Tootsie Gallery Cafe — Restaurant in Yass

Yass:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Location: 😌 Easy to find, just off Comur Street. Parking? A breeze! Ambience: 👀👍 Quirky gallery vibes with art-filled indoor nooks and a charming outdoor area where even your dog can feel fancy. Reception: 🙂 Warm enough to make you blush! Cleanliness: 😕 Faultless—you could eat off the floor (but don’t). Service: 😊 Quick, friendly, and professional. Coffee Quality: 😌 Delicious and worth every cent of the $6.59 large (who needs a savings account anyway?). Value: 🤗 For the atmosphere and experience of dining there, great! Will I be back? 😍 Absolutely—art, coffee, and great service? It’s a yes from me.

Toosie Gallery Café is a real gem with alfresco dining and a pet-friendly attitude, perfect for locals and...

There were a few cafes in town open today, but Tootsie, with its cool art deco facade definitely looked the most inviting (ok, so the 'gelato' sign may also have helped draw us in 😉). The place was busy, with numerous orders already queued up next to the coffee machine, but the staff were super welcoming and clearly enjoying their work. It didn't take long for our order to arrive - my affogato (gimme a break - I'm on holidays😀) tasted as superb as it looked and my wife's latte got a double thumbs-up. We had a couple of jaffles (yes, jaffles - not usual cafe fare, but so appropriate to this funky place) that were piping hot and very morish. A few flavours of the huge range of gelato rounded out our meal. Such a fun experience...

First the good, Tootsie is a cute little cafe with some quiet areas to sit with a small group. All the areas are decorated with unusual artwork. There's a good selection of ice creams and unusual drinks. The food menu is limited and is basically just a selection of unusual jaffles. Mine was quite tasty. Now the bad bit, forget about being Covid safe in this place. There was a group of 50 or so people inside at the cafe for a birthday party. Hardly a single person was wearing a mask, even when they were crowded around the counter, selecting ice creams, more than a dozen at a time. The cafe staff appeared uninterested in remedying this...