Lily's Pad Cafe

Very good cafe. The service was slow, despite us being one of the only tables present when the cafe first opened. The food was delicious, coffee was great and the staff were lovely. An overwhelming amount of coeliac safe gluten free options, which looked/sounded amazing. Recommend - would have got 5 stars if the wait wasn’t as long.

Atmosphere: The cafe has a nice ambience, and the seats were arranged in a way that still gave good distance from the next table. Food: The corned beef was one of the two items on the menu that was a recommendation by the operator/ head wait staff/ manager. Whilst it didn't have any sauce, it was still tasty and went pretty well with the hash. I liked it. Unfortunately, I couldn't say the same about the exotic mushroom breakfast. The herbs and garlic used to season the mushrooms were so burnt that it left an extremely bitter taste on the mushrooms. The fried enoki mushroom was also over-fried , and it totally changed the flavour profile that wasn't pleasant to the taste buds. We were offered a replacement meal on the house (see more below on my write-up on service for more details). Even though we requested for everything to be made fresh, we suspect they did reuse some of the mushrooms again from the first plate as they still had some burnt herbs and garlic in the second plate. Whilst it was better the second time around, we still had to spend time trying to flick off the very burnt herbs and garlic. We could see they attempted to add in new herbs and garlic. Coffee: It was not too bad but a little surprise that they didn't have coffee art. Service: It was a mixed experience. Some of the wait staff were not very experienced. When we brought to the attention of one of the younger waitresses of the burnt garlic, she claimed that was just a type of mushroom. The service was only salvaged by whom I believe may have been the operator/ head wait staff/ manager. Unfortunately didnt catch her name, but she took the time to listen to what we were trying to express and made the offer to replace the dish on the house. It was very commendable of her. Though disappointed by the kitchen staff. Given the hit and miss with the food + mixed service experience, it would take an uplift of the food quality for us to return.

Lily’s Pad cafe is a hidden gem in the blue mountains! The all day breakfast menu is awesome and the lunch options were great too. I also got a WHOLE BOWL OF COFFEE for $6.50 which is insane. If you’re ever in leura this place is worth a visit 😊

Came here 5 years ago and was excited to return but the execution of their brunch menu has dropped. Firstly the flat white was bitter and milk was not frothed well - there were huge bubbles all over the surface We ordered the exotic mushrooms and Reuben rosti. Both were disappointing to be frank. Neither were well seasoned and both were quite dry. The Reuben was very dry and hard to cut into. An accompanying sauce/gravy would have been helpful to mask the dryness (I had to use the self serve sauce to enhance the dish!). The mushrooms could have used more butter to bring out the suppleness in mushrooms. The price point is too high for how it tasted. Interesting menu and has a lot of potential to have been a delightful brekkie.

The coffee, food, and service were absolutely amazing! The place isn’t the nicest, but the positives definitely make up for it. The staff and the chef were so friendly and kind — truly a wonderful experience!

We ordered eggs Benedict and it’s the smallest portion we had. They also used the tiniest eggs. It was served on a small croffle. Looks very stingy for the price they charge. I had to zoom in the photo coz it’s too small. We left hungry.

Very friendly and attentive staff. We ordered different lunch dishes and coffees and they were all excellently prepared and tasted delicious. We were very happy to spend an afternoon there until 3pm.

beautiful food with plenty of options and variety the local lamb sausage breaky was perfect. great friendly service and good coffee. highly recommend