Red Brick Café

(22/5/12)

We have kept an eager eye on this corner of Mont Albert Road, as we sensed something was taking place ……… yes the birth of a new café – Red Brick Café!

Eager to check it out we had a coffee three days after it opened, very nice coffee and looked promising for a breaky/brunch but we would give it a couple of weeks to settle in.

Driving past to find a park it looked very busy, oh no :( but in luck a table for three/four waiting for us. Very friendly girl met us at the door took us to the table, asked if we would like coffee etc & if we were having breakfast? Coffee & juice would be good thanks & yes breakfast please, and then she was gone not to return.

Coffee came out and also the juices, one not quite orange juice that was ordered  but it was acceptable, no water or menus.  We actually had to ask for menus from a different girl that passed our table. Menus came, slightly soiled, well one more than the others (have only been open for couple of weeks so may have to look at better option of menu to preserve the cleanliness) not a huge menu or kitchen but very inviting offerings.

I decided on the Brekkie Salad, an interesting option. It was very nicely presented in a rectangular shaped bowl/plate. Lots of rocket, cherry tomatoes, which were some of the smallest ones I have seen. They were very cold & may have been little nicer if slightly cooked, fairly sure the roasted capsicum was the jar variety, which was acceptable, could have been little more of it.  The menu said a poached egg on top, I had two ….. my lucky day :)  Overall a tasty dish, the croutons added a nice crunch.

Roqutte (spelt with additional e in Brekkie Burrito), Bacon, Croutons, Cherry Tomatoes, Roasted Capsicum and a Poached Egg on top.($11.5)

Second choice was the Breakkie Burritto, again very nice presentation and relatively quick to the table.  Dish was hailed a success, very tasty & substantial enough despite not having any avocado (he loves his avocado :))

Breakkie Buritto – Tomato, Roquette, Mayo, Spanish Onions, Tasty Cheese, Bacon and Eggs  ($14.5)

Last but not least was the Veggie Brekkie, with additional scrambled eggs (protein)  This was definitely a man size breakfast, potato rosti, mushies, roast capsicum (jar ?)  roast tomatoes. It was all consumed and stomach satisfied.

Veggie Brekkie – Potato Rosti, Roast Capsicum, Roquette, Roast Tomatoes and Mushrooms  ($14) + ($3)

We noticed that you probably had to ask for water, as we only saw one table with any, usually appears on being seated in 99% cafes!  

As we had to ask for menus and our cutlery came as our plates were being placed on the table we decided to be bold & ask for another coffee before the waitress had time to pick up plates and leave our table. We didn’t like our chances otherwise, coffee was however very enjoyable.

I am not trying to be picky, as I am not a super critical blogger, and I realise its early days for this lovely café (with loads potential). The food was really enjoyable and I would happily go back. Just a few easily fixed things, such as the staff member that seats you follows through with drinks, water, table setting & orders, not three different staff members that possibly don’t know what the others have done! Clean up the menus, stains, & food remanents not really appealing. Pop some sort of cover around the meter box inside on wall, & possibly the plants in window could be in some sort of uniform containers be it paper bags or just black pots all same size.

Other wise Red Brick Café you have a winning recipe/location, I will be back :).