The Vintage Secret Garden

Everything was delightful - ambience, food, service. The weather was perfect and so was the Secret Garden. Thankyou.

Unfortunately, our breakfast experience this morning was quite disappointing. The service was very slow from the moment our orders were taken to when the food finally arrived. Food and drinks came out in no particular order and at very different times, which made it difficult to enjoy our meal together. Two of our orders were incorrect, and we had to ask multiple times for basic items like butter, milk, and sauce. At one point, we even had to go inside to get the sauce ourselves. What stood out most was that no apology was offered at any point for the inconvenience. While the food itself tasted nice, it was cold by the time it reached us, which really affected the overall experience. I’m giving this feedback because we had a similar experience the last time we visited. Back then, we gave the benefit of the doubt as the place was extremely busy. However, today was very quiet, and yet the same issues occurred—which was disappointing and harder to overlook

The food is great quality, big servings. Service is poor.

The place is beautiful and a local favourite. Only issue is with coffee arriving well after we had finished eating. When they were served they were the wrong size (ordered large and received small). Was happy to just have my coffee and the lovely server apologized and said he would change the order a d remove them from our bill as a sorry. When we paid they were still on our bill.

Slow service Waited 40 min for drinks and over an hour for food Chicken burger was dry Table water had funny taste Beer was off Really poor service

Waited long for food n service, unfriendly staff. Requires improvement.

Pretty place but the food is very average. Over priced for what you get and description in menu does not match what you receive at all. Haven’t been for a few years to this local restaurant and it has obviously changed hands. We do not recommend especially when they charge a weekend surcharge!!! We will not be returning anytime soon. Much better restaurant across the road that meets my family’s expectations.

The food was great but the only downside was the service. Staff are very nice and friendly but just not attentive enough regarding speed of drinks and clearing plates etc..if that was fixed it would have been superb!

Thanks for a delicious meal, super lovely waitrons and service. However table nbr 25 was seated in a position with none of the magical charm I had hoped for and seen on your socials. It was our first time, so next time I’ll know to ask for seating in the outdoor area where fountain is situated 😊

Pretty location but average food you could find in any cafe. Just paying higher prices for the venue. Think I will stick to my cheaper local cafe next time

The ambiance is beautiful and staff is super fabulous, served food so quickly. Such a joyful experience.

Beautiful atmosphere and water features, staff friendly and food good.

Lovely spot, nice atmosphere. Love the decor and the plants

Great atmosphere, great service and extensive menu of tasty food.

A beautiful setting. Unfortunately it was 40 degrees and even though we sat inside in the air con, it was still uncomfortably warm. The food was lovely and reasonably priced and service was friendly. I would certainly revisit, on a better day, so we can sit outside and enjoy the glorious gardens.

Excellent food, place & host. Must visit for yummy food & desserts. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Beautiful location. Amazing food. Friendly service. Had a really enjoyable meal, will be coming again soon

Love the overall ambience and the facade along with cafe style food

We booked for high tea for 4 ppl , 1030am when we arrived the staff said they don’t have booking for us even thou I showed proof of my confirmation email reservation. We could not do high tea so the guests I was with were very disappointed and I was embarrassed

Enjoyed our evening in a beautiful, quiet restaurant. Thank you

Delicious food and staff were very attentive, we’ll definitely be back!

Very poor and slow service. The staff need more training.

The Vintage Pantry is a lovely haven with attentive staff and great food.

Lovely visit, the grounds were beautiful and the food delicious. The only exception to a lovely dinng experience was the day 's manager (his name may have been Josh) for dressing down a staff a female staff member on the back veranda at the top of the stairs for all to see and hear. As an HR Advisor & former long time business owner i felt this was very inappropriate behaviour from the manager and quiety suggested to him that although such conversations are often required, such conversations should be held in private & away from customers view and ear shot, when i was on my way inside to pay. Return from inside back to veranda to grab my table number and there he was in the exact same spot telling the story to another staff member within earshot to all with a recount of the situation. Poor lady that was origionally spoken to was reduced to tears. Maybe the days manager could benefit from HR training in how to manage staff, before good staff that are hard to find are lost. Kindest regards Kim

New to the area! Absolutely loved our Breakfast. Can’t wait to come again for lunch/dinner

Lovely food and nice ambience , Friendly staff too 😊

Staff were so helpful & professional. Food was fantastic & service wonderful. Many thanks to George for his assistance in organising seating arrangements for our wheelchair bound party member. Would highly recommend.

The food was fantastic, and the surprise happy birthday song was amazing

Our lunch today was delicious beautifully presented plus smiling staff, thank you everyone 👍

Lovely ambience. Food was delicious and a good size serving. Staff were friendly & accommodating.

Amazing setting and food was good too. Service staff was very kind

Good food, great little spot for breakfast with the family.

Peppermint tea was cold, two meals did not arrive at the same time and had to remind the staff twice about the missing meal. Poached eggs on eggs Benedict were stone cold. Very disappointing. Will not be returning.

A bit disappointing actually, given that it is such a nice place to come. I had not been on here for probably a year to year and half and it has changed a lot. Ordered drinks and it took around 30 minutes for two beers to come, even after asking a few times. I usually order the linguine del mare and boy it was so bland, overcooked pasta one prawn and a few pieces of salmon tossed in, so disappointing. We stayed for dessert and they brought them in without cleaning up the table so it was quite messy by the end and by the looks of the other tables around us none of them were cleaned up either so you have a beautiful place with untidy tables so not so nice. 😑 maybe my last time there as per last visit I will likely not come back here again.

Generous and very tasty mains. Good service and fabulous desserts

Customer service was excellent, food excellent , Will definitely go again

Beautiful place and ambience! The food was outstanding and tasty!

We went there for Father’s Day lunch with a reservation. The reservation was made for sitting outside and card details were also taken. However, upon arrival we were denied being seated outside eventhough there were empty tables. When we asked, we were told that the table allocations were random and that the tables outside have been reserved and we weren't in the lucky list. To add to this awful start, the food took like 1 hour to arrive. We took lamb ragu pasta dish and Greek style lamb plate. What a disaster. The meat was so tough in both the dishes and so unflavourful. Pasta was overcooked and not fresh. The tomatoes in the salad was almost whole (unevenly cut), feta was a ball, the skewer came with the steel rod. You can tell that they have been cooked by part time non-familiar chefs - who have no idea about Italian or Greek style cooking. We also took fried calamari – which was ok but the fries were over cooked. You can easily tell because the fries on the Greek lamb plate were golden, and the calamari plate were almost brown. This joint seems like it is run by Indians who are better off cooking what they are most familiar with or train their staff to deliver to the authentic quality for the price they are seeking for. Terrible experience for this overpriced and horrible joint! The drinks were decent. All the 5-star reviews should have been either by discount or paid! Not visiting again..

Waited long for waiters to take orders. Food arrived late. Service isn't that great.

Food was great and service was much faster than previous visits. Thanks for improving the service experience.

I have been going to the Vintage Pantry for 10+ years. The service today was very slow and I was disappointed by the 10% weekend surcharge. It’s one thing to have a surcharge for a public holiday but not on a normal weekend.

Beautiful setting with very friendly staff. Food was amazing and reasonably priced.

Long waiting time for the food… and with disappointed taste :((((((

Today's meal and service was vastly different to past experiences (has there been a change in management?). Service was slow, coffee's came out long after breakfast was served. Eggs were cold on top of spinach leaves (not even sautéed) on a slice of toast. Definitely not worth it!

Sorry to say that my lunch( veggie burger) was bland and tasteless. Straight out a packet! The chips were great , but the burger was so uncreative. This place has gone downhill. Service was hardly existent, apart from taking the order; no interaction at all . Will not be rushing back !

While we had a pleasant time at Vintage, it was very busy and rushed in the restaurant, and some very large events were underway. Our table was in front of the open bar and the main thoroughfare of staff and customers, and the air of rushed panic from the staff trying to fill so many orders was quite distressing. I can only imagine what the kitchen was like! Staff were attentive and timely, almost whisking our plates off the table as soon as our cutlery was put down, and we were very aware that our time at the table was limited. You could feel their stress was through the roof, juggling so many demands. There needs to be more staff (weekend) so that the ones on shift can actually serve without running, and diners don't feel bad about asking for the things they need. I actually helped myself to water, a takeaway cup, and milk for our tea. We did have a pleasant visit, but being seated inside at a corner table behind a wall (we had asked for outside) meant we only experienced the busy kitchen and seeing the owner desperately trying to keep a lid on the busyness, managing tables and juggling events. Maybe hiring more staff for busy weekend days would help? Also, please don't burn scented candles - the ambiance was lovely but the heavy perfume and wax smell made us feel sick and headachy in the closed indoor room.

Extremely disappointed across all areas of service! Main meals were served within 10-15 minutes of each other, so we did not eat together. Drinks were the same! We had to ask where theywere!!! We traveled from the Central Coast to experience the atmosphere, service and amazing food that’s expressed across all media platforms! Both Desserts were inedible and sent back! Service! What service? They have no idea what a jus or salad dressing is! If you consider sweet chilli sauce from a bottle that you dip chips etc into, a salad dressing then you have no culinary knowledge! $110.00 could have been better spent at a take away venue! ☹️

Place is fantastic, good food and great service. Should visit

Asked for the drinks to be served with the breakfast. They forgot about them. When they came and had no milk again asked for milk and it never arrived had to go back to get .

Venue was very good. Food was fantastic. Service was very satisfactory.