Plain Sailing

Get ready to a different concept of breakfast. Every plate is a triumph of colours and flavours. There is plenty of choice, for vegan and vegetarian too.I personally really loved the lamb shoulder. I strongly recommend it. There is always a little bit of cue. But trust me it's worth.

Local go to cafe, love the food, lovely chill and relaxing vibe - super clean and spacious with great indoor and outdoor sitting areas. Definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area. And the customer service was super lovely. Dog friendly outside.

The food was delicious! Had the slow cooked chicken and pork benedict, both were so good! Absolutely love the photo mesh:D Drinks served a bit slow tho

The smashed avocado dish here is one of the GOAT. The quinoa toast initially put me off ordering it but it just tastes like regular bread and the combination of avocado, pumpkin hummus, goats cheese and roasted carrot is just so flavoursome. The food here always comes out at lightning speed too which is so impressiveMost recentGot the house made banana bread which looked identical to the sticky date pudding bread they used to do and tasted pretty damn similar too. I recommend this as a shared dish after a savoury breakfastRecentOrdered the sticky date pudding bread which was delicious but I don’t understand why every dish here comes our covered in micro herbs. Visually they look awful and nor do they add anything to the flavour profileLatestOrdered the cherry coconut panna cotta which I regretted as the hempnola muesli had a lot of goji berries which I am mildly allergic to so i sat there fishing them out and in addition to this the dish was quite insubstantial as I watched my dining party inhale sizeable meals complete with multiple sides. Definitely the wrong orderFurther updateOn this latest visit I had the vanilla panna cotta granola dish as I was going for a big lunch after and needed to save room. It was enjoyable though the chef is clearly obsessed with figs as they have been a heavy feature in every dish I’ve ever ordered from here and I’m not a fan. Maybe they are getting some sort of bulk discount but it wouldn’t hurt to feature another fruit on the menuUpdateMy original gripes with Plain Sailing per below still stand but they make a yummy iced chai and a tasty and filling bircher (though I could certainly have done without the zillion micro herbs that add nothing to the dish visually nor in taste). It’s been 1.5 years since my last visit and the menu is largely unchanged (in fact my husband has gotten the cauliflower dish all 3 times he has eaten there) but I guess they figure if it ain’t broken don’t fix it.Original reviewWe visited Plain Sailing for brunch yesterday and given I am a fan of their affiliate cafes (Left Field, Tall Timber, Nine Yards) I expected good things. They certainly nailed the spacing of the tables in terms of social distancing and I enjoyed the clean modern interior.Food wise my porridge was pretty as a picture and a perfect choice for a nippy winters morning. I didn’t much care for the Sunday surcharge though or for the fact that they don’t offer an all day lunch option

Super busy place but fast service for a table (thankfully). Staff were lovely and food was fresh and tasty with generous portions and value for money. Inside or outside seating, with or without sun…accommodates everyone!

Great coffee! We got the mocha and cappuccino, both of us which came with satisfying latte art. The cafe was spacious with plenty of seating available both indoors and outdoors.

Nice local cafe. Great brunch or lunch food, I had the porridge today which was lovely.