Frederick's Café — Restaurant in Western Australia

I saw the ad for a new chef posted 11th April - have to say - whoever was cooking lunch on Tuesday failed dismally and certainly needs to get reinspired! I am a local, been going to this cafe for many years and always had good food and service there - till Tuesday! I will say, wait staff were friendly -but the food !!😟 Ordered a Reuben Toastie - it came out plonked stop The seviette, all the fat from the sandwich had soaked into it! No accompanying garnish to distract from the brown, uninspiring sandwich in front of me. A Reuben is supposed to have Corned Beef - not a tough, fatty piece of brown,tasteless, beef! It should also have Saukraut and pickle, sauce and cheese - all I could see was cheese, oozing everywhere. Please - lift your game - you have prime location, and a previous good reputation, this will all soon be wasted, word of mouth in this town is Paramount and right now the only word I can say is...

Very pleasant staff and service. The breakfasts were quite well made. Gypsy Eggs (a spin on Shakshuka) has a sweeter gravy with a little bit of vinegar, my wife had the vegetarian, it would probably be better with the chorizo. I had the eggs benedict with bacon which was cooked well, served on English muffin. The Hollandaise sauce has a bit of sweetness to it which is pleasant. Unfortunately all the tables were wiped with a cloth which had a strong egg smell which was a bit nauseating. My wife had a decaf mocha which had a level of chocolate which was not overpowering the coffee however the milk temperature was a bit too high to drink. The macchiato I ordered was a bit under-extracted. It might be that the barista was still dialling in the beans. I think both could be improved with an upgraded grinder and dialling in espresso just before the morning crowd.

Otherwise quite a pleasant cafe and some...

It was really great they had a heater on the closed in verandah outside. However the area for tables had a 20com drop off to another level of the pavement and the chairs were right on the edge of this. Not safe. I was watching an elderly lady trying to set herself down on the edge. She only had to step back a couple of inches and she'd have toppled over. Then the coffee wasn't hot and my husband ordered extra hot and it was still only just warm. When the food came the couple who ordered with us were given there's about ten minutes before ours, instead of us all having our meal roughly about the same time, and we had actually ordered ours before them. When mine finally came out, I pulled out a great big long black hair. Certainly wasn't mine. So, not a good experience. 😕 sorry folks, I don't usually have bad experiences out but sadly this was. Sorry for...