Swallow Cafe Rockdale — Restaurant in Sydney

Not worth ordering on Uber eats/menu log. Might be worth visiting in person however.

Today will be the last time I order from Swallow Coffee Traders via a delivery service app. This marks the 3rd time in as many months I have been given someone else's order/my order was made with ingredients I am unable to eat (dairy), with the correct receipt attached.

I keep trying them because when they do get it right their food is delicious but I am sick of being disappointed when it arrives and I am unable to eat/drink it. Worse is when I realise halfway through my coffee that it's cows milk and I'm going to pay for it later.

Maybe I'll go in and eat there some time, so I can send back any incorrect orders and receive replacements quickly, but I highly doubt it.

Edit In response to the below from the owner, my order today for a plant based breakfast muffin was delivered with a chicken burrito instead. I've worked in hospitality before and I understand mistakes happen, orders get swapped unintentionally, but this isn't the first time it's happened. Nothing can really resolve this for me...

On ordering a normal cappuccino I was asked whether I would like soy almond or oat milk with my coffee and told that the establishment is "guilt free" and therefore doesn't serve milk when I asked if I could have milk. This of course implies that I should in fact be guilty as a daily consumer of cow milk, so it seems that the only party that enjoyed this previously undisclosed guilt free benefit was the cafe owner . The coffee was well made but the beans they are using are not nearly strong enough to cut through the strong taste of alternative milks so very little can be tasted but the guilt free not milk. I am somewhat puzzled by the inclusion of apparent non guilt free meat options on the food menu, but I am wondering if these were in fact undisclosed vegan products. In any case the business sense of this policy in a suburb like rockdale with a remarkably low number of registered hipster vegans is questionable, but it's a pity in general as this cafe was once one of the best coffees...

Swallows at Rockdale is hands down the best cafe for breakfast and coffee in Sydney… and it happens to be vegan. We’re regulars who visit once a week.

I’ve brought many friends and my husband along to Swallows, many of whom haven’t been vegan, and they have absolutely loved it.

The Breakfast Roll is an absolute winner. It’s fresh, delicious and let’s be honest, healthier than it’s meat alternative, making for a perfect Sunday breakfast. Seriously, such a winner for the whole family.

Next up: coffee. They have an amazing selection of alternative milks; Oat, Soy, Hemp, Macadamia & Almond.

Steph & Mick are wonderful. They are warm and friendly. There’s a reason we’ve been coming since 2019. The only annoying thing is, I didn’t write a review for them sooner.

Go check it out and support a wonderful and kind...