Elements Cafe

There is a cafe at the Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre called elements that is open from 8.30am to 4.30pm daily. They have some indoor seating as well as a row of weather protected seats outside. Menu is basic, meat pies, sandwiches and a few other savoury foods along with cake slices and a few sweet treats. We tried their falafel wrap which was ok, orange almond cake slice was similarly decent. Overall, convenient if you are in need of a bite to eat before or after visiting the Park but better to try some of the lodges nearby if you are looking for a proper meal.

Food options limited tho a good location for visitors to have a warm coffee during their stay at cradle mountain 🏔️

I’m reluctant to leave bad or average reviews but I need to mention their coffee and hot chocolate drinks. Our party had 3 coffees and 3 hot chocolate’s and they were terrible. Coffee had no flavour (tasted like hot milk) and the hot chocolate was basically hot milk also. We even ordered a deluxe hot chocolate and it was not well received.. On a positive note, the pies and ham and cheese croissant were nice.

A tourist cafe with top of the range prices. Staff were OK, but certainly not there for their charm. Coffees were good, kids hot chocolates good. Given the location it would be easy to make something that wowed visitors and added to the experience. This cafe doesn't. But if you are hiker it does its job.

Not sure why their rating is low. I had a completely different experience, their curried egg sandwich was actually really nice, dense, tasty and curry was not overpowering. The chocolate croissant was perfectly sweet and soy chai latte was just right with the spicing. Staff was also nice and friendly. So I personally had a great experience here.

Food a little on the expensive side but you are in the middle of nowhere, near stunning Cradle Mountain. Coffee was just the best! Visited 2 days in a row, lovely Barista. Thank you.

Service was fantastic, very cheerful and happy staff. I didnt try the food but coffee was good. Only wish there was iced coffees for a post hike cool down

We brought a beef pie and a ham and cheese croissant. The waitress reheated them for us. When we opened the croissant and discovered the croissant turned like a coal. So we returned the uneaten croissant and requested to get another one. I really disappointed for this kind of carelessness to deal with the food. The croissant showed was a replaced one.