CJ's Central — Restaurant in Sydney

16/12/24: I’m sending the same message I ALWAYS will: if you LOVE properly created rissole sandwiches with gravy then you MUST get them here whenever you’re in Sydney (no one does them like these Magnificent People do, and rissole sandwiches with gravy are FAR more important than fruit & vegetables - they should be known as “Food Group # 6” because they are THAT ESSENTIAL). If you get to start your day with rissole sandwiches with gravy from here, then you KNOW you ARE going to have an EXCELLENT day 🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼✅✅✅🙏🙏🙏🌈🌈🌈😘😘😘🎉🎉🎉 xxx

18/10/24: Forgot to add: they have 600mls of plain full cream milk (yaaaay!). You must have this with rissole sandwiches for breakfast (even if you’re a “coffee junky like me” - fresh plain milk with rissole sandwiches is soooooo good for your stomach - DO IT!!!) 😘

18/10/24: Same as always Babes! Get your rissole sandwiches with gravy & onions HERE. Did you know you can take one home, tare it up by hand into a bowl, pour shredded cheese over it, add even more gravy & S&P, then nuke for 180 seconds? DO IT if you genuinely love yourself (& therefore love rissole sandwiches) 🥰

14/10/24: Yet again I got my FAVOURITE rissole & gravy & onions & S&P sandwich on squishy white bread with lots of butter. At 6:50am! Obviously bought another for dinner (I have no intention of cooking tonight - why should I? I already know I have great food to come home to) 😘😘😘👏🏼👍🏼✅🥰🙏🙏🙏 xxx

Rissole sandwiches with gravy. Get them HERE! Update: 6 months later (it’s felt like a year!) 20/9/24 I today got my “FAVOURITE rissole sandwich in the world!” (I’m serious) & yet again it was absolute JOY 🥰. Gravy & onions on a SUPERB rissole in a “soft & squishy & yummy sandwich”. This is “mandatory food for me” at least once a week. If you appreciate rissole sandwiches, this is definitely your place 🤩😘

I’m from 3 generations of dairy farmers, so I KNOW how hard it is to get good ones in Sydney. Rissole sandwiches with gravy. Get them HERE! They are EXQUISITE (especially when you’re about to jump on a long trip). Coffee is great too, but the rissole sandwiches with gravy are “best in Sydney”...

Amazing. I’m always baffled by take away places taking so long to make a coffee or the “grab and go” fast food, not terribly fast.

I was at Central Station around 5:30am and in need of a coffee. I contemplated giving it a miss as I only had about 10mins to wait for my train. I decided to give it a go.

I ran downstairs to CJs and was met with a rather large line up. I figured this was not going to work. The last take away coffee from another Kiosk at the station took about 10mins without half as many people. I noticed though that these guys were pumping out the coffee and the toasted sandwiches were already made ready to go.

Time was ticking fast so I decided to take the chance. The worst that could happen was that I’d lose my $5 and have to run for the train without a coffee.

This is where it gets good. I ordered coffee, and within a blink of an eye the barista started making coffee. Was it mine? I’m not sure but the signs were good. I thought I’d take the chance and go the ham and cheese toastie. Instant. It was in my hand. Cheese melted and all.

Not a minute had passed and they were calling for coffees. I stood back, thinking this can’t possibly mine. The lady behind the counter signalled to me. It was. Unbelievable!

So, I made my way to platform 9. Coffee and taostie in hand with about 7 mins to go.

So how was it? Look, I’ve had better toasties but this was good. The cheese was melted, the outside was buttered (a toastie must) and it was seasoned. Probs a 7/10.

The coffee? No oat milk, so I went the Skim route. Was also pretty good. No warm milk here, a good, full bodied coffee. 7/10.

10/10 for service and...

CJ's offers an astonishing range of ready ( or almost ready ) to serve food, including such favourites as sandwiches, burgers, and focaccia with a variety of fillings.

Service is fast and friendly, at busy times of the day up to five staff members are scurrying about in a form of well organised chaos. They always have their minds on the job, I can't remember an instance when I had to repeat my order, or was given the wrong order. They are very customer focused.

They provide great coffee as well, made quickly and efficiently. A member of staff is usually to be seen operating the coffee machine, cranking out coffee after coffee. If you are a regular customer, they remember how you take your coffee, which is nice.

They do a great job of catering for a vast variety of customers : transport workers, office staff, regular commuters, and elderly travellers who appear to be bewildered by the large variety of food on offer. If you have a few minutes to spare, and want something nice to eat,...