Their flat white is so creamy and its coffee bean is not acidic, which is my fav. The best thing is its Lemon Meringue. The crust is chewy and bake to perfection with a hint of caramel flavour. The lemon base does not carry artificial kind of sourness that gives you goosebump and wanna swallow it with gulp of water. PERFECT! A must try!
Tony V.
Place rating: 4 Sydney, Australia
Have been here numerous times, always had friendly service and good food at a reasonable price
Jo A.
Place rating: 3 Australia
Nice view of Darling Harbour with nice food and a lovely iced tea. For entrée I got pork belly and scallops in an Apple type sauce and it was lovely. My friend had the duck spring rolls with a nice sauce and they were quite good. Main course was gnocchi for me and it was nice but nothing spectacular. Friend had steak sandwich which was ok. It’s a shame the main meal didn’t live up to the entrees and iced tea though.
Rex U.
Place rating: 2 Sydney, Australia
This place is ok for tourists that want a view of darling harbour, but I found the service quite bad and the food was sort of average. It’s ok if you can’t get a table at one of the other many restaurants in the area. Not a fan.
Jonathan H.
Place rating: 2 San Diego, CA
Ordered a café latte and it was lukewarm. Scones weren’t fresh and the jam provided on the side was hard to spread. Overall a below average experience at a café.
Stephen D.
Place rating: 5 Adelaide, Australia
The is a very nice and relaxing restaurant in the hustle and bustle of the Harborside Centre in Darling Harbour. The service is fast and pleasant. The food is well presented and very tasty. The prices are also very reasonable. Always keep an eye out of the specials board as the specials are in fact special. Desserts are wonderful and the coffee is a delight.
Glen R.
Place rating: 1 Cowandilla, Australia
Went here a few years ago and didn’t have a great experience. Walking past again today and they were the only ones with free tables, let’s just say I now know why. Having decided to give them a second chance I’ve now learnt my lesson. Service is amongst the worst I’ve seen, food is average and wine list is almost non existent.
Alice T.
Place rating: 3 Sydney, Australia
One of the good things about visiting Harbourside is that you don’t have to look at it. Instead you can pull up a chair and gaze over Darling Harbour to the much more sightly Cockle Bay. This is one of the appeals of the Festival Café. And while I haven’t quite grasped the relevance of the name(?), this has been both a convenient breakfast spot, as well as a coffee-and-cake destination late one evening. Our breakfast was hot and tasty(poached eggs, toast and fresh OJ) — though there was some snafu about whether or not we had ordered the blackboard special. The lemon meringue pie didn’t quite leave the same impression — it tasted more like cheesecake — but each visit was welcomed by friendly staff and good service. During our dessert run I also spied the café has a tapas menu. So it stands to reason that I’ll sign up for this Festival again.