Bivouac has two small tables on the street, a large main room and a smaller room towards the back. The café is adorned with artwork - it features different work every month. I like the grass beards! We grabbed a table near the back of the café and ordered our coffees - a soy flat white and a soy long macc. Bivouac do a great job with their coffees, and they are delicious! We waited in anticipation for our meals, hoping they would be as good as the coffee!
Bivouac have four breakfast choices on the menu, so I'm just going to go and list them all:
- Gypsy Baked Eggs - chorizo, potato, red pepper ragú, simmered egg & toasted sourdough ($15.50)
- Salute the Sun - avocado, ricotta & lemon on sourdough ($9.90)
- The Revolution - french toasted brioche, citrus ricotta, strawberries & pistachio ($14.90)
- Canteen Tray - grilled italian sausage, baked beans, scrambled eggs, toasted sourdough ($15.50)
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| Ross' meal - Gypsy Baked Eggs |
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| Renee's meal - Canteen Tray |
Both dishes looked good and we eagerly jumped in. I was looking forward to the baked eggs, but unfortunately it didn't taste near as good as it looked. The potatoes were undercooked and hard, and the ragú lacked flavour. Renee's Canteen Tray came with baked beans, scrambled eggs and Italian sausages. The beans, according to Renee, were too sweet. The scrambled eggs were cooked well but lacked pizzaz. The sausages surprised Renee the most; we are used to spicy Italian sausages served in other places, but the sausages on the Canteen Tray were not spicy. They were more like barbecue sausages.
We were disappointed with our breakfasts. That's not enough to deter us having good food, so to finish off we had some baklava ($6). It was outstanding! It was fresh, full of nuts and spices and rolled with honey. Noone told me I wasn't supposed to eat the clove on top of the baklava, but it still tasted good!
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| baklava |
The Verdict:
Coffee 4/5
Eggs (the meal!) 2.5/5
Service 3.5/5
Atmosphere 4/5
Total 14/20
Baby T's score: 3.5/5 (Heck, Tallulah loves everywhere!)
Would we go again: We returned with friends for breakfast, and confirmed that the breakfast meals aren't that great! The dinners here look good though, and we think Bivouac would be great evening occasions!
Website: http://bivouac.com.au/
Coffee 4/5
Eggs (the meal!) 2.5/5
Service 3.5/5
Atmosphere 4/5
Total 14/20
Baby T's score: 3.5/5 (Heck, Tallulah loves everywhere!)
Would we go again: We returned with friends for breakfast, and confirmed that the breakfast meals aren't that great! The dinners here look good though, and we think Bivouac would be great evening occasions!
Website: http://bivouac.com.au/
