Ootong & Lincoln

2nd time visiting with a friend and his 2yo toddler. We did enjoy our time there so did our lil friend:) first time when we visited it was quite busy, but we had much more relaxed vibe this time as there were not populated. Loved the customer service with very attentive and kind staff at the counter, foods were good. Lil space dedicated for little ones too. Definitely recommend checking it out if ur down the area.

Definitely not as good as it was in years previous. Coffee was burnt and bitter. Food was worse, tiny portion for a $26 plate - centrepiece of which was a 4 dried out, re-cooked slices of chicken breast. Staff were all junior and unsure of themselves or what they were meant to be doing. The good service, good coffee, and vibe of the place that set the tone when it opened years ago is now unfortunately completely missing.

Great place with nice staff. Had the vegetarian samosa and Ness had the toasted veggie wrap. Nice.

A fantastic cafe, had the smashed avocados with an iced long black and the serving was generous, the staff were lovely and it had a great atmosphere, will definitely be back!

Went there again yesterday around 10am for a coffee and a snack. As I was served a stale Croissant a couple of weeks earlier I decided to ask if the pastries were fresh and was told they were yesterday's, but would be great after they get heated up.

Come on guys, who sells stale pastries at 10 am in the morning for full price?

I ended up ordering the fresh savoury muffin instead, with spinach and feta supposedly. First it did not turn up for a good 10 minutes, even though it was not particularly busy. Whilst fresh, I could seriously not taste much other than the baking soda. I searched for the elusive feta, but could not see or taste any. Consistency was rather bland and stodgy and I needed sips of coffee to get it down the hatch.

The place looks to be run mainly by staff on junior wages for the front of house service and it's showing. Acoustics were awful with tinny music blaring from the stereo, we actually asked if it could get turned down a bit, because it was hard to have a conversation across the table.

So why do I keep going back? It's a cool place with what is a great ambience at times, especially if one is lucky enough to sit outside. We also like the coffee.

We all love the decor, but it's not really enough to make up for bad food and service. Looking at previous reviews it appears that we are not the only ones with complaints, try sorting them low to high, and there are a number of them over a period. The one star I gave is for the coffee and decor, otherwise it would be zero.

Always great food and coffee here. Just ate the keto breakfast and it was a good serve size and great tasting.

Good breakfast, decent sized portions and all well presented. Very good coffee. Definitely will return. 1 small gripe: the size of the juices is too small for the price. Easy solution, I'll just stick with coffee.

If you believe in God & want to pray/say grace before you consume your food at this joint, prepare to be interrupted by rude ignorant secular staff who have no regard for sacred matters at all!

Not the best coffe, food good, I like the surronding. Staff a bit confused, waiting time. Service bring not everything together, all come single in 4 times for 2 persons. We are not in rush, so OK.

Big breakfast is big and has some cool surprises. I have a huge appetite and nearly finished it. Highly Recommend to all the hungry boiz (& galz) x

Delicious sandwiches, breakkie and great coffees. Staff are quick and friendly. The chicken avocado Panini is the bomb!

Had a sensational breakfast at Ootong & Lincoln on the weekend. I hadn’t been there in years but now that I’ve experienced it again I’ll be back soon for sure. I got the Istanbul breakfast add bacon which I can highly recommend & the coffee was delicious! Also got a cinnamon scroll to take home to my hubby which got fantastic feedback

We've been going here for 2+ years.
Love, love, love the Turkish Eggs which are making a comeback after a wee break.
The space is comfy casual, the food and selection spot on.
The very best thing though is the staff, friendly, respectful, helpful, and they smile.
Xx J & K

This used to be one of our favourite places for breakfast. Todays experience was far from that. 15mins to line up and order and a 40min wait for our food. People who came and ordered food after us (same meals) arrived way before ours. After asking numerous times our food then came out not as featured on the menu and then we had to wait longer for it to be rectified. Menu sounded nice but Food was bland.

Great breakfast/brunch place! Food was very fresh and price was reasonable. Highly recommended!

Long wait just for a coffee, lost docket.an apology would have been nice. Not what it was. Well they do check their reviews and did apologise, belatedly, so up a star on that score, well done. We know staffing is a challenge at the moment.

Generous portion of yummy breakfast food. Delicious cakes and coffee. Definitely my go to place to indulge!

One of our fav spots! Great coffee, delicious menu items and perfect location for people watching. We ordered the Istanbul Brunch and Potato Stack and thoroughly enjoyed both

Very nice service, but the $26 steak sandwich was very very disappointing. Wafer thin dry meat, hardly anything else, burnt bread.

Best coffee by far lovely place to go with your family or friends they have great art work on wall each month too they support local artists that a win in my book