My Mistress Cafe

Clayfield has taken a mistress. She has an on-​trend fit out, an all day breakfast menu and coffee to bring home a trifecta of café staples. Visiting My Mistress Café, on their second day of trade no less, was calming despite their location adjacent to busy Sandgate Road. But with cafes a dime a dozen in Brisneyland what makes this one stand out? Good question so I wrote you a list:
+ A simple, no nonsense menu that carries through from breakfast to lunch. All your staple café items are there and I’m eager to head back after hearing one of the staff mention she loves to order the banana bread with a side of bacon and maple syrup.
+ It’s spacious with plenty of seating for groups.
+ There’s minimal wankery. It’s a café, doing great café food, solid cups of coffee and that’s it. Sure, they’ve included the super trendy Acai bowl but we’ll give them that. Superfoods, YOLO.
+ There’s plenty of street parking making it easy to get to without trudging on public transport
+ The staff are darlings and even though it was evident they were still finding their feet my order was on the table in front of me without delay.
TL; DR: Brisbane’s suburban expansion continues into 2015. This is another worthy contender for you to cross the river /​leave the CBD /​make an effort to dine at.

Despite a very busy & challenging opening day of trading, My Mistress café still delivered a satisfying all day breakfast menu, well brewed Genovese coffee & refreshing choose-​your-​own juices (perfect for such a hot day).
In the face of extreme humidity & an overwhelming number of new customers, the staff at My Mistress, handled themselves well. Sure, there were some long wait times & perhaps more tables or seating required but this will improve over time & a little patience from the general public will go a long way, in these first few days.
We liked that the all day breakfast menu is a nice & simple offering with something for everybody. Including gluten free, & other dietary requirements available in request. They also make fresh baked goodies in house daily.
Fittingly, My Mistress aptly categorises the menu as «Cheeky Flings» (for the simpler Toast, Fruit Loafs & Acai bowls $ 5-​$ 10), «Main Affairs» (for the more substantial items $ 12-​$ 18), & «On the side», for more extras like mushrooms, bacon, feta etc ($ 4.50).
We had the:
(1) Eggs Marilyn (organic caramelised onion & caraway rye, free range fried eggs, margaret river smoked ham, wilted spinach topped with creamy hollandaise sauce $ 17)
(2) Eggs Monica (free range scrambled eggs on a corn zucchini fritter, blistered cherry tomatoes & a seasoned avocado smash $ 17)
(3) Head Mistress (Baked free range eggs with house made spicy beans, sour cream & cheesy bread $ 18) plus extra chorizos.
(4) Orange, pineapple, apple & ginger juice. ($ 6.50)
All our dishes were delicious, & were very filling! Looking forward to coming back again soon, perhaps in a few months time to see how things have progressed since opening.