Silver Fox Cafe — Restaurant in Sydney

We headed to Mortdale to try out the new kid on the block, the Silver Fox Cafe. In a area with plenty of bakeries, charcoal chicken shops and grocery stores, Mortdale has been missing a quality cafe. This certainly fills that void. As soon as you enter this cafe, it feels fresh and the decor is on trend. Pine wooden pieces, cement floors and a touch of white, the cafe feels modern and we love the Kate Moss artwork in the back room. There’s also an outdoor area if you’d prefer to sit outside.

We meet the delightful owners, and the staff working on the day are equally as nice. We felt welcomed and comfortable instantaneously.

We peruse the menu and honestly everything appealed to us. We love that the menu items are named after RnB influences. We knew the pancakes were a must order and they certainly did not disappoint. Light and fluffy banana pancakes, topped with a brûlée’d banana, and decorated like a work of art with white chocolate, hazlenut praline and blackberries, topped with taro ice cream. Whilst this makes for a very instagrammable dish, it makes for a better dish to actually eat. We love this meal and would definitely go back just for this.

Another sweet choice was the “Ex-straw-binary” - the in house made crunchy coconut granola, topped with strawberry yoghurt mousse, fresh berries, strawberry coulis and a chocolate basil crumb. The flavour combinations were brilliant and it was certainly a very generous serving.

We also had a more savoury dish- Baba’s Bowl - eggs scrambled with feta, sautéed mix of mushrooms, onion and chorizo, long pepper, garlic yoghurt, Ajvar, chilli and basil oil served with sourdough. Super delicious combo and very filling too! This was a new dish to the menu and we think it should stay.

Other selections on the all day brunch menu include spiced pakora, a beetroot medley and also a pink and purple poke. Silver Fox cafe also have a lunch menu and the beetroot stained salmon would be something we’re keen to try. Burgers, pasta and lamb shoulder are also available.

Drink wise the cafe use Pablo and Rusty’s coffee as their house blend. You’ll find a great range of juices and sometimes even some specials like a strawberry latte!

We love this cafe and thoroughly recommend getting in early. The instagrammable, palate pleasing dishes are served by a family of people who clearly know the...

$34.90 For a burger and coffee? A BIT RICH, don't you think? Taking off 10% for surcharge $31.50? A real beef burger with fries and a cold drink in other places is only $22 Max! The burger patty was dry and overcooked, and the bacon was so overcooked that it was dry and cardboard like consistency. The burger sauce was loaded with way too much sugar! To the point l needed to drink water to dilute it. The lettuce was soggy and probably at least a week old due to markets being closed, haha The brioche bun was old and stale and chewy. The fries were so saturated with oil that it leaked out of the chip when i bit into it because the oil was cold when they attempted to fry them. Also covered all over in that chicken salt, which i absolutely hate, and nobody asked me if l wanted! Nobody asked me at the end of the meal or when i went to pay if everything was ok? So, by this, l can surmise that this is the standard that gets served out. Considering the small amount of patrons, the service was slow and not very personalised to my needs, taking into account the high cost! Overall, it was very ordinary and disappointing and would highly NOT RECOMMEND. I've also based this review on 2 previous visits here, not just 1...

Paragon espresso is a revolution in coffee… a new era for espressos, recently added to the coffee menu at Silver Fox.

Its zesty, zingy nature is sheer delight to the taste buds.

The espresso is extracted over a “gold”, cold metal ball, which modifies the volatile compounds sufficiently to produce a far superior espresso.

Who would have thought coffee could go through such a leap in innovation and quality!!

Many Thanx Team Siver Fox

——— As the many readers of my reviews know, I travel, I hunt, for a great coffee… it may be obsessive, but so be it!

The Silver Fox in Mortdale produces one of the most consistently exquisite coffees.

The ultimate equipment, like the $40k grinder, ensures every coffee is peak-quality. It also relieves that barista-anxiety you have, wondering “who’s going to be on barista today?”

The Silver Fox is family-run, in conjunction with several staff assisting in front and a team of excellent chefs in kitchen.

They always have a cheery welcome, a kind word, a humorous quip or a short chat if time permits.

Highly recommended!

… almost forgot the most important thing… it’s one of the very few coffee shop/cafes who you can rely on to use 100% fresh, cold milk in every jug....