Cnr Cafe — Restaurant in Gauteng

We went there for brunch on a Sunday. It was fairly busy with probably three quarters of the tables occupied. We sat outside because Covid, and it was a sunny day.

We had a haloumi breakfast and a crispy potato breakfast. The haloumi was done to a T - not burnt, not greasy, not rubbery - just perfect! The accompanying hummus was tasty and fresh.

My crispy potato breakfast with triple cooked potatoes was fantastic! I should have ordered another one to take home. Perfectly crisp potato cubes, with red onion and ginger which worked well together. I could eat the teriyaki bacon every day! The poached eggs were lovely: firm outside, runny inside.

And to top it all off, the service was incredibly fast. I doubt if we waited more than 10 minutes from placing our order to it being served.

There was also mellow live music: a saxophonist and a keyboard player. Never too loud, never obtrusive, the cherry on the top of a great brunch!

Kudos...

We always enjoy visiting Cnr Cafe, their food is generally great and the ambience is relaxing. This time was a little different, I ordered hake & chips and it arrived tasting a lot more fishy than I know hake to be and also over-cooked. I went to discuss this with the manager and asked him to taste the fish to ascertain if it was the way they normally prepare it or not. He basically shooed me away. I went back to my table and he arrived not too long afterwards telling us that he had taken it off the bill and didn't need to taste it as he would take my word for it. An acknowledgement of the quality, whether good or bad, was what I wanted confirmation on, but ultimately never got. The overall experience of any restaurant includes the manner in which they handle complaints or queries. This was an extremely disappointing experience for my partner and I who live around the corner, we would prefer to find alternate options...

Discrimination is served here. We ordered our food, and later, a couple and single person comes in, order AND got their food before us. We asked what's taking so long because we arrived and ordered prior to the other parties. As we're STILL waiting for our food, the couple who came in AFTER us and got their food before us was able to ALSO receive their extra take-away meals BEFORE us. I told them we are leaving and to bring us the bill for the cappuccinos we drank AND FINALLY they came with our food. I refused and they offered our food to take-away that I also refused. So glad I refused because the exact food I ordered was ordered by someone's husband who got food poisoning from it. Trash Establishment. Trash Service. Trash Food. We left and went to another restaurant that had great food and absolutely...