The Bay Gourmet

Walked in, said “Hello”. Old bat said nothing. I said “2 medium caps take-away”. Old bat said “$12”. I fell on the floor, got up, paid. Coffees were ok but nothing special.

The Standpipes MC rolled up for a nice morning tea on our Cape Pat run. The Bay were only serving cabinet food but it was a nice selection and pretty tasty, albeit a bit pricey. The lady running the show was bloody great and to deal with 7 different coffee and food orders (plus other patrons) and get them out so swiftly was great job!

Staff are very friendly. Coffee is great. Love the bench you can sit on facing the outside path.

A great cafe that keeps getting better. So grateful to have this cafe in Venus, where I have been coming all my life. Very good and consistent coffee (with all available variants), super friendly staff and very enjoyable food. Toilets are spotless, great courtyard too. Keep up the good work.

Spent over 30 minutes in a near empty shop waiting for our meals. Ordered the salt and pepper squid salad and arrived with only 4 tiny pieces of squid and limp pre cut salad that was easily just a few cents worth, for $18! The shoestring fries with the burger were rock solid and had clearly been heated and reheated multiple times. Wedges were nice and the breaky sandwich was fine. I can understand taking a while because this is a beach town and it’s summer, same with higher prices as there is little competition and one must cover the cost of getting the food out here. But at least try and serve good food. Waitress was really friendly and the place was clean, appealing and inviting, but be prepared for slow and reheated food that’s way overpriced.

Liebevoll eingerichtetes Caffee, mit absolut freundlichem Personal, ein kleiner store mit traumhaften Produkten

The worst breakfast I've ever had. My family waited over an hour for our food, with no appology or reason. Ordered smashed avo which was 2 slices of supermarket bread smothered in a brownish avacado with undercooked poached eggs. On top of that I paid $3 for for side of mushrooms which I got 6 of and were raw, $3 for side of spinach which was a fork full and $3 for a hashbrown which was undercooked. Wife got 1 bacon rasher with her undercooked fried eggs. Kids had overcooked pancakes which were dry and inedible. Would give it a negative rating if I could.

Great coffee both times, and a well presented interior with good seating for our group of seven. Tasty breakfast options too!

The meals were tiny for the value. We got calamari and it came out with 4 pieces and a bit of salad no chips. Also for $25 the fish and chips had 2 small pieces of fish with tiny salad very disappointing.

Nice place for coffee but was shocked with the taste and price of their smoothies. Way too expensive and bland.

Great food especially love the store made relish. Friendly staff. Beautifully set out store with lots of store made preserves you can buy. Couldn't ask for too much more.

Well presented Cafe near the beach. Very family friendly and dogs welcome too. Relaxing atmosphere to sit with a coffee and a bite from their great assortment of food.also try some of their large range of condiments

Really friendly vibe in an inviting beachside atmosphere! The staff were welcoming, attentive and accommodating to my dietary requirements!
A great place to go when you're in the area!

Visited her for breakfast. Great place to take the dog as they have an undercover sitting area that dogs are allowed in. Staff here are friendly enough but the food here is definitely not Gourmet. I wouldn't even put it in a take way category. I had the big breakfast and a mixed berry smoothie, I'd rate the breakfast a 2/10 and the smoothie a 1/10, the smoothie tasted like it was made with water.it was nearly undrinkable.

When you're use to the food in Melbourne and the peninsula this place doesn't even compare to a fast food truck.

2 - Sausage rolls for $18.00, I was thinking they'd want to be nice for that money, mine was OK but my wife's was burnt on the bottom, not good enough for $9.00 each which is twice as much as they should be. Be a good idea to put prices on things Id rather know before than be shocked later.

Coffee good but very limited menu and poorly presented food. Also overpriced for what is offered.

Great little spot. Great initiative. So good to see great food and coffee served with a smile. Yumo! Thank you.

I can only vouch for the coffee, which was consistently good. The staff were nice and accommodating to our requests. The venue looks welcoming and there is plenty of space for families looking to dine inside. In addition to food, there looks to be an assortment of condiments available for purchase/take away.

Never fails. Great local place with fabulous produce and excellent coffee. The best thing however is the wonderful, friendly service. Thanks Brigid and team!

I’m only giving this café one star because there is no option to give it none.
I run a small business and know how important it is to be friendly to your customers.
My partner and I arrived at this café looking forward to a nice brunch.
None of the staff acknowledged us even though there was only a few people in the café.
We just walked around looking for the menus.
When we went to order they said the breakfast menu had stopped at 11am and lunch won’t start until 12pm.
Ironically, we could have ordered at 10: 45am when we arrived. If the staff had have acknowledged us at the start and told us to take a seat, order at the counter and that breakfast/ brunch was closing at 11am (you know do the basic hospitable things), we could have supported this small business. In sum, terrible service and unfriendly vibes.
Disappointing and required a review.