Sub-Station Cafe Rosebery — Restaurant in Sydney

The food was absolutely delicious. The atmosphere was also very clean and aesthetic. I would’ve given 5 stars if it weren’t for three things

The bread that comes with the zaatar labneh does not suit as it’s too crunchy and you can’t soak up all the labneh goodness with it! I think a change of the bread they supply (this was more like a breadstick consistency) does not suit well with the meal

The food took far far too long to come out. We waited approximately 28 minutes and they weren’t packed out.

We were served our chips a good 10-15 minutes before the food came out, so we were filling up on a side before we got our mains, really bothers me when cafes do this, if I wait, my chips are going to be cold - so I ate it & was feeling already quite full for the rest of my food.

Lastly, and this isn’t their fault so it didn’t impact my score - the parking is an absolute nightmare.

Aside from this, I will definitely be back...

I've been to this Cafe three times, both food and service were really nice for the first two times.

However things went sour this morning when I went there with a friend who I've been recommanding this Cafe to a lot of times. We waited for 15 minutes and got a table.Only 30 minutes later, we were asked to leave in 5 mins(the guy said 'you guy need to leave in 5 mins' like he was giving orders to his customers) while I was still eating my half sandwich and yet to finish my coffee. Later the guy who asked us to leave came and said 'oh just forgot what I just said, didn't see yer still eating.'

I understand this is a super popular Cafe and people were waiting outside to dine in,but seriously, who would ask their customers to leave when they only sat down for 30 minutes and still eating??!!!Very very disappointed.

But to be fair, if you only gonna do take-away, 4 stars for the quality of food. Minus 1 stars for...

I rarely write bad reviews but this one warranted it. The cafe looks lovely on the outside but it’s just a horror show on the inside. I ordered a kids’ chicken and halfway through it, I realised the chicken was undercooked. The cutlery bucket had roaches in them and when I pointed it out, the staff was neither apologetic nor did they even replace my cutlery till I asked for it. The staff seemed unbothered about customers at best, bordering on rude. I asked for a high chair and nobody bothered to get it for me. The tables were sticky and nobody cleaned them despite repeatedly asking for it. I just had to clean it myself. The floor was crawling with roaches. Be rest assured sub-station cafe that if any of us fall sick after eating your undercooked chicken, I will be suing you.

I regret, with every fibre of my being, visiting this cafe and I’ll never be coming back and would tell everyone I can...