Over the Road Cafe, Restaurant & Bar - Emerald, Victoria

Rome C.

Food:
Very average, Parma was dry, very thin and sides were extremely basic and not much thought put into it. It's something you'd expect from someone with mid-tier cooking skills. Certainly not worth the price.

The tacos looked good however the meat was dry and the sauce was the only thing keeping moisture up whilst you eat it.

Service: Very attentive, very nice. Couldn't really fault it.

Atmosphere: Came 7pm on a Friday warm summer night thinking it would be full house. Place was dead. Killed the vibe.

overall, Not sure if we just had the wrong items on the menu but I wouldn't come back. For the same price you will find better food elsewhere.

Brooklyn F.

Absolutely BLOWN AWAY by this place. Assumed it would be a little cafe vibe but we were very very incorrect. Came by after my sisters gender reveal and not only was the service perfect (so funny and happy and friendly, I’m so sorry I didn’t catch your name!), but the food was INCREDIBLE, and the price was great for what you get!
I got a burger, Tropical Saloon cocktail, warm brownie and loaded fries - it was SO MUCH FOOD but we had to keep ordering because it was so delicious! I don’t normally leave reviews for places but I’m in the car on the way home so I don’t want to forget to sing your praises, and I’ll be taking everyone I know here so that they can be blown away too.
Whoever the blonde waitress was, she was greeting every single person with the happiest demeanour, she was sweet and funny and running around juggling so many people and doing her job so so well. I hope everyone there is told how incredible they are!!!
So SO excited to be hungry again in the hopes that I may be able to swing back and ate more. New fan!!!

MissBollywood4eva

This is a wonderful place, the service is absolutely amazing. The chef themselves came to address our questions about the menu. The menu has ample options & really interesting menu items. They have jackfruit loaded fries & jackfruit burrito/burger, which actually is a delicious combo contrary to how it may sound. The chef made it exactly to our liking, we wanted it with a kick of spiciness to it. Tried the loaded jackfruit fries which was full of flavour, must try dish. Also got the el flamo mexican rice bowl, the chicken was full of flavour, it paired beautifully with their chilli oil & the rice had just the right amount of flavour, not drying at all. The serving size was also decent. Tried their blueberry mocktail, if you like sour drinks this one is for you! The Veggie Pattie Burrito also was really good. Apart from wonderful food & service, the ambience is really nice, there was live music which just added to the whole experience. Must visit if in the area!

Cecilia W.

Edit - this review was for a previous business in the same location.

Excellent coffee. Lovely service and nice and quiet and relaxed when I went on a weekend morning. Would definitely make this my local if I lived closer by. Will be back next time I visit emerald. Highly recommend

Tracey

Popped in for the first time with my Mum to try the new menu. Our breakfast was delicious! Smashed avo and the pancakes, so fresh and light and beautifully presented. Coffee was perfect and mum raved about her hot choccy!

Kate G.

The meat share plate is the bomb! Hubby and I had it tonight. Everything on the plate was perfectly cooked and absolutely delicious! Just a word of warning though... It says it feeds 2-3. I think it would easily feed my family of four! These guys are amazing and gave us containers to take home what we couldn't get through. Service was quick and really friendly.

mumboshy *.

Our local and we love it. Great coffee and meals. Always a friendly hello, get you seated and water brought straight away.
Addendum: this review was for Stick & Stones and the previous owners. Somehow my review has transferred to new business

Peter G.

Meals were delayed 15 mins and who the f puts plastic cheese on nachos.. $20 bux for my nachos couldn’t get through the first 10 chippies as the plastic cheese taste terrible and made me feel severely ill, wife asked for kids taco with no cheese and added tomato, on the website it had a picture of a taco with meat lettuce cheese, when she got it, all it had was meat and cheese, they are terrible with dietary requirements, probably won’t be back! 😡

Edit as per business reply: Considering it was 7pm and I was starving I couldn’t be bothered contacting to sort something out and didn’t really want to anyway as the food tasted terrible regardless, it doesn’t really matter if the cheese is a 3 blend special made by the chef it taste exactly like plastic cheese and there was so much of it, if you love plastic cheese then it’d be great but I just don’t believe it suited the flavour pallet of the nachos
P.s I don’t think the issue with the nachos is the takeaway container, the cheese was dried up when served and I ate it within 2 minutes of getting it as I live a 20 second drive from OTR