I have very mixed feelings about this establishment and our experience. I have previously lived in small mountain towns and currently live where we rely heavily on tourists. So I understand how difficult running an establishment in these areas can be. But this cafe felt...like it was on another level.
We had been in town for multiple days and had waited until a Wednesday for this establishment to be open.
We arrived at 11.30am and looked at the sign in the door and it indicated they opened at 12pm. No problem we simply went to the visitors centre. Came back out at 12 and ourselves and several others were waiting for open, we get told they won’t be opening till 12.30pm.
We were still willing to give them the benefit of the doubt so continued waiting.
When we got inside, it’s a fairly standard cafe. There is a nice view out the front windows, as with most establishments in town.
We prefer to sit outside, and even though there were tables out front there was a sign indicating you would not receive service there. So we sat inside.
The menu is basic, there are quite a few burgers and different pizzas. They also noted a “soup of the day” but when we asked were told they didn’t have any.
We went with a burger each and the food was ok, burgers tasted like homemade which was nice.
However the entire meal was on throw away plates, water in plastic cups, coffee in takeaway containers and bamboo cutlery. What an absolute waste of resources that is totally unnecessary.
We also had to bus our own plates at the end of our meal. They at least had a food waste container, but that just seems pointless after you’ve created endless waste with the meal.
Overall I can see they are trying, they had a news article located on the counter regarding previous action they had taken to keep their business alive. I hope they do, but if they want to they need to make some very basic changes to their business model to make it somewhere people want to return to.More