The Moody Chef — Restaurant in Sydney

The Moody Chef Café is a standout in St Leonards a place where passion, consistency, and creativity come together. Operated by George and Geoff for over 20 years, this café continues to set the standard for quality, flavour, and genuine hospitality.. From the phenomenal food presentation to the fresh, high-quality produce, every plate that leaves the kitchen is perfection. The atmosphere is always inviting, friendly staff, positive energy, and that relaxed local charm that makes you want to linger a little longer. You can tell it’s run by people who genuinely care about their customers and their craft. And the coffee? Exceptional. Smooth, rich, and full-bodied with that perfect crema, it’s easily among the best in Sydney, let alone St Leonards. After two decades, The Moody Chef remains a shining example & continues to set the standard for quality, flavour, and genuine hospitality.Hands down, the best café in St Leonards. Can’t wait to come back again...

I use The Moody Chef for work catering a lot as well as eating there regularly. The cafe has a great selection of fresh, healthy food and have lots of options for those with dietary restrictions.

When catering I’m needing food for groups of 15-60. Ordering is easy for me, they go the extra mile to make sure it’s delivered on time to the right place and the food is always excellent. I’ve never held an event without one of my customers commenting on how delicious and fresh the food is. They make working with dietary restrictions simple as everything arrives in separate packaging and clearly labelled. When I’m worried about setting up, presenting and dealing with customers, I can trust George and the team to take care of feeding everyone. The amount of stress that takes off my plate is huge. I can’t recommend...

This cafe/restaurant is one of my usual lunchtime takeaway haunts. The restaurant it self is lovely but pricey for an everyday lunch outing for me. I've had a salmon salad here and it was wonderful. But time and time again I always come back for their $5 soup of the day which comes with a bread roll. The soup changes from day to day and they now provide two soup options, one of which seems to be vegetarian. The soup is always tasty (i've only had one occasion where I disliked it but it was a personal preference), and seems to be made with real ingredients.

The other thing I love about them is their salads. Again their salads are made with care, quality ingredients and lots of flavour. This is not your usual garden salad variety. The salads are more pricey but considering the ingredients that go into it,...