Bistro 21 — Restaurant in Western Australia

One word...disappointing. I used to visit this spot years ago and it appears to have new owners. This was my favourite spot on a Sunday afternoon for a spot of lunch. It always used to bustling with folk. Not any more. Unfortunately the current cafe is somewhat lacking. Firstly on a 33oC day you would expect some cooling... apart from a singular old AC fan which didn't seem to work, it's just fans. Secondly having arrived at 12.15pm and hoping for some eggs Benedict, was told sorry the breakfast menu stops at 12pm...these days every cafe I go to doesn't have such restrictions. Instead I decided to have the Caesar salad with salmon and a berry smoothie. Well the smoothie was bland. And as the photos can attest to, the Caesar salad was very poor... minuscule bits of bacon, a few croutons, one slice of rolled up salmon and a pile of lettuce with a bad dressing. No egg (art of a Caesar salad btw). No choice of anchovies. The ingredients would have cost $1.50 if I had made myself...instead I was charged $23. So pretty much I will no longer go to this cafe until hopefully it changes hands and quality improves. I would have given 2 star due to the location and the nice front staff., However it really does not deserve it. Regarding the Owners comments to other reviews...you really are a rude individual in your responses, who clearly does not take on critical reviews in order to improve. So this is for the other potential patrons and not for the Owner....

Great location! Can't really beat it which is definitely reflected in the prices of the food $$$!! Not bad food wise in terms of taste and flavour; I had a vegetarian option of poached eggs on smashed avo toast with one deep fried halloumi stick. Was expecting crispy halloumi as stated on menu, not a fried halloumi stick. It was a bit rich for first thing. BUT.... there were bugs in the bed of rocket (quite a few). I removed the avo toast and egg to another bowl for the waitress to take away and continued eating. She brought a whole bowl of salad to replace the small bed of rocket which was unexpected but nice of her. I didn't want it but hubby ate some, until I spotted another bug. She took it away and was going to give us another salad. I had to go and tell her not to. Sorry but two bug infested salads are enough for this gal! 💁🐛🥗 Hubby disliked the sausages too. He said they tasted like wheat?! Perhaps gluten free...!? Who knows at this stage. We won't be returning. Unfortunately I was the one who had to tell them they were also out of toilet paper AND hand soap in the ladies. Not my best breakfast experience. Also, if you're not a dog person, don't go here. There were probably more dogs than...

I absolutely wanted to give a better review. The food was OK and I enjoyed the Linguine with chorizo and also the fried dumplings. Service a bit too casual. The food was plonked onto the table. I asked for some share plates, and we got one only...again plonked down onto the table. I love the setting. The thing that really brought my review down was how grotty the place is. The tables were dirty. They hadn't been wiped down between diners and we then watched a staff member fold the tables up and put them away with not even a cursary wipe. The indoor tables were also filthy. The sides of the tables were visibly dirty ( a good wipe with a surface spray would have done the job) and the backs of the chairs were covered in dirt, dust and visible dirty hand marks. We both commented about how long it must have been since the chairs had been cleaned and the tables properly cleaned. As much as I would like to go back as this place is local to us and thenfood OK, I am not sure that I would, considering how dirty it was. Surely they have a cleaning schedule of some description? Such a shame for a...