Olivias Coffeebake — Restaurant in Gauteng

We visited Olivia’s Coffeebake out of curiosity after seeing their Google reviews. Initially, we bought a takeaway quiche, which the lady said was chicken and mushroom. It looked delicious, so we ordered it to go as we were in a hurry.

Once outside, we noticed how lovely the seating area looked and decided to have coffee there. However, when we asked for a fork to enjoy the quiche, we were told we had to pay an extra R80 because we were now eating it outside. Whether that was for the fork or a small side salad (which we didn’t want), I’m still not sure — but R80 seems excessive for either.

We decided not to eat the quiche there and just had coffee instead. The waiter was excellent — friendly and professional — but the policy and handling of the situation felt very unprofessional.

When we eventually ate the quiche, it was disappointing: one tiny piece of chicken (about the size of a marble) in the entire portion. It was essentially an egg and mushroom quiche, not the chicken and mushroom we were sold.

Overall, the experience was disappointing, and I...

FREE CIGARETTE SMOKE WAFTING IN YOUR FACE WHILE YOU EAT ! Was sitting with a group of people having a brunch. The people on the "patio" were about a meter away from us. They were smoking. We were finding it difficult to eat our food with the thick smoke wafting into our faces. We told the owner who just shrugged his shoulders and walked away. I see on Google Reviews a few others have also complained about this terrible eat with the smoke scenario. Obviously the owner smokes as well otherwise he would have been a bit more concerned about his customers not enjoying the fresh cigarette smoke surrounding the table of customers trying to enjoy the food. It was such an unfortunate incident that I didn't even notice if the food was...

Enjoy a medley of cigarette smoke and eggs for brunch!

Oct 2024

Olivia’s allows customers to smoke on the patio.

When I queried this with who I think was the owner/manager, he suggested that it is permitted in terms of current legislation. He went on to say if he didn’t permit smoking, he would lose clients to the next coffee shop.

When I said it was disgusting to try and eat brunch with smoke from the adjacent table wafting across my face, he just shrugged his shoulders. When I stressed that he would lose me as a client (I frequented the coffee shop around 3 times a week), he again shrugged his shoulders.

The kids sitting next to us were also subjected to the cigarette smoke.

I...