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Mortimer St · Mudgee NSW

Outside the Square

An “old and cool country cafe (not fancy)” — their words, not ours. Breakfast, brunch and lunch with Toby’s Estate in the cup, and nobody minding how long you sit there.

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A cappuccino in a white cup and saucer on a timber table, with a heart poured into the crema and a dusting of chocolate.

Toby’s Estate coffee

Pulled properly, one size or the other. Alternative milks 60c, and the chai is a dirty chai if you ask.

Vegetarian, and then some

A dozen dishes marked vegetarian, gluten-free toast as standard, and staff who are used to coeliac orders.

Kids and dogs sorted

A proper kids menu with babycinos, a play area inside, and shaded outdoor tables where dogs are welcome.

From late morning

Lunch

The lunch menu

Champion’s Steak Sandwich

26

200g Scotch fillet, oak leaf lettuce, tomato, cheese, fried egg, caramelised onion, aioli & BBQ sauce on toasted bread, served with chips.

Sweet Chilli Chicken Wrap

22

Chicken schnitzel, sweet chilli sauce, sour cream, lettuce & tomato in a toasted wrap, served with chips.

Thai Beef Salad

27

Grilled Scotch fillet, mixed leaves, tomato, capsicum, crispy noodles, peanuts & fried shallots with house Thai dressing.

Greek Salad

15

Mixed leaves, olives, feta, capsicum, cherry tomatoes & cucumber with house dressing.

Add chicken +5 Add salmon +5

Salmon & Avocado Turkish

18

Smoked salmon, avocado, cucumber, dill & cream cheese on toasted Turkish bread.

B.L.A.T

17

Bacon, lettuce, avocado & tomato on toasted Turkish bread.

Soup of the Day with Cheese Toastie

18

Daily soup served with a warm cheese toastie.

Loaded Fries

12

Crispy chips topped with nacho cheese sauce & bacon.

Fish & Chips

18

Beer-battered fish served with chips & lemon.

A Greek salad in a white bowl: mixed leaves, cucumber, roasted red capsicum, kalamata olives and crumbled feta with shredded chicken, finished with a balsamic drizzle.
Greek Salad with chicken, 15 +5

Sides

  • Small chips 8
  • Bowl of wedges 11

Toby’s Estate

Coffee & drinks

Two prices means regular / large

Coffee

  • Espresso4.5
  • Macchiato4.5
  • Piccolo4.5
  • Flat white5 / 5.5
  • Latte5 / 5.5
  • Cappuccino5 / 5.5
  • Long black5 / 5.5
  • Mocha5 / 5.5
  • Hot chocolate5 / 5.5
  • Chai latte5.5 / 6
  • Dirty chai5.5 / 6
  • Matcha latte5.5 / 6
  • Turmeric latte5.5 / 6

Extras

  • Extra shot1
  • Decaf1
  • Syrups1
  • Alternative milk0.60

Syrups: vanilla, caramel, hazelnut, honey.
Milks: soy, almond, oat, lactose free.

Tea

  • Pot for one5
  • Pot for two8

English breakfast, Earl Grey, peppermint, chai, green sencha.

Cold drinks

  • Fresh orange juice8.5
  • Apple juice8.5
  • Iced latte6
  • Iced coffee6
  • Iced chocolate7.5
  • Soft drink cans5
  • Sparkling water6

Iced chai, dirty chai, matcha and turmeric lattes also come cold, 5.5 / 6.

Bubble tea

  • Classic milk tea10
  • Brown sugar milk tea10
  • Matcha milk tea10
  • Add popping pearls1

Pearls in strawberry or mango.

Kids drinks

  • Babycino2
  • Milkshake5
  • Thickshake6
  • Hot chocolate5
  • Juice poppers3
  • Water3.5

Order at the counterNo table service, no booking system. Come in, have a look, order when you’re ready.

Weekend surcharge 7%Applied to the whole bill on Saturdays and Sundays.

Public holiday surcharge 15%Applied to the whole bill on public holidays.

The place

Off the square, on purpose

Mudgee was laid out as a grid — neat blocks, a proper town square, everything where the surveyor said it should go. We’re a little off it, down Mortimer Street, and that suits us.

Inside it’s mismatched and comfortable, with work by local artists on the walls that changes often enough to be worth looking at. It’s family-owned and family-run, which mostly means that if you come twice we’ll remember what you drink.

No white tablecloths. No twenty-minute specials recital. Just good food, made properly, at a price that doesn’t make you flinch.

Come for a long breakfast. Bring the laptop — nobody will hurry you. Bring the kids, there’s a play corner. Bring the dog, there’s shade out front. Park right outside, which in Mudgee on a Saturday is not nothing.

A granola bowl with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and coconut on a speckled ceramic plate, sitting beside a closed laptop and a phone on a tiled table.
A long breakfast, and no one hurrying you

What people say

4.3/5

Across 303 reviews on Tripadvisor, where it sits at #10 of 52 places to eat in Mudgee. Restaurant Guru has it at 4.4 from 855.

Come in

Find us

85A Mortimer Street, Mudgee NSW 2850
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(02) 6372 4260
For catering and big tables. Everything else, just come in.

Visa, Mastercard and EFTPOS. Parking right out front.

Opening hours
Monday7:00 – 15:00
Tuesday7:00 – 15:00
Wednesday7:00 – 15:00
Thursday7:00 – 15:00
Friday7:00 – 15:00
Saturday7:30 – 14:00
Sunday7:30 – 14:00

Public holidays can differ — worth a call first.