Social Brew Cafe — Restaurant in Sydney

bottomless brunch aka me getting trashed at 1pm on mimosas 😝🍹

for just $30 and the purchase of a main meal, you can get unlimited mimosas for 90mins @socialbrewcafe! we def took advantage of it and had about 7 each HAHAHA it was such a good time 🥰

we got the watermelon and feta salad which was honestly one of the best salads ive ever had! 🍉 it was sweet, fresh, salty, just everything was perfect about it, and im not usually a salad gal (if you couldn't tell 🥴) we got a wagyu beef burger which was also really good, loved the blended beetroot spread! 🍔

also got another cocktail on top bc it sounded so good! the 'blueberry fizz' had a strong ginger taste with blueberry notes 🤤 and ofc the mimosas were good too!

service was amazing, staff were so friendly and pretty fast with topping us up with our mimosas too! definitely see myself coming back, it's a great deal tbh 😉

2nd visit update:

truffle still can't win me over but i didn't hate its subtlety, esp mixed with another hard hitter of flavour like parmesan cheese 🧀 otherwise Jess this dish was all for you 😂

i really loved the simplicity of this beef burger though; surprisingly bc i tend to like my burgs super loaded up 🍔 the caramelised onions and perfectly cooked patty really made this burger stand out for me. she's a lil sloppy but i really liked it! heaps generous w chippies too 🍟

the hotcakes were delish as an after, drowned in syrup and doused in icing sugar, the fruit was sweet and the cake was soft and airy 🍓 there's an option to add bacon but it honestly didn't need it, perfectly balanced as is!

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Sundays are made for brunching. Well, in our case.. late brunching!

We all know how hard it's been on the hospitality industry lately, so it was great to see the place busy when we arrived. Even though staff were running around for service, we were still welcomed warmly and looked after from the moment we were seated through to when we left. We really appreciated that.

First thing I wanted to order was the 'Mushroom & Parmesan Bruschetta'. This had black truffle oil, soft poached free range eggs and crème fraîche on white sourdough bread. Their servings on this was very generous which of course meant that it was going to be loaded with flavour. It was just beautiful!

The other savoury dish we ordered was the 'Wagyu Beef Burger'. Most wagyu burgers I order have 'the lot' but this one had the burger patty, house made bourbon & bacon bbq sauce, cheddar cheese caramelised onion and lettuce. Loved how smoky and rich this was and it was great to see the patty cooked as it should, which is medium. PS; the fries that came with this were SO GOOD!

For a sweeter dish, we ordered the 'Ricotta Hotcakes' with maple marinated strawberries and pistachio butter. This was my favourite dish. The hotcakes were soft, hot and fluffy. Side note, you can order this with maple bacon. We didn't do it this time round, but I think it would taste incredible so I'll do it next time!

Aaaaand we ordered a couple of boozy beverages. I had the 'Bloody Harissa Mary' because hello, Bloody Marys! Yep, it was freakn' refreshing...

This is really disappointing writing this review as when we had been previously it was great. Today’s service and food was absolutely shocking to say the least.

After ordering breakfast and being told Eggs Benny is possible to be gluten free, the waitress 2 minutes before she brought my food told me I cannot have hollandaise as contains gluten and can swap for relish? Ok, not ideal.. this wasn’t even the worst part of it, the eggs on all of my family’s breakfasts are snotty and whites not cooked and bacon stone cold on soggy gf bread. I know GF bread isn’t ideal, it just needs to be toasted longer to actually resemble bread. Something a cafe should probably know and be able to cook to a decent standard.

My breakfast was probably the worst I’ve had in a long time and it’s sad I can’t trust to eat out and have a hot breakfast and eggs cooked properly.

The attitude from the ‘manager’ removing $2 and still trying to charge full price for breakfast, no apologies and also arguing with customers about your awful food is embarrassing. Taking responsibility and owning up when something isn’t right is what will get you return customers or making up for a mistake by offering alternatives before actually cooking it would be helpful.

If I could rate this cafe 0 I would. Go to single O in Surrey hills next time they are...