Carmel’s Cafe Bar And Grill

Amazing service and food is always amazing.

Was a great meal but worried when finding 2 whole peanuts in a kids Spaghetti with no pre warning about penuts. Lucky there not allergic people with allergies just be careful. Apart from that Great food and warm atmosphere. Would go back

Got takeaway from Carmel’s last night. Despite being obviously flustered as it was a very busy day, making a the staff were quick and courteous.
Purchased the American style ribs and chicken wings. Words cannot describe how amazing these were. Definitely going to have to come back for a sit in dinner.

Wow — all I can say is wow!
It took us a while to visit Carmel’s Café Bar And Grill, mainly because I remember this place when it was the magnificent silver service restaurant Limeburners, then Awganix. I pine for those restaurants, especially the former … but I digress ;)
Carmel’s is a more informal affair, but the food is magnificent — I’m not using that word lightly either! We started with warm house-​made bread served with olive oil, olives and dukkah — absolutely delicious.
For main I ordered the Kansas Style slow smoked red gum ‘Pulled Pork’ — here’s the description: ‘Smoked over red gum for hours, served with a fennel, apple & mixed nut slaw, cheese and spring onion potatoes and a fluffy buttered roll. A sure favourite!‘
Oh yes, I’m already dreaming of when I can have this again — the pork just fell apart when I skewered it with my fork, and had a spiciness which wasn’t too overpowering, but gave it a bit of a kick. I’m not normally a coleslaw person, but this was delicious — the potatoes served under the pork were an unexpected treat! This meal was seriously mouth-​watering — and only $ 26! The serves are enormous (I think they are competing with The Barn next door), and way too much for me … but I made a valiant effort, and made sure I ate all that pork!
My partner had Dave’s American Pork Ribs — dunno who Dave is, but he sure knows how to cook ribs — yummy!
This is definitely not a place to take vegetarians — there are a few token veg menu items, but the meat is definitely the star of this place.
I would have given Carmel’s 5 stars — but there was a very loud table of 12 seated right next to us, and they were so loud and obnoxious that we couldn’t really have a conversation between ourselves. I noticed that there was a separate room nearby, and think that the staff should have moved them into there so the rest of us could enjoy our meals in peace.
Apart from that, I am very much looking forward to coming here again and sampling more menu items … that’s if I can get away from that amazing pulled pork … hmmmm … ;)