Cafe Mondello

Went twice for breakfast last month. Great food, coffee and service.

Best breakfast EVER! The menu is exceptional — very creative and executed to perfection. And they have incredible fresh squeezed orange juice which I always look for. The wait was longish but its a small café and they were extremely busy BUT it was SO WORTH IT. I highly recommend this place.

Café Mondello was recommended to us by a fellow Café owner in Launceston. The friendly baristas apologised for not having any hot food and said to come here. We were warned that they don’t have a lot of seating and that if it was full that the café next door was also good.
We managed to grab a table outside which was great as we got to enjoy the beautiful weather. The barista who had sent us here had actually jumped in the car and got her family a table… which was funny, but a sign that the food must be good.
The coffee’s here were great. My Cappuccino ($ 4) was gone before the food came out. and since it was the second for the morning I thought I’d not push onto the third. My friend had a Soy Chai Latte ($ 4.50).
I ordered the Eggs Benedict ($ 18.50) but asked to have Bacon instead of Ham (a frequent and easy request). The Eggs Benny was very good (see photo). The Poached egg was cooked just right (the yolk was only slightly set and the majority was runny). I enjoyed my meal and remembered thinking the portions of bacon were slightly more than what I would have expected. They could either drop the amount of bacon down a bit or add in a third Egg… I would say third egg because that’s how I roll.
The missus had the Corn Fritters ($ 23), which were very good. I got a bite and they were crunchy on the outside yet light on the inside.
One friend had The Smashed Avocado ($ 19), Add Tomato ($ 3), Add Bacon ($ 4.50) and the other had the Eggs & Bacon ($ 15.50), Add Relish ($ 2), Add Mushrooms ($ 4.50).
Fresh OJ ($ 6.50) was recommended by a few people and whilst I didn’t get to try any… it seemed to disappear quite quickly.
After complaining that there weren’t any good café’s for breakfast/​brunch in Launceston I can now highly recommend coming to Charles Street and stopping in here… will be back, great food!

Good coffee, freshly squeezed juices and all day breakfast. Sit out the front and soak up the sun.
Great spot for people watching.