Hawthorne garage

It's obviously popular with locals and as a deli it does indeed offer a wide range of high end items and quality produce, However as a coffee stop it's iffy and I certainly wouldn't cross town again to visit.Mid-morning on a Thursday it was very busy, very crowded, very noisy and very "doggy" (with all the attendant woofing, etc.) The coffee and food service is decidedly disjointed. Order food inside from the deli cabinet, but not your coffee, nor pay the bill. For that you must go outside and queue at a quite small serving window where your coffee order is taken, your food passed through the window and you pay and stand about waiting for your name to be called. It gets crowded around that window. Add to this coffee in paper cups and food on paper plates and you get more like a sidewalk coffee cart feel. It doesn't match up with the rest of the establishment's presentation and gives one the feeling that the "cafe" bit is an add-on with the deli being the main game.Really, if you want good deli then OK, but coming from anywhere outside the area you'd drive past many as good going over there and if for a pleasant coffee and cake, likewise...although even in the Hawthorne/Bulimba precinct there are far more amenable venues.

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Bought a bouquet of flowers for the misso for V day. Got home and she went to chuck 'em in a vase and the stems and leaves were completely rotten (couldnt tell when they were wrapped up) took them back and the owner exchanged them for a MUCH more expensive bouquet and could not be more appologetic, no questions asked, no fuss, just great customer service. Thanks guys.

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Good food, limited range, a little expensive for a cafe on a suburban main road. But the cake shop we headed for was closed. Lovely walk to and from the ferry. Really good coffee.

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Perfect place for all your needs, from coffee to fruit,veggies and not to forget the yummy cakes and deli sections. Hardly just around my block.

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Clean, fresh food. Well presented,good service. Handy location. Good parking.great selection. Staff are friendly and helpful

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