Rye Cafe - Canberra

I went there with a few colleagues. The service was fast and nice. The meal was somewhat mixed. I ordered the slow cooked lamb leg. The meat was a bit on the dry side, but I loved the mushroom and the egg and all the greens. However, the bread was also a bit too greasy and sweet. I decided not to eat the bread as otherwise, the meal would have tasted completely differently. Might be a question of individual preference. I also ordered coffee which was nice. Parking: Ideally, you should look for a parking spot in the parallel street, it’s really hard to get a parking spot in the same street as the cafe.

Amazing food, staff was so nice and definitely will be coming back Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Worst experience we have ever had at a cafe. Waited over an hour for food without any warning that there was a queue. We asked one waitress how long our food would be after already waiting an hour, she said it would be ‘some time’ still. Asked for specifics and she said 5-10mins. We wait another 20-30 minutes before our food finally came, one meal literally being two pieces of toast (one burnt and the other raw) and a side of avo. The entire cafe was clearly getting antsy waiting for their food, so this wasn’t an original experience. The food was awful. We went up to pay and they immediately told us we would get our drinks for free- the girl at the till was clearly the only person with customer service skills in the whole place. Honestly, we would have rather paid for the drinks and not the food, as the drinks were fine and came quickly. We asked for the manager and he had been sitting on the coffee machine the whole time, watching everyone else get progressively more agitated without coming out onto the floor to say anything or check on waiting tables. He was completely unhelpful, telling us sorry the kitchen had ‘messed up today’ and that they make the drinks but the kitchen just do their own thing. Funny, you would think as a manager your responsibilities should extend to keeping every section of the restaurant accountable. Completely uninterested an unapologetic. We could’ve been halfway back to Sydney in the time we wasted on this place.

Good service and quality food i would rate 5* Meal type: Breakfast Price per person: A$1–20

Service: Dine in Meal type: Breakfast Food: 1 Service: 1 Atmosphere: 3