Had the eggs and goat curd on gluten free toast. Bread was high quality with seeds, egg serving enormous. Staff kindly allowed a half-serve of the berries & pancakes, which was generous and filling enough for dessert. Everything fresh and inside dining relaxed vibes.
We went there for lunch. Got a cosy table for two immediately, even though well into the lunch hour. We were seved immediately and asked if we'd like drinks. Given food menus and served with both drinks ks and food in no time. I had...a delightful combination of three gorgeous, seemingly home-grown-sourced poached eggs, on English muffins with ham and beautiful sauce. My dining partner enjoyed two big pancakes, caramel sauce with several large rashes of bacon. My meal was excellent and the quarter of hers I finished was also excellent. The place was friendly, efficient and quirky with lots of recycled material having gone into decorating the main room and the adjoining atrium room. It was a stroll through lovely garden path to the toilets out the back. Beautiful dining experienceMore
Thank you dalken35, we appreciate your kind words. So glad you loved our little piece of the world!
Had coffee there several times. Very good.Decided to take my wife for lunch. I had the Greek Lamb Salad luck to have a handful of lamb, my wife had the chicken sald perhaps a third of a fillet. $29 and $27 could not call it...value for money. We will just stick to coffee.More
Hi David, Thank you for taking the time to send us a review. I will speak to the kitchen to ensure that the right quantities are going out on dishes. We are in the process of weighing & standardising our dishes again, (as we have...More
First time in Ocean Grove, as we’re staying in Bellarine Big 4 for the weekend - which is fantastic by the way. Upon arriving we were seated quite quickly and offered two tables to which we chose our preferred one. Service was nice and attentive....Food was expensive.. all we wanted was some nice bacon and eggs for breakfast. Clearly we chose the wrong type of cafe. Eggs ok, bacon absolutely disgusting!!! I’ve never in my life tried to eat such rock hard leather bacon! Ewwww! I couldn’t even pick it up with my fork let alone cut it. Kids would’nt even touch it. Waste of money we wished we chose another cafe. We won’t be back.More
HI Jodie, I am sorry that you had such an experience, we use only the freshest and best quality ingredients, free range eggs & free range bacon, so to hear that they were treated with care that they should have been is very upsetting. Can...More
We were in Ocean Grove for a family wedding for several days ,and ate at Driftwood several times - as did others . Good range of breakfast and lunches - especially vegetarian, and vegan for one family member . All good servings and tasty meals.... Warm and cosy with a wood fire . Would recommend a visitMore
Thanks Ann, That is great to hear. Thanks for taking the time to review us. Kind Regards Rachael
Very unfortunate customer service. We have tried the cafe twice with the same experience each time, shockingly slow and disinterested staff and average food. With other options in OG, there’s not any reason to hit this spot anymore (at least not for us).More
I am sorry that you you did not enjoy your time with us. At that stage we were seriously under staffed, and the staff we had were tired and exhausted. We have since been able to hire more people to freshen up our team, and...More
I came here with my daughter for a girls breakfast. I understand that if you are busy you might not be able to tend to people right away but we waited 10 minutes to be seated. After sitting down it seemed that everyone was ignoring...us. We didn’t get our order taken until 20 minutes after being sat. After waiting an HOUR for our food I was starving and expected an amazing meal according to all of the kind reviews. I had ordered the lemon sugar pancakes. TERRIBLE. Too bitter to even eat! I had one bite out of the terrible meal and couldn’t finish it so I figured the kind waitress that was ignoring us the whole time would take it off our bill. So we head up to the front and kindly ask them to take it off and they are terrible! The rudest people I have ever met! I kindly asked the girl working the cash register to take it off my bill because I didn’t eat it and this rando butts in and states that they use “real lemon juice.” Okay does it not process in your brain that not all lemons are sweet? Once again not talking to the man I kindly asked her to take it off the bill and he mutters under his breath,” well thousands of people order it…so.” That ride encounter had me in tears. I was not being mean at all but this man was just the rudest Man I have ever met. TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE.More
Just perfect for a light lunch. Waiter was very helpful as we wanted to share it was no problem even said maybe some chips to. Raspberry custard muffin and a double shot of coffee.
We have visited the Driftwood multiple times over the years as it’s local and we’ve never had a bad meal, in fact often in my job dealing with the public and visitors to the area I recommend the Driftwood to them for a great place...to eat. But my view and view of my wife as well after our visit this weekend have changed. We went for lunch on Saturday with a voucher for a meal we received off family for Xmas as they know how much we like it there. But we were very disappointed meal the service was a little chaotic as I think they have some new staff, but they were very obliging and friendly. Where it fell apart was with the food, we both ordered the B.L.A.T which is bacon, lettuce, Avocado , Tomato on toasted sourdough bread with chips, pretty simple you’d think?. But not the chips were really shoe string fries which came with a portion smaller than a McDonald’s small fries. The toasted sourdough was dry and tasteless like cardboard as if it had been made ages ago and was left out to just be plonked on a plate later. The bacon was tough and dry and was probably done the same as the sourdough just cooked in a big batch and served up later. The Avocado and tomato which were the only part of the meal not cooked was perfect, it was the rest of the meal that let it all down. I don’t know where the owner was as we couldn’t see him but all I can say is if this is the standard set for the future then us being locals will be eating else where. I hope this was just a one off but we won’t be rushing back soon, what a shame.More
Hey Jimbojames62, We appreciate your feedback as we always strive to get better in what we do, and I am sorry that you didn't enjoy your time with us. Staffing has been an issue with Hospitality over the past few years, since COVID as no...More
We have come here daily for coffee while on holidays. Some staff better at latte art. Coffee today had nothing. 😞
Thank you for your review - I will get the Head Barista to continue the training for the others on coffee art
Slow slow slow. No service, 40 minute wait on forgotten drink, food plates served one at a time 20 minutes apart and over an hour wait just to cook simple greens and eggs, and when they did arrive items were forgotten on the dishes. Kitchen...needs to lift their game. Cafe was only half fullMore
Hi there, Thank you for taking the time to review us, I only wish it was more favourable. You have highlighted some issues that we have been experiencing in the kitchen this summer season. Unfortunately, no-one wants to work in hospitality anymore (quite possibly because...More
Poor service at brunch, waitress only came to table when we got up to try figure out how to order, and she goes on to say we are short staffed. Then we order coffee and bacon and eggs. Waited over an hour for food, asked...after 40 minutes and she said another few minutes. Waited another 20 minutes, so assuming order was forgotten. No apology or any interest from staff in improving experience.More
AMAZING COFFEE! Best coffee I've ever had. Most of the family had the pancakes and they were enjoyed by all. I had the bacon and eggs, the bacon was very nice but the eggs had been cooked in too much vinegar, which is all I...could taste for the next few hours. Great coffee, great pancakes, caution with the eggs.More
Love this place! Very friendly and busy! Wood fire in winter. Perfect to sit and relax over good coffee. Food looks great, but just had coffee ☕, and it was good. House sitting in Ocean Grove, so finding gems like Driftwood was a bonus!!
We can not go past The Driftwood Cafe! It is our go-to whenever we are in Ocean Grove. The coffee is exceptional, and the food is awesome! Free-range eggs and bacon (you get 3 eggs!!!) is a winner for my husband, though my favourite is...the Seasonal greens with crispy kale! Our 2 boys love it too and there is always something for everyone. The staff are friendly, even when under pressure. Can’t recommend this place more highly!More
