Popped in here for a Sunday lunch, luckily we seemed to come in amid a lull, so found a table straight away. Looking at other reviews I agree about the staffing running around and not much seemed to be happening. It's a funky spot and they have a ridiculously extensive menu, way to big in my opinion, but lots of options that would place it right in between a bit classy and a greasy spoon choice. Oddly enough the caf\u00e9 has sort of a 'we don't care look', very eclectic and random pictures decorate the walls along with the seemingly unlimited amount of menu's.\n\nWe were initially served right away and drinks ordered and then someone did some back and grab our food order, but despite my assumption we were among the first of the rush to order we waited about 25 minutes for 3 dishes. Granted, they were busy and we didn't mind, maybe everyone ordered the same thing we did, but it was a bit longer then I expected to wait. However, when it did arrive the server apologised for the delay and brought some cutlery.\n\nMy friends ordered the veggie nachos and a burrito, which were both massive and they quite enjoyed. I ordered the chorizo, chipotle, jarlsberg, tomato and rocket sandwich toasted in a tortilla, which was absolutely smashing, but fairly small. I didn't realize it didn't come with a small salad, granted, didn't thoroughly read the massive menu, but it would have been nice to have been given a heads up that it isn't really a full meal. Although, tasted great so I can't complaint about the food.\n\nWe did sit for a while and no one seemed to mind, however no one cleared our plates and offered us anything else. They had 4 staff on, but didn't seem to have any set station. We did end up ordering some slices, my friend said the broken biscuit was what the blogs raved about, so I ordered that, It was alright, but after tasting it think some of their other slices would have been better. They did have a gluten free brownie that looked smashing!\n\nNow, I can understand being flat out and not getting super attentive service, but when we went to pay there was only two other tables and the two girls behind the counter didn't greet us or tell us to hang on a minute while they finished what they were doing. After a few minutes the girl making coffee came over to cash us up, not very happily I might add, and wasn't very nice about me not having any change. I understand completely how hard it is to work in customer service sometimes, but not even acknowledging someone or being quite curt isn't acceptable.\n\nOverall, cheap-sort-of-grubby delicious eats for not very expensive. I didn't try the coffee, but my friend said it was good, so will have to try one next time. It is a great caf\u00e9 for a quirky, satisfying feed. They also look like they serve a good brekkie too.\nI wouldn't go out of my way to trek down to Rocket, but it seems to be a semi-hip spot in Morningside with no pretentiousness about it.
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