We would like to thank the staff of Goldeluck's for serving us great pastries and fresh bread daily…read moreand there exceptional customer service throughout the many years. We will miss Ming and his family and wish them all the best on there future endeavours. P.S - to the new owners we have high expectations for you to keep the quality of the baked goods. Also, it would be great if you introduced senior discounts for pensioners and help the comunity. Its difficult finding a good local bakery nowadays. Marg

Food was ok but service was average . Waiter didn't seem to want to be there , brought cutlery out…read moreonly after meal was served and long wait for order . Burger and Smashed Avo probably won't re visit .

I LOVE this place. Coffee is great and the tea range exceptional. Food is great quality, with…read moretrendy offerings that cater for everyone including vegans, allergies and healthy types. Activity packs available for kids, toilets have a change table and seating arrangements include couches, tables for two or four & communal dining with bench seats or bar stools. My only little bugbear is that they have Thankyou branded soap bottles in the bathrooms and have refilled them with cheap soap... Which kind of flies in the face of the Thankyou brand. Other than that, it's awesome, by far the best cafe in the area and even better than its sister restaurant 'Kofi Bean' in the Main Street. Love it.

Beautifully presented food that tasted great. I had the Caesar salad, and really enjoyed the…read morebalance of salty bacon and crunchy, bitter cos lettuce bound together with creamy dressing and just a hint of anchovy. Will definitely return to sample some more of the menu, as they had some beautiful sounding items such as cinnamon pancakes. The coffee was genovese. They were quite proud of genovese's Melbourne heritage; I just wish they would have a look at some of the amazing boutique roasters we have available in Melbourne that are among the best in the world. Tea on offer from T2 and yarra valley tea co. Included the normal offerings of herbals and "English breakfast" etc. The room was fairly small, but well lit. The staff were friendly without being cloying. The place got very full at lunch time, but the staff managed nicely. All up, the food is worth returning for, but if you want great tea or coffee, you will have to travel further towards the city than croydon.

I thoroughly enjoyed this place. Even though it is in the suburbs it has a bit of a city feel…read more While there was not anything vegan - they did have several vegetarian dishes. Their coffee (soy latte) was one of the better ones I've had. :) The staff was very nice and friendly. I will be going back!

The pizza's here are great if u have to eat on the run. and so are the little hotdogs in buns. they…read morenow have big hotdogs in buns aswell. Bakers delight is a big chain company but the are very consistent from store to store. The staff are always friendly and they have little samples you can try for free :) They have you covered from bread and rolls to sweet pastries and all taste great. They are normally located next to Coles supermarkets or inside shopping centres

A smaller Coles supermarket than most. So it has a limited variety of products. But it is still a…read moregood supermarket and has some good shops next to it. So you can get most products you need

It's getting hard to find a good butcher shop. Having to compete with supermarkets has driven a…read morelot out of the business over the last decade or two. And given that these days, we seem to have very little time to do our shopping, it shouldn't be a surprise. However, a few years ago I rediscovered the butcher shop in Kerrie Road, Glen Waverley. I'd been watching a lot of cooking shows and decided that I'd try and cook with meat you don't have to unwrap from a plastic tub. One of the best things I ever did. The quality of the meats on offer is fantastic. The chicken breasts taste like chicken, not cardboard. The steaks are tender and they don't look dry and horrid like you find in supermarkets. The service is excellent. The staff are really friendly, always up for a chat, and if you're stuck for an idea of what to cook, they'll have a suggestion or two.

Kerrie Rd Butcher is just what you'd expect from a local butcher:…read more Fresh produce, Super friendly staff who actually remember your name and ask about your day, and staff who really want you to have a good experience. If I buy chicken Kievs, the guy tells me the best way to cook them (I never knew for best results I should just wrap them in oiled foil). You might pay a few cents extra than safeway, but it's worth it.

Beautiful café, but the food was a let-down. Paid $40 for two poached eggs with bacon--eggs were…read moreovercooked, bacon tasted odd, and the bread was rock-hard and obviously frozen. Serving this in such a stylish place is pretty disappointing. No butter on the toast, either. Desserts were decent, but for the price and presentation, the basics should be much better. Wouldn't come back for breakfast.

First impression is the speakers mounted above the door to entertain those that sit at the tables…read moreout the front. A bit loud and not great sound quality so head inside, ah, that's better. TV on wall showing music videos but the customers don't seem interested in it. The place certainly looks clean and inviting in a slightly cramped clinical sort of way. The tables are small but should comfortably fit four adults but not much wiggle room around them would really limit you to three I think. The mug of Flat White is a good size and is nice and hot with a good flavour, the chai latte tastes nice but having never tried it before, I have no reference to compare it to. Certainly nice enough for me to try again. There are a plethora of items to choose from to eat. I had a delicious roast beef and salad with cheese and lovely mustard with my choice of roll, a great combination of flavours and textures. The tandoori wrap was a delight but bordered on the edge of being to hot. Then you cast your eye over a sheer symphony of delightful desserts, a masterpiece of items to get your taste buds jumping up and down with delicious anticipation. How do you decide from such a selection, can you stop at just one or do you flee to save that waist line you've sacrificed so much for. Of course you get a couple of things promising yourself to work that bit harder next time at the Gym. Enjoy, it's the little pleasures in life that add up you know. So, will I drag myself reluctantly back here. You better believe it, especially now I can afford it since cancelling that pesky gym membership. Oh oh, there goes that waist line Back to reality for a moment, there were two uninvited guests at my table today, a legacy of the open door policy, Mr Mozzy and Mrs Blowy. Other than that, a really nice little place with very friendly staff and reasonable prices. Enjoy.

Well, we went for a bit more of a wander to find some more places to have a coffee, though my mate…read moreisn't a huge coffee drinker, at least when he isn't at home. We decided to come here, and I must say that I was pretty impressed. The coffee was actually pretty good, and the service wasn't all that bad either. I ended up only having a coffee, namely because there didn't seem to be much space to sit down inside, with restrictions and all, but it was still a pretty good place to check out.

VINTAGE AND RETRO BOOKS (At home feel) SEPT 23RD 2016 1:30PM…read more I once knew a collector back in the US that had a vast majority of vintage books from a long time ago till now. All of which were printed with a very stiff cover and harboured a glosses illustrated tint to them. Some of you reading this might recall such examples like Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys or Jack London's "Call of the Wild" the first fascination to me was the menus in Batches, as they took vintage. Retro styled books and pasted the menu inside them. Curiously, one might be compelled to even start reading them. But its all together a magnificent intrigue of it own and adds character too Batches. There is a sparkling celery tonic drink in the non-alcoholic category of the menu. And as my close friend had remarked its rather refreshing and not too sweet. She would recommend it! She recommends the dish she had also as just and perfect for anytime hunger. Poached eggs over Hash. My dish was the scrambled eggs with sourdough toast And side of spicy baked beans! I have to admit I looked at the other tips and reviews of this place and they were right about getting an egg plate if your not sure cause it was soo filling. And soo perfect for the appitite I did have. One thing that took the .5 away from them was the size of my iced coffee. I'd rather not get into too much detail, but a mouse wouldn't be satisfied with that either... (Sorry no picture of it cause it was that embarrassing) Although I must admit; Prior to receiving the drink at my table I thought it great the server asked if I wanted it over ice cream or just milk. Most places I've already been to here in Melbourne assume- ice cream unless you say otherwise. If it was taller and little larger then a water glass then I would have given them full 5stars. The novelty of Batches is its "homestead" feel and a go to Grandma's home and read book feel!! Get full and come back again! Loved it!!