Lakeside Cafe & Bar

Another find via Google Maps. We were on our way from a trip to the Central Coast very recently when we wanted a quick meal late afternoon with easy parking. Not many cafes are open late afternoon on a Friday. This bar/cafe is located in a residential neighbourhood. Given they are a bar as well, they must have a good relationship in the community. A nachos and beer hit the spot. You can see from the photo the nachos looks good and was tasty. Maybe they designed the dish more as a cool dish with melted cheese. In my view the meat component and beans should be have hot - they were tepid. Otherwise I enjoyed the nachos. The serving size was good. Overall, the venue was pleasant, the service OK. The public facing staff are very young and may I say did a good job. We did not have our dogs with us this time, however note they are dog friendly with a large outside area.

Delicious! This was our local on our most recent holiday, and what a great local to have. A delightful barista, fantastic coffee, and brilliant burgers. They went out of their way to make a vegetarian meal for my mum, which she loved. Seriously, lovely people and fantastic food. Being dog-friendly is also a huge bonus. We will be back soon... I'm still dreaming about those pickles.

Had taco with pulled beef - although the balance of the flavours were excellent, the beef was very hard to chew (I just swallowed it as I did not have 2 hours for lunch) you should call it beef jerky taco.. Other than that, all other food we ordered was very good! Willing to visit them again and try their other menu.

Food is amazing!!! I'm from the Hunter valley and we pay more for less delicious food. Service was lovely, really nice staff. We had lunch and went back for breakfast the next morning. We'll definitely go back when we travel again. Salmon is delicious!! Eggs benedict is a must for breakfast.

Stopped by for lunch on a rainy day, we were the only customers. The service was a bit slow (with 4 staff there). But the food was delicious! Brisket omelette and eggs bennie with brisket. Yummy!! The place needs some love. Poor indoor plants look sad and half dead. Music would be nice too.