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7.2

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Shop 5, 181 Katoomba St
Katoomba NSW 2780

Phone (02) 4782 3602

 

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Shop 5, 181 Katoomba St
Katoomba NSW 2780
Phone (02) 4782 3602

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Limited Offer: 3 Months free!

Opening Hours

Mon-Sat 8am-5pm; Sun 8am-4pm

Serves

Breakfast
Lunch
Take Away

BYO

No Corkage

Special Features

Hip & Trendy
Outdoor Dining

Parking

Free Ample or Convenient Parking

 




Overall Rating              7.2  
 
Food                7.8  
Ambience                6.2  
Service                7.2  
Value                7.5  

 

Recommended based on 29 votes
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Overall             Below Average
Food 6 Ambience 5 Service 1 Value 5

 

The coffee might be amazing. But is it enough? Fresh needs to be nicer to its customers. Service is slow and often snide. We visit every week for coffee and breakfast, gluttons for punishment. Each week hoping the service will improve. Seeing others treated with the same distant contempt in the cafe there is no surprise that there are other reviews similar to mine on this forum.
 
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Mollimel  -   See my reviews 2reviews, 10 June 2009
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Overall             Recommended
Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 5 Value 8

 

Easily the best coffee and breakfast in the mountains. The service can be a bit hit and miss however. It seems to be mainly the female staff that let the side down. Have been here a dozen or so times for breakfast and slightly overcooked poached eggs on one occasion is the only negative comment I can come up with.
 
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veryhungryboy  -   See my reviews 14reviews, 23 April 2009
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Overall             Average
Food 8 Ambience 6 Service 4 Value 6

 

Have been here a few times while house-hunting. Good coffee, depending on whose behind the counter we've noticed. Food was excellent but very limited menu. Staff were most indifferent, we've virtually been ignored on some occasions.
 
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foodiedave  -   See my reviews 2reviews, 10 March 2009
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Overall             Recommended
Food 9 Ambience 3 Service 9 Value 9

 

Not much to say other than this place serves, I believe some of the best coffee in the mountains, when ever I am passing through it is simply a must to stop here for a fresh cup.
 
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me1  -   See my reviews 11reviews, 05 March 2009
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Overall             Below Average
Food 6 Ambience 5 Service 4 Value 2

 

$18 for 2 fried egg rolls! Ridiculous! When did that happen? We have been going regularly due to the good business practices but service is always slow and this was the icing on the cake.
 
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dmd7  -   See my reviews 2reviews, 28 December 2008
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Overall             Recommended
Food 9 Ambience 7 Service 2 Value 8

 

This is a regular stop when in the Blue Mountains. Love the coffee and food, even though it's a small menu. Food is very fresh and the breakfast's are wonderful. Down side? Poor service for those that aren't 'regulars'. Visited two weeks in a row and were completely ignored by staff, even when the staff outnumbered the patrons.

We go there because the food is spot-on and the coffee delicious. The staff just need to learn that it's important to attract 'new' regulars and if they wandered around the cafe asking if you would like another coffee etc. instead of gas bagging behind the counter they would probably double their takings!
 
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TassieCouple  -   See my reviews 1review, 30 October 2008
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Overall             Highly Recommended
Food 10 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 10

 

Best coffee in the mountains. Best staff. Best everything, really.
 
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Patty Cake  -   See my reviews 3reviews, 03 October 2008
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Overall             Not Recommended
Food 2 Ambience 2 Service 1 Value 2

 

I would not rave about this place although the locals seem to like it. Getting a takeaway coffee is a nightmare and it seems to take 4 inept staff members to procure it. One to take the order, one to write it down, one to make the coffee and the other works the cash register. Fresh? The menu is as stale as ......... no it doesn't even warrant a metaphor.
 
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Rock Your Baby  -   See my reviews 4reviews, 04 July 2008
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Overall             Recommended
Food 7 Ambience 4 Service 8 Value 8

 

Great cafe with consistently good coffee and food choices on the menu. They also say that they are carbon neutral meaning I believe that they somehow offset all their calculated carbon emissions.

Great location too with the ability to sit outside in the council provided seating area on Katoomba St. The only downfall with Fresh is that sitting inside on weekends it is too noisy. Everybody shouting to be heard with the kitchen going and the coffee machine frothing the milk does not make for an ambient coffee house. Great if you like this sort of thing go somewhere else for some peace and quiet.
 
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nochaos  -   See my reviews 30reviews, 04 July 2008
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Overall             Below Average
Food 6 Ambience 4 Service 4 Value 3

 

My first visit to Fresh was disappointing. The coffee was very very average, the service slow and it was too noisy.
 
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xav  -   See my reviews 6reviews, 24 June 2008
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