I went in to get a takeaway chicken schnitzel burger and this is the second time I've had hair in…read moremy food, please sanitise and wear hair nets it's disgusting. They are also unreachable by phone or email.

We were walking in Newcastle and my husband needed a coffee break. Fortunately, there was no…read moreStarbucks around so we popped into My Baker, for a cappuccino and pecan tart. My husband said the cappuccino was real smooth, creamy, and piping hot. We shared the pecan tart which wasn't overly sweet, with a flaky crust, and full Pecans on the top. Definitely come back to this bakery!

Worth the trip Great choices, all fresh & well presented…read moreSuper clean shop, fitted out modern & funky Get ur dough on & get in there

Had a rocky road donut and a cap. Possibly the freshest donut I have ever eaten. Well presented…read morefood Friendly staff and good ambience. Also they a see-through window where you can see the production unit. Didn't get a chance to see that. Fresh donuts * Well presented food * Great ambience * Friendly staff * Clean and tidy, though the table was at was abit sticky. Half * for that

"chunky" steak pie is a very very broad concept to them I guess?…read more Blakeny's at Mayfield is better

Best. Pies. Ever. The pies here are definitely the best pies I've had. Delicious pastry and tasty…read moremeat fillings. You can't go wrong here!

I'm sure it's nice but they never have any stock when I go there…read more No I'm not waiting 20 minutes while you make more pies. Do a better job anticipating demand.

The negative reviews of this place are confusing! I've never…read morehad to wait more than a reasonable amount of time and the coffee has always been great. The bread and baked goods from here are incredible and the food is nice. At the moment we're not able to dine in so I feel as though I've not had a proper chance to try. The covid procedure is a bit of a pain in the butt, and to my mind it makes their internal procedures somethin for customers to navigate (having a baked goods order line and a food order line - I want both!) Hopefully they switch back to normal soon. But I can't fault the food, coffee and service :)

Best pies lovely food and friendly customer service I would highly recommend this shopread more

Walking into Hello Naomi, a self-proclaimed 'cake, cookie and cupcakes' cafe, I hand on my heart…read moreexpected coffee to be the after thought. The thing they thought they better serve for people to drink while eating cakes. I half expected a stock standard coffee roast to line the walls. How wrong was I!? My eyes lit up upon noticing the bag of coffee in the window was from Melbourne's Small Batch. A treat was indeed in store and I asked if they still had the beans running in the grinder. Our barista pointed to the almost gone beans in the grinder and said this was the last of it before they switch to some locally roasted blends. Okay. Sign us up. Two flat whites please. To be fair, I should have ordered a long black to get the best of these bean's flavour. But what makes this cup of coffee stand out against the cafes stark white walls, Scandinavian furniture and peach wash accents, is the man behind the machine. As he delivered our coffees he explained that they weren't the taste he'd prefer to serve. The water here, you see, is apparently "too clean" and this alters the flavour profile of the beans. Thankfully, he says, the milk somewhat masks the tartness present in the brew. This initial warning turns into a 20 minute conversation about coffee, his adventures in finding the right water for their coffee and his time living in Brisbane. Turns out that this is a surprisingly great spot for coffee- and you can have your cake and eat it too (but on this occasion I didn't although by the speed with which my partner devoured his salted caramel cupcake I'm guessing the same level of love, passion and care is put into their baking as is their coffee).

A gorgeous little bakery fit out, an absolutely magical place... until you walk in the door…read more There's no atmosphere, and the staff are very cold and stand-offish. Buying things in there is a genuinely uncomfortable experience. The in-store selection is very small, with around four things on offer each day. The cupcakes we chose were overwhelmed by buttercream, no matter what flavour they were meant to be. And they are significantly smaller than they were when Hello Naomi originally opened, though the prices have stayed the same. At Christmas, one iced biscuit was $7 for the smallest, simplest option - very sad when I only had five dollars on me! The honey-jumble biscuits (iced pink and white, similar to gingerbread) were nice, and the salted caramel and brownie sandwich is deliciously chocolatey, though buttercream again takes centerstage. Overall, a sweet-looking place that doesn't quite live up to the polished magic of the shop window and fit-out.

A quite and gentle experience tucked away in a 1/2 residential 1/2 industrial street. A beautiful…read morearray of sweet and savory pastries, what a joy to experience the skill and expertise of a artisan bakery in amongst a cottage garden landscape. Coffee was fine but never quite as good in a paper cup. A hidden gem we will be sure to visit again.

This is one of the reasons that I shouldn't skip cafes that offer breakfast in the hope of finding…read moreone that is better. Well, it came down to this one, and honestly, this one was nowhere near better than the previous I had visited. In a way, the breakfast options were limited, and not really what I was looking for, though I decided that since I was hungry I would make a choice nonetheless. The service was okay, but I found the tea to be a little too strong. It really isn't one that I'd be hurrying back to any time soon.

This was the best meal I had in Newcastle, and it was only a brunch. But hey, smashed avo is the…read moregreatest thing ever, particularly when it's gussied up with some fancy herbs and fancy toast and a good crank of rock salt that sucks into the green mess and jazzes it up like a saxophone welded to the place where your arm is meant to go. Bonus points to the old beardy fella busking across the road. Dude was singing the blues like his dog ran away and his wife just left with his best friend and all he had left was his guitar and a pocket full of stories. Also next door there's a donut place where you can get maple bacon and nutella donuts for a cheeky dee-zert after coffee and toast. That never hurts.