Restaurants
Parkers Cafe
Open today
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
79 Parkers Rd
Parkdale, VIC, 3195
A local fave. Sunday brunches at Parkers cant get any better. Whether youre after a sweet or savoury option the team here have nailed it. I love how the staff remember my name and my partners coffee order. This makes you a repeat and refferal customer. Definitely try the Nutella Hotcakes, but I do recommend sharing, it is quite deliciously rich.
We have been coming to Parkers for 6 years and the food and coffee have never let us down. The service is exceptionally friendly and the staff are fantastic. They have a well oiled machine and do a great job, particularly for their regular customers. Highly recommend it.
If you are looking for a cafe which services the local shopping strip, then Parkers Cafe is convenient enough and the coffee is reasonably good, ... although I have certainly had better. The location is nothing special - situated on a busy corner in Parkdale, across the road from the railway station. There is plenty of seating outdoors, but for the most part I fail to see anything particularly special in that, given the average location and railway noise-pollution. The cafe/staff seem to pride themselves on a laid-back feel, - but one has to wonder where laid back crosses a line and becomes slow, and unprofessional. Whilst staff were friendly enough with me, I did witness another couple being spoken to quite rudely. The waiter, (I think/hope), was trying to be funny, and make small talk but unfortunately had not a clue as to how seemingly inappropriate and imposing they were being. And yet the locals seemed to notice none of this, and seem content enough with the ...read more