Concrete Pyrmont, Sydney

User Reviews of Concrete, Pyrmont

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7.8 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 9 Service 7 Value 8

I'm not sure if there is a new chef, but some of my old faves are not as great as they used to be. Perhaps the regular chef was just off the day I was there. Great frappes and coffee here too. Love the location!

Mar 20, 2011

fluttrgrl
11

7.5 Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 7 Value 6

The food in this place is good, but service is terrible. Only half our order was delivered, we ordered juice and it wasn't brought to our table. I went up to the service window and found out the kitchen had run out of fruit to make juice, so the waiter just didn't bring it out to us.

Mar 11, 2011

grublover
5

9 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 9

This cafe change the new chef who from London was great. The foods becomes nice and service fast. I suggest you can have try and enjoy about it.

Feb 17, 2011

poach
1

1.5 Not Recommended

Food 1 Ambience 3 Service 1 Value 1

I live nearby and sadly this cafe is nothing like what it used to be. The change of owner in recent months has taken the quality of the food and service even lower. On our last visit the waitress would start taking our order then without warning, run off and do something else without explaining why.

It was a busy day and maybe due to lack of stock in the new year period portions were cut to ridiculous levels. Food quality wise (this is all from the same table): A breakfast that was meant to include bacon included just a 5cm x 5cm piece of bacon. Poached eggs and scallops cooked rock hard. Grainy banana smoothies. Terrible coffee that took 30 minutes to serve.

Any feedback given to the staff was shrugged off and ignored. To top this off there was a sign on the wall alerting customers of their new exciting chef import from the UK? Judging by the reactions of other customers there I still think we got off easy.

Jan 03, 2011

Danny H.
1

4.3 Below Average

Food 5 Ambience 4 Service 3 Value 5

I live nearby and this morning was reminded why I never go there for my takeaway coffee. It takes so long. The girl making it seems busy, but she needs a new system to get the coffees out quicker (or they need to hire another barister). I could see seated patrons asking about where their coffee was, plus lots of people standing around waiting a long time for their takeaways too. I won't be back for a while (and I suppose a lot of others will be turned off too).

Dec 28, 2010

mich99
17

7.5 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 6 Service 9 Value 8

The service is amazing, incomparable to any other restaurant I've been. The food was absolutely delicious. The prices are acceptable, considering the neighborhood, the wonderful food and the perfect service.

Nov 21, 2010

aydria
2

5.3 Average

Food 5 Ambience 5 Service 7 Value 4

Ambience is ok, sometimes a bit of a wait for seat. The menu rarely changes and gets a bit mundane. Have had some of the worst poached eggs here ever! staff are friendly.

Sep 05, 2010

milica
7

1 of 2 readers found the following review helpful

3.5 Below Average

Food 5 Ambience 3 Service 3 Value 3

I used to be a regular patron of Concrete Cafe before it changed hands in 2009. Since then it has been a huge disappointment each visit.

Service is generally slow and when your order eventually arrives is not uncommon to receive the completely wrong order, or to find sugar has been added to your coffee when you expressly asked for none. The quality of the coffees has taken a noticeable turn for the worst and the hideous decor, coupled with the awful sound of metal leg chairs scraping on bare concrete floors and the incredible noise levels inside created by sound continually bouncing off hard surfaces makes the whole experience a rather unpleasant one.

On the whole I strongly dislike the changes that have been made to the menu, one thing I can commend them for is retaining the chicken and walnut sandwich.

Apr 15, 2010

blt82
6

5.8 Average

Food 5 Ambience 6 Service 6 Value 6

I had chorizo scrambled eggs for breakfast just two days ago and the eggs were oily and cheesy. The chorizo was shredded like some sort of pizza topping. Very second rate for a place that I see as being quite busy in a tourist precint. I'm a local and don't think I would go back in a hurry.

Apr 06, 2010

LeonD
1

9.8 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 9

I went here for Italian fried eggs and they were absolutely delicious. Excellent portion sizes and certainly cant' complain, wasn't hungry until very late in the evening! Chai latte was perfect frothiness too. Get a seat early as this place fills up. Could do with a few more magazines for their staff to read but that is the only criticism.

Mar 29, 2009