Bailey's Cafe - North Sydney

On a cold Monday morning when i woke up tired and dazed, the only thing on my mind was a cup of strong coffee to get me started. Then when I took the first sip from the coffee I got from Baileys, I instantly felt disappointed. It was burnt. I am not a coffee snob that require specific coffee beans, but I know what I like and don’t. At $3.8 for a regular coffee, I would expect a bit better than the cup I had from this shop. Question is do they deserve a second chance or should I cut my losses? thernbdiary.com

Asked for the veggie burger, the man at the counter asked me if I wanted one from the special board (which all had meat in them). I asked for my burger to have no sweet chilli, then again I asked for no sweet chilli when I saw the docket printed out with no modifications on it and the man replied 'yep'. My burger was ready, and as I went to take the wrapping off there was some sweet chilli on it! I advised the man at the front counter that I had told him twice I wanted NO sweet chilli to his reply 'oh I can put some on for you!', I advised no, I did NOT want it. I then sat down and fixed it up because the way it was put together was terrible to then bite into it and be told they'll make a new one - some minutes later. I said no it's not a problem and just had it as is but if I had an allergy and did not check that could have been terrible. Always a bad experience with them between the man not knowing what he is doing, the women ignoring and being rude and leaving food to go cold to service all their regulars instead and to just getting pretty much everything I order wrong. This top story was just the top of the cake for my bad experiences there (so far).

Asked for the veggie burger, the man at the counter asked me if I wanted one from the special board (which all had meat in them). I asked for my burger to have no sweet chilli, then again I asked for no sweet chilli when I saw the docket printed out with no modifications on it and the man replied 'yep'. My burger was ready, and as I went to take the wrapping off there was some sweet chilli on it! I advised the man at the front counter that I had told him twice I wanted NO sweet chilli to his reply 'oh I can put some on for you!', I advised no, I did NOT want it. I then sat down and fixed it up because the way it was put together was terrible to then bite into it and be told they'll make a new one - some minutes later. I said no it's not a problem and just had it as is but if I had an allergy and did not check that could have been terrible. Always a bad experience with them between the man not knowing what he is doing, the women ignoring and being rude and leaving... read more

On a cold Monday morning when i woke up tired and dazed, the only thing on my mind was a cup of strong coffee to get me started. Then when I took the first sip from the coffee I got from Baileys, I instantly felt disappointed. It was burnt. I am not a coffee snob that require specific coffee beans, but I know what I like and don’t. At $3.8 for a regular coffee, I would expect a bit better than the cup I had from this shop. Question is do they deserve a second chance or should I cut my losses? thernbdiary.com

Asked for the veggie burger, the man at the counter asked me if I wanted one from the special board (which all had meat in them). I asked for my burger to have no sweet chilli, then again I asked for no sweet chilli when I saw the docket printed out with no modifications on it and the man replied 'yep'. My burger was ready, and as I went to take the wrapping off there was some sweet chilli on it! I advised the man at the front counter that I had told him twice I wanted NO sweet chilli to his reply 'oh I can put some on for you!', I advised no, I did NOT want it. I then sat down and fixed it up because the way it was put together was terrible to then bite into it and be told they'll make a new one - some minutes later. I said no it's not a problem and just had it as is but if I had an allergy and did not check that could have been terrible. Always a bad experience with them between the man not knowing what he is doing, the women ignoring and being rude and leaving food to go cold to service all their regulars instead and to just getting pretty much everything I order wrong. This top story was just the top of the cake for my bad experiences there (so far).