Mockingbird Cafe Newcastle

Disaster…. We came for Mother’s Day and also booked a table weeks prior. For us to have the experience we did, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone and nor would we ever come back. Firstly, our chai lattes came luke warm which isn’t a big issue but the series of events at this venue resulted them in a 2 star rating… We were told a 30 minute wait for food which is already astronomical for a cafe but we weren’t going to leave after everyone had just arrived. The wait time ended up being 50 minutes… which is absolutely insane for a cafe that wasn’t even full. Even so, it shouldn’t take this long. The food was okay, nothing special or worth it for the amount time we waited. I also had egg shells in my “mushrooms” dish which was very off putting. We also had a member that’s Coeliac and they said that the prawn toast is safe for her to eat, then came back to us and said it’s fried in contaminated oil and asked if that was okay… I mean for everyone who knows what coeliac disease is. It’s not ok… Overall, for a cafe that isn’t cheap, the service wasn’t up to standards and nor was their food.

Great food and have knowledge around allergies as they asked if I had coeliac when I asked for gf :)