Walters River Café

Because they are only option on the spot it doesn’t mean they could do service however they want! I have ordered 2 takeaways coffee. Tall blonde barista was not paying attention to his coffee shots or milk frothing and ended up burned milk coffee.

Gave it another go after having a terrible takeaway coffee which I couldn’t drink the other week. The coffee this morning not much better and the takeaway toasties sat there going cold while waiting for the coffee. Used to be such a nice little cafe with great food and coffee and staff.

Just had a couple of dine in coffees which were good but took about 20 minutes to make during which time we sweltered on the enclosed verandah section because the evaporative air-conditioner was pumping out hot air. Clearly the unit needs servicing because the ones inside the resturant were OK.probably not the venue for a hot day

Waited half an hour to order, than an hour for food, food didn’t arrive together and forgot an order. The food was cold, and service was not good, really disappointing.

Tried this place twice. First time gave up on the order after an hour. Tried again giving them the benefit of the doubt. Gave up again after an hour. Cannot tell you about the food as they couldn't get it on the table. Won't get those two hours back and I will never return. Went to Zephers around the corner and had great food in 15 mins. Would advise staff training and some sort of organization.
Once ok, twice. A joke.

Shocking will never come here again. Paid $33 for 8 prawns all that I asked for allergic to rice and the green stuff

Waiting an absurd amount of time to get a coffee and a sausage roll from the takeaway. Exorbitantly expensive and poor quality, Sausage roll was cold, got coffee order wrong, and got charged $3 for tomato sauce. A disappointing cash grab taking advantage of a captive audience.

Espresso to start off. Not even a half of what I have gotten everywhere else. Should have known at this stage that things wouldn’t be great.
Ricotta pancakes that could only be described as pancakes swimming in maple syrup. Literally. Bruschetta which was stone cold including poached egg. Even the waitress was cold and not welcoming. When paying didn’t even ask how we enjoyed our “meal”. We ordered 5 items. Only 1 was ok. Hence 1 star. Never going back again.

If I could give 0 stars I would. We booked 5 days in advance for Mother’s Day. Table was ready. We were told we had to be finished 1 1/2 hours later. We ordered food 20 minutes after sitting down waiting. 3 meals came out 20 minutes after we ordered. Squid was rubbery. 4th meal came out 20 mins later when the first 3 meals had been eaten. No mention in menu of cashews being in Thai Beef salad, (would not have ordered otherwise as I have allergy). 4th n 5th meals came 10 mins later and had no flavor at all. They weren’t eaten, so tasteless. The entree came out after all the main meals. In all that time no one came to take another drink order. 2 hours later got gastro. Would not recommend at all. They would have known how busy they were going to be so why not have extra wait staff and chef. All they said was they’re very busy. Plus they charge restaurant prices for food that was very mediocre.

Shocking service, when asked for our milk for our tea, milk jug literally thrown at us, waited 40mins for scrambled egg & toast which I had to chase up and find out where it was and it had obviously been forgotten about and came out cold and dried up and horrible.then when we went up to talk to manager, she said okay so you are only paying for the teas & coffees and we said, really considering.only gave 1star as you have too.never go back again! Worst ever

8 of us came here this morning for my friends birthday and none of us were happy with our meal. It was either dried out, over cooked, bland, overly sweet or just not very nice. Not a cheap exercise either, so a double blow. Will not be returning.

$7.50 for a “large” chips with about half a potato’s worth of chips.
$8 for a kids milkshake which was 100% froth.
Outside tables broken and dirty.
Cold coffee which tasted like Instant sachets.
Whatever happened to value for money?
Won’t be back. Disappointed.

Great location, mediocre food.

Steak sandwich was the most disappointing we’ve had, itty bitty bit of water thin steak in a super crispy Turkish bread.

Burger was less than 1/2 size of the bun also, and super thin and bland.
If it was a cheap meal you might overlook it, but it was not.

Like is said, great location.but pack picnic!

Lovely location. Dreadful food. We had the mixed platter. The Arancini Balls were the only enjoyable part - the Turkish bread tasted old. The chicken was tough and tasteless. The rest was not good. Very disappointing lunch to catch up with friends.

Ordered food with gf dietary and the wait time was 30 mins…wasn’t even busy at the time so leaving a bad review

Not air-conditioned but has split-open windows that push-up/pull-down for ventilation with ceiling fans, so probably unideal on a day of extreme heat.
We visited on a not so hot Monday 3rd Jan Public Holiday where there was a 15% surcharge. Ordered 5 dishes to share between 5 adults and a toddler along with 4 beverages and paid just under $200, probably on the pricey side for a casual meal at a cafe/restaurant but understandable in the current climate of lack-of-staff with forever hiking pay-rise to keep existing staff.
Steak sandwich ($25) was awesome and by far a standout dish that we'd definitely go back for.
Warm Thai Beef Salad ($25) was drenched in sauce which would normally be fine by me but unfortunately far too salty in my personal opinion, and too warm of a dish on a summer day - would not order again.
Fish and chips ($24) was on par with expectations, did not disappoint but not a standout either, and would probably order again as a share plate with a toddler.
Tomato based Linguini (?) ($21) topped with feta (?) was a rather disappointing dish, despite being a descent serving, the flavours were neither here nor there and would never order again.
Ceasar salad ($20) with salt pepper squid add-on for $6 was very dry and visually unappetising, and only had 4-5 pieces of squid, which definitely was not worth the money and would never order again.
Mango smoothie ($7.9) with orange juice replacement as they ran out of mango nectar was a toddler favourite but overpriced for the simple blend of mango, ice cream and oj, and did not reorder despite a "more" request from the toddler.
Also visited the kiosk next door, operated by the same kitchen on the other end for takeaway only, to order $5 flat-whites, which was more like a 20% surcharge on a $4.2 drink, and the coffee was so weak that it tasted very bland and diluted - undrinkable and would never order again.
Overall, wouldn't visit again if I had the luxury of time to pack some picnic food/drinks, and in the unlikely event of a revisit, would stick to just a cold beer with a steak sandwich.

Lady behind the counter was rude.
She offered to warm up the persons wrap ahead of me, when she served me she didn't offer and when I asked she said "we are closed" even though she'd just served 5 other people. Logic 0/10.2 stars because the wrap was good.

Great location & lovely staff however the food is average at best. The menu also never changes which is hugely disappointing and doesn't entice me to go back.

Horrible service. We had extremely rude waitress. She kept having a go at us for asking where our drinks were after waiting 45mins. She then spilt 1 all over the table she refused to clean it then tried to make us take the half empty drink. We ordered a burger no beetroot as i cannot eat it, asked the waitress if that was the case when given to me she said i dunno and then tried to touch my food to be sure. Then the kids food came with half a patty slap dashed together. Great spot huge shame about the service.

Had Ceasar salad, however it was served with cold cooked runny egg, which was not appealing at all, considering the chicken was served warm on salad.