Louann's Café — Restaurant in Sydney

Things didn’t start out well as I was ignored after walking in. Two women looked at me and went on with their business. There was one table occupied so I thought maybe they weren’t open for business after all? I approached the front counter and when the woman finally acknowledged my presence, I asked if they were open for lunch. She was quite hostile with her reply that they were. I was taken aback but decided to not take it personally so I said that there were five of us. She handed over six menus (?!) and went back to whatever she was doing. My friends had entered by then so we sat down. The wife had witnessed the hostile reception but her husband didn’t so he cracked a joke about her being busy running a one-woman show and she retorted, “That’s everyday!” But that acknowledgement seemed to break the ice and our continued friendliness seemed to soften her. My husband finally arrived after finding a parking spot so he had no idea what transpired. My friend asked if I wanted to leave but I thought the reviews must be good for a reason. Plus, our friends’ 9-year-old was hungry so I thought we’d give it a go. The server was a bit gruff but she seemed to take a shine to our friends’ boy and things became markedly less hostile as time went on. The food was decent, nothing great but nothing terrible. By the end of everything, we had a pleasant time overall. Would I return? No, because the service could definitely have been better and the food was just okay. I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps they had a rush with the cruise ship passengers and she had to deal with demanding, entitled customers but taking it out on subsequent customers is not acceptable. Based on the mostly positive reviews, I hope this was a one-off so I won’t say don’t come here but there are much better options locally with better quality food and...

We were hopeful and extremely disappointed. We are visiting Sydney and saw the ratings so we had to go and we should have stayed home. Restaurant is nice enough and clean inside but the kitchen is barely a kitchen. We also got basic breakfast items and waited an hour and there were maybe 15 people. It was super smokey cuz there's no ventilation. And to top it all off, they charged us twice! The waitress did not realize I had already paid and when my husband went to pay not knowing I had..... the same waitress who served us changed us again! And had to look up the price on the menu and charged my husband without a ticket!!! Worst breakfast spot and for $12.99 for a bagel sandwich & frozen reheated hashbrown, we would have gotten better at...

We went here for breakfast because other places in the area were full. However, we had an an amazing meal and are glad we couldn't go anywhere else.

The roasted veggie and chicken fajita wraps were flavorful and satisfying. The hot chocolate was like a warm hug on the cold rainy morning with the right amount of sweetness. The meal was a perfect start to our day.

My four year old enjoyed the warm quesadillas with the lip smacking salsa.

I highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a fulfilling meal with...