Picnick View Cafe

I’ve been coming here regularly, since moving to Westmead a month ago from the states. The coffee is amazing, which I’m ecstatic about, since this is the only real café I’ve been able to find in Westmead (except for the one in the hospital). The food I’ve had has seemed to be kind of hit-​or-​miss and is also kind of pricy, I feel, for what you’re actually getting. Also, the hours of this place are kind of frustrating. I have found it difficult to gauge exactly when they’ll be open, especially in the morning (no hours are posted and twice now I’ve arrived in the a.m. to discover it still closed) and they have strict breakfast hours and rigidly stop serving lunch at 3. I once arrived for lunch at 2:40 on a Saturday, desperate to eat as I had just finished work at the hospital and there is really nowhere else open close by, and they rushed me to place my order, and only allowed me only a very limited option to choose from, as the kitchen was «already closed.»

We moved to Westmead mid last year and while the parramatta café strip is only a stones throw away, it’s still a bit too far for a hungover stroll on a Saturday or Sunday morning. A few times I have driven past picnick view, looking lovingly upon the inside which is decorated like your great aunts lounge room and wondered if the campos sign is for real or just misleading.
While I haven’t as yet eaten here (the food looks and smells delicious) I’m currently up to my third coffee in one sitting. They make a divine soy latte. The staff are lovely and the coffee the best you’ll get out west. It’s a little bit of hipster in the western suburbs and I love it.
Will come back on a weekend for breakfast & let you know how the food is!