Common Grounds Morpeth — Restaurant in Newcastle-Maitland

Common Grounds is a great little café in the historic town of Morpeth. This little town is in the Hunter region, about 30 minutes away from the Hunter Valley main area. The café is situated alongside the Hunter river, and if you sit in the rear of the café, you have a view of the river. The café has plenty of space to eat in, whether it be with your family, friends or solo. They have an all day breakfast and lunch menu with plenty of options from eggs, avo on toast, to fish and chips. We like that the menu has plenty of options for dietary requirements, such as G/F, Vegetarian and Vegan dishes. Their sweet potato rosti was lovely. This V and Gluten Free dish is a pattie of smooth sweet potato, crispy exterior and served with beetroot hummus, salsa, lemon and greens.

We also enjoyed the marinated steak sandwich with caramelised onion, roquette, smoked cheese and house made relish on Turkish Bread. Ordinarily it is made with chips, but they were kind enough to let me order salad instead. Drinks wise, there’s plenty of juices, milkshakes, smoothies and they use Glee Coffee for the coffee beans. They also have a range of sweet treats from slices to cakes.

We thought the service was stellar, with the lady making every effort to make us feel welcome and well...

We drove up from Newcastle to have a look around Morpeth and really enjoyed our time at Common Grounds! Our waitress Penny was absolutely amazing! Very accommodating and handled our complaint graciously. We ordered a double shot macciato which tasted slightly burnt and the team provided us with a new one free of charge that tasted great. We were really satisfied with how the situation was dealt with.

Great atmosphere and their back balcony had an amazing view of the river! Definitely recommend booking a few days in advance as we weren't able to get out on the balcony but our booth seat was amazing! Bustling vibe however the staff were on the ball and attentive.

Highly recommend a trip to Common Grounds if you are in Morpeth and again high props to Penny for making our experience...

Don’t let the shiny fit out fool you. This place is insanely overpriced, even compared to sydney prices. Noisier than a nightclub. They need some acoustic treatment out the back to dampen the noise.

$21 for a bagel, poached eggs and ham. I mean who’s serving bagel in 2017 anyways. I would have been disappointed if this was a $12 meal. There’s an amazing bakehouse just a few doors down. Why aren’t you using local bread? ‘French toast’ was equally sad. Again, thin sliced bag bread.

It’s impressive that they’ve managed to hit the trifecta of being slow, overpriced with bad food. Simultaneously.

The other meals looked equally underwhelming.

The staff were young yet quite professional and courteous under pressure.

The view over the river was the main...