Plunge Forster

This place is the best! Im going to go as far as to say best brunch i have ever had! A must for locals and holiday makers to visit -5 stars from me

Great spot and service. A big let down was the store-bought hollandaise sauce, deal breaker unfortunately. For a mid $20s dish, one would expect it fresh, and so they should.
Portions were small for the price.
Coffee was cold even though we ordered extra hot.

This cafe is to die for! The staff are beyond accommodating and always make your experience feel special. Super generous with their servings too. Only fault is that I wish there was more vegan options but maybe I am being too greedy. Up the Plunge <3

Food was okay, not particularly tasty, and small portions for almost $30 each.

The 2.25% card surcharge seems excessive.

Wish I had read others' reviews before visiting!
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In response to the owner, I didn't know about the surcharge until I got to the till and didn't have enough cash. I've never seen such a high surcharge though, perhaps you should try another bank.

Food wasn't unpleasant so there was no need to raise it with staff (and on the off chance that you'd have offered to replace it I would not have bothered waiting). It was just average, locally produced or not.

Two dishes, with the optional meat/eggs, but no special requests, milks, etc.were approximately $28 each, which was poor value for the amount.

Three mates and I sitting at plunge at the moment. Three of us got breakfast smoothies. They're room temperature. A smoothie is supposed to be cold.

Went here as I was gifted a voucher from a local paramedic and let me tell you the food was amazing! I ordered the scrambled eggs on toast and an iced mocha, they were superb and probably the best scrambled eggs I’ve had out? The staff were super friendly with their service, greeting me and being professional and a guy waved goodbye to me haha. Not to mention the layout is such a vibe, facing the golf course.
Highly recommend, support the locals folks

Came here for breakfast food was soggy and undercooked not to mention there was tomato all through my partners burger that was not supposed to be there the protein smoothie we ordered for $9 came half full and under blended staff members stared the entire time we ate felt like they were wanted us to leave the whole time tables were empty and full of left over food and staff were just standing around.altogether was not an enjoyable experience

Response to owner;
My thoughts on the food has nothing to do with the work place I worked at as when I did work there it was a very friendly environment besides that the food yesterday was awful and these excuses of “the smoothie was served in an oversized cup for no spill” is wrong as I know you guys are supposed to fill them more then half way as yes I did work here especially when we’re paying $9 There is no excuse to serve a soggy undercooked burger with things on it that aren't mentioned on the menu as that’s a safety thing for allergies and intolerances.

Coffee is always on point and the sausage rolls are next level. All staff are super friendly, good vibes?

Style wins out over substance at this cool bar-come-cafe. I stopped in on a Sunday morning for a coffee and croissant, yes it was busy but despite lots of staff running/ standing around there didn’t seem to be an abundance of output. It took a while to be served (inexperienced counter person) and when I finally did place my order, another lengthy wait ensued before the coffee arrived.
Despite ordering and paying for a large coffee, what arrived was not only NOT a large, but quite a bit a bit smaller than average in size. As I soon discovered, the milk was verging on burnt and the drink was too hot. Given the time elapsed since my arrival (at least 15 mins) and the long queue at the counter, I decided to cut my losses and concede that perhaps today was just the wrong day to visit this establishment. Needs to improve.

Really nice cafe & lovely service. Nice vibe & delicious food as well. I'll keep coming back when I travel to Forster:)

Coffee great. Ask for two medium take away coffees one with two sugars & cookie. Got two small coffees with no sugar in one & was overcharged on the cookie. Cup sizes not explained being no medium size? Nor was the surcharge on eftpos & cookie charge was a guess?

Generous servings. Poached eggs are cooked perfectly. Having pineapple chutney on toast is a new experience but it is a little too sweet for my liking.

The sweetness of jam liked chutney seems to overrules flavours of avocado. Tomato chutney might be nicer.

Chai tea is ok, not the best.

Try haloumi roll.

Nice atmosphere being away from centre of town. Perfect place for eating outside looking over golf course to chill out on weekends. Music is a little over the top.

Not a lot of gratitude from the staff given you're paying $5 (plus the cheeky surcharge on the eftpos) for a fairly average coffee (not to mention the cheeky 3/4 sized cup that's called a regular size)

Response to owner:
Staff never bothered mentioning surcharge.
Good of you to ignore the 3/4 size cup you guys call regular.
Your overall attitude exemplifies the lack of gratitude your whole business has for its customers - the ones actually paying you.
Thanks for creating a playbook on how not to run a good business

Great food, fair prices, good atmosphere and genuine care about the customer experience. Highly recommended

Found this beautiful cafe in Foster. Coffee excellent and the Persian bowl and Raw bowl were both delicious…thank you Carla, we’ll be back again in August

This place is good or terrible. Fine experience yesterday and terrible today. Our order was lost. When food arrived the halloumi was uncooked and covered in grease and my bacon which I asked to be extra crispy was cold and barely cooked. After waiting 15 minutes the bacon was returned cold and in the same uncooked state. It’s clear the cook in the kitchen and the wait staff don’t care at all about customer service.

Arrived around 1pm and all pastries have run out. So ordered Mexican pulled pork and Turkey bacon toasties which warmed the starving stomachs but need a bit wait. I won't say service is friendly - no menu provided on table and was asked to grab one from neighbouring tables which have been occupied already

Excellent coffee and setting - decor and atmosphere. Food was average though and not consistently priced, e.g. The bacon and egg roll is $10 and is more substantial than the plunger (big brekky) at $26.

Excellent coffee, food & service! The owner was taking the time to help on tables during peak periods and was engaging with customers re their experience - really great to see.

Late lunch date 2day.so we decided to take the Plunge, get a quick bite to eat & a great coffee.
Steak Sandwiches.very tasty, great combo of flavours. Service was great, staff are lovely & friendly.
And the coffee was just as I would have made it myself. Definitely be coming here often. I regularly visit the pharmacy, always a gathering of people at Plunge. Now I know why.