Cafe D’Vine

Café D’Vine’s website gives the impression that it is situated in a winery setting although in reality there’s not much greenery in sight as it’s actually located next to a Shell service station. We went for breakfast on a Saturday morning and it was very quiet (there was only one other couple there) — apparently Sunday is their busy breakfast day. It’s larger inside than I was expecting and the table settings were clean and functional, although nothing fancy.
Momentarily losing control of my faculties, I ordered a cappuccino to start. The coffee underneath the three inches of foam was surprisingly drinkable. Verdict: I’ve had worse.
I ordered «The Lot» with steak, lamb cutlet (not listed on the menu), sausage, bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomato, baked beans and toast ($ 19.50). Unfortunately it wasn’t particularly good — the eggs were very rubbery and the steak was inedibly tough. The beans were nice.
Renay should have ordered the «Vegetarian Plate» with eggs, mushrooms, spinach, tomato, baked beans and toast ($ 15.50) but didn’t read the menu properly and ended up with the savoury scrambled eggs with spinach, mushroom, tomato, onion, cheese and toast ($ 12.50). She wasn’t a big fan of this dish, but blames herself for ordering the wrong thing. I tasted it, and it was very salty.
Other breakfast items include pancakes with berries, maple syrup and fresh cream ($ 12.50), toasted muesli with vanilla yoghurt and berries ($ 12.50) and ham or salmon Benedict ($ 15.50). There’s also a kids menu.
I should point out that the service was friendly and prompt, our meals arrived quickly and the portion sizes were decent, but — and I hate sounding like a snob — we’re used to eating better food in nicer places than this. This is definitely one for the locals, and whatever regulars there may be. For anyone coming into the area, there are much better places to eat less than ten minutes away.

I cant fault anything, the food is great, the service very friendly and the owner has a great sense of humour, a bit of a wait for the food but it’s well worth it, kids are wellcome and the prices are more than fair for the amount of food you get.