Against The Grind - Neutral Bay, New South Wales

Gabriel

I love me a deli that also does coffee, who doesn’t? Lots of tables around the place and various tasty treats you can munch on to go with that hangover. Or if it’s just coffee, that’ll be enough to get you through. Ask them to recommend something, and you won’t be disappointed. I also got a sandwich from the deli that was fresh and extremely tasty. Highly recommend this place

M O

Ordered spanner crab curry omelette. Sambal on the side that wasn’t that spicy contrasted the crab omelette flavour well. However no slaw as menu indicated. Prompt friendly service. Will try coffee and more dishes in future. Seems like a popular cafe, packed with customers.

Returned the next day for coffee in the morning then lunch and had Brekky Fried Rice, which was excellent - loved the unusual mix of flavours this dish had to offer. The maple bacon was delicious too. Coffee was great.

Shane

The food here is always great and the staff are friendly. The build your own breakfast is my favourite and I love that I can add chilli oil, pairs so well with scrambled eggs. They recently added more things to the menu including the chicken salad toasty which was excellent.

Michael Ong

Got a panini but that’s a slight misnomer. A European banh mi is probably more accurate given it was served in a delicious crisp baguette. Whatever you call it, it’s lovely and one doesn’t feel quite enough. I wished there was some fresh chilli to go along with it but regardless the savoury cured meat, acidity from the sun-dried tomatoes and the crunch from the baguette made a very enjoyable lunch.

Tina Nguyen

Coffee is good but not amazing. The taramasalata was the only saving thing for this cafe because the service was cold and blunt. No smiles, no greetings. Cups came out dirty. Dishes were expensive for the size. The mushroom toastie had about 4 small mushrooms, it was super salty and so much cheese it was sickening.

This is the second time we visited the cafe and the service honestly hasn’t improved. We only came back for the pate but it was not available and the waitress just rolled her eyes and said it hasn't been available for 2 weeks.

Not recommended.

Irene

Very mixed feelings about Against the Grind.

Pros: great quality food, great selection of sweets, Campos coffee roasted and done right. The inside sitting area is cozy and spacious, and plenty of external sitting area on a quiet street. Also love the deli where you can buy freshly cut cold meets, cheese and other deli products. 5 out of 5 for food, coffee and atmosphere.

Cons: the service is inefficient and this seems to be consistent over a period of time. It takes a long time to get a coffee and/or the food when having it in. Last time we asked for table water several times and took a while to get it. 2 out of 5 for the service.

Hope the service aspect can be improved as otherwise it is a great place!

Michelle Lin

We have been here for breakfast and it was pretty solid so we decided to give dinner a go. Breakfast was not bad, it was just that the wait was so ludicrous we were annoyed half of our meal turned up and the other half came 30 mins later.
Dinner was great, however. The let down was the pasta which had a very sweet taste to it - just the balance of flavours were off, and mushroom pastas have so much potential to shine.
The pate was wonderful and the corn spectacular. Looking forward to visiting again to try other items on the menu.

Corzzaful

Great Cafe with Campos coffee. I've never been here in all my time walking past. We decided to give it a try as we were shopping up at Woolies. It always seems busy and can see why. Coffee is great, and I love what they've done with the menu. It's your usual meals with a twist. Love it! A bit more fetta with my Avo toast next time ? we'll be back for sure. Prices are reasonable for the area