The Vintage Secret Garden

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.

Such a beautiful spot, service was good , food was beautiful only down fall was our vegetarian breakfast was cold but still taste good

The place and ambience looks lovely and they serve decent portions. Coffee was fine and serving time also was decent. Overall it’s a nice place to sit , relax and have your meal with a true country feeling

The dessert was very dry and bland not worth $17 each hot chai latte came in a milk shake glass instead of a nice latte glass mug Food very average

Great place for family and friends catch up, close to Fagan park

You had one wait staff for the entire restaurant with customers knocking on doors and screaming for service. Your chef was not at the restaurant at 9.20am and as a result we had to leave.

Delicious food and good service. It would have been better if the fire places had been in use . It was a bit chilly in the room.

The service was slow as they were busier than prepared for The food and presentation was very ordinary The staff were pleasant just to busy.

Setting and good were great. Wait time was too long. Not the first time I’ve had this experience here.

Beautiful food, great service everyone there are kind and a fantastic atmosphere.

One of the best Cafes with beautiful Food & view

Came here for first time for my birthday with family of 4. The surrounds are magical & staff quick to take your orders. The food was fine but a bit overpriced. The time for orders to come out was quite long. 3 out of 4 had finished lunch whilst the last person for lamb was delayed. They were fully booked so slot of pressure I guess. Maybe midweek would be better.

We had a birthday lunch with my partner and parents. It was a cool day and as the fire was not on we were offered lovely warm knee blankets which were fabulous. We brought a handmade cake with us and the staff kindly put decorations and candles on it and played happy birthday music. Terrific atmosphere, food and service. A delightful time was had by all.

Quality of food needs to improve. Pizza was too salty and Creme Broulee came out of a tin

Service sub-standard, food quality abysmal. Over priced food for what was served up. Been here before and experienced what it can be - today was worse than the worst experience of food court food.

Disappointed with the menu because they are only doing “short menu”, so there’s really not much option to order. I wish they advised about this when I made the booking. Also the surcharge is pretty high.

Every time I drove pass the roundabout; I could see there is always crowed with people. I was always thought to try it one day. I had chance to visit last Sunday. But overall experience was not very pleasant. First the table I reserved was between other two tables already with customers sitting in, we had to move table and chair by ourselves so we can sit down and feels very squashed while we are eating. Secondly, we ordered rib eye steak as medium rare, but the steak served was like raw. We end up wasting the steak which we already paid for it. This is first time I had meduim rare steak like this in Australian for last 23 years.

I came with my family, staff were helpful and friendly. Food was great. We all enjoyed the beautiful gardens

Very enjoyable. Not rushed. Will be returning. Great place for lunch with friends.

We loved it! Will definitely return back soon. Lovely atmosphere

Loved the experience great staff, great atmosphere, will be back

i fibd it a pain in the butt tohave to go through a 3rd party to book a table and then get marketing bs afterwards...

Visited for brunch on a Sunday and enjoyed the atmosphere and food. We sat outside so it was not noisy. It is noisy inside. Staff were very friendly and helpful. The only minus is the length of time taken to prepare and serve meal. We were not in a hurry so it was not a great problem but if limited for time would be very frustrating. We have been several times so knew what to expect and would go again.

lovely staff and great food, will definitely come again .

Was very busy when we arrived. There were 9 of us at the table ( including 1 child). We were given 2 menus. Waiter took our drinks & entree order. Drinks were slow and had to ask for a milkshake for the child 4 times. On the last time the waitress told us the preset was not entered. We waited for 49mins for 3 remaining pasta orders after the rest of us had eaten. No waiters or waitresses came back to clean up or ask if if we wanted dessert. The waiter at the beginning told us we could order by scanning the at code. Not much served ( salad & steak ) for the price. Very disappointed with the service today .

appalling - long waits for food and drinks, average food and bad customer service - we will not go back

Flawless except the coffee I ordered to be served in 10 minutes time as I was still finishing my cold drink did not arrive. I didn't pursue and we decided to finish our leisurely 2 hour lunch. The atmosphere, prompt service, and the quality and variety of the meal options were very enjoyable.

A really nice atmosphere and friendly staff. Unfortunately my food (bacon, eggs and toast) arrived cold.

Had a beautiful lunch in a peaceful atmosphere which was enjoyable.

A bit noisy inside but tables were not close so not a real problem

It is such a pretty setting, the wait staff were good and the food was served quickly and was delicious .

Great food service and ambience. The big breakfast with zatar is so good!

Mix up with the wine which was odd but everything else was great. Ordered a bottle, got 2 glasses, sent them back and got the bottle, poured it but turned out it was the wrong wine completely (had run out of what we ordered) so sent that back. Had to wait another 15-20 minutes for the correct bottle.

I ordered prawn pasta and it was extremely oily .Food was not fresh. My stomach became upset straight away

Nice place, hidden away & good food - would revisit and checkout the garden centre next door