Babajan Eatery

Babajan was a nice little cafe serving Middle Eastern food. We ordered some salad and fritter dishes from the display and the eggplant Aleppo cheese toastie off their menu, and they were all very flavourful and delicious although the portions were a bit on the small side. For dessert was their crunchy tasty walnut baklava that was a lot less sweet than most baklavas in the market. Their service, however, was almost non-existent. We waited hours for someone to take our order, gave us water, delivered our food. Overall, a nice cafe with great food, but won’t be returning.

ORDERED: 🧆 🥗 🥪   Falafel roll, Beetroot salad and a mushroom borek ($17.97pp) REVIEW: Babajan Eatery have a number of limited tables outside, and I don't think there's dining service. More of an order-at-the-counter, then they'll find you outside kind of vibe. This also means you need to grab your own cutlery. In saying that, they do provide you with 'dine in' plates in order to minimise waste. The food was at Babajan was great. All incredibly packed with flavour and our selection somehow managed to be all vegetarian. The pastry was flaky for both the borek and the fafel roll. The roll had an incredible buttery decadence to it. Beetroot salad was perfectly put together with kale, grains and pumpkins. Such a great combination. All delicious. Can definitely see why there's people are continuously coming in. Unfortunately, their iconic menemen eggs were sold out when we came at 12:40pm :( So get in while you can!

Babajan' Turkish / Middle Eastern breakfast - brunch Menu was convincing enough to travel, and by the time we reached, we were super-duper hungry. Ordered a Hot Chocolate and a Latte to go with Simit / Turkish Bread served with butter and spiced Jam, Crab and Halloumi Omelette, Turkish Pizza (sorry, can't remember the name) and Lamb with Poached Eggs We were joined by our friend, and Ozzy and He loved the Turkish Pizza sprinkled with Sumac ,(ee love Sumac) but for me, personally, it was extremely sour for my palate. Simit / Turkish Bread was loved by all three. Especially the orange marmalade jam that seemed to be spiced with saffron and cardamon (could be wrong too) Crab and Halloumi Omelette lacked the sweetness of crab meat, and couldnt see the Halloumi at all. Though, the salad served with it tasted good. Poached Eggs served with Beetroot Salad with Lamb was quite decent. Hot chocolate was fantastic but the Strong Latte tasted a bit burnt. The bottomless Tea never arrived, and neither did we realize until we got home. Quite a rollercoaster ride of likes and dislikes making it quite difficult for us to rate them. Probably, we weren't too lucky that day (not that they were too busy). Service was quick.

Great place with good service. Middle eastern food was made well and it's different to your usually smashed avocado toast but very delicious. Prices are a little high though.

Incredible food. Very different brunch food - perfect if you are bored of the standard smashed avo and poached eggs. Fresh ingredients, so much flavour and lovely staff. Would recommend the eggplant toastie! Cold brew was flavoursome and turkish coffee was chocolatey.

Mediterranean food is one of my favourite cuisines and Babajan is a lovely place to source it. I’ve only dined there during covid so I can’t vouch for their full menu, but their takeaway counter offerings are fresh and delicious. I particularly love the falafel roll and the roasted capsicum and potato salad (although all their salads are lovely). They also make a mean soy flat white. I can’t wait to visit again.

The exposed wood and woody tinged bluey-green tiles… totally lured in by aesthetics of the building and the space. Half of the realestate inside is dedicated to pantry items but it adds character and certainly keeps you entertained while you wait in the queue. There’s a pretty large selection of food on offer, it all matches the middle-eastern/ Mediterranean cuisine. Like the space it looks authentic and like there is passion behind it. The selection of salads I opted for did not disappoint, two of them were remarkably good, roasted hazelnuts still brittlely crunchy - you could tell the meal was super fresh. The simit on this occasion was underwhelming, but the cabbage roll was very good. Not super cheap, but the staff were friendly, and I finished the meal very satisfied. Would return and would recommend.

The ezme was excellent. A little pricier than most cafes, but the flavour is in a whole other league. Impressive selection of pastries.