful.

Now.... for the payment.. greeted with friendly staff once again and to my surprise didnt have to sell a kidney...

All in all, would I recommend this place? You bet ya I would. Will I come back?...

We came here at 11.30 am on Saturday thinking that we should have brunch. But the staff didn't give us the lunch menu, so we had to pick among breakfast options which were nothing special. Knowing that this restaurant's owner is likely Vietnamese, it's disappointing to see there is no Vietnamese-influenced dish on the breakfast menu. I ordered Bombay egg but it was nothing more than fried egg with some slice of tomato on a toast. The egg tasted so plain that I had to put on a lot of salt and pepper. My son had nutella crepe, with strawberry and icecream. It was okay but only...

Ordered avocado on toast with fried eggs ( had requested fried eggs) as the original recipe said poached , the guy on the counter said oh we can definitely do fried eggs, when the order came through got poached eggs . Ordered for a mocha, got a cappuccino told the guy on the counter he said oh sorry and just hot me a chocolate sauce on the side to make my own mocha !! What away to ruin...