MCA Cafe at Tallawoladah

Stopped by for coffee, cake and a toastie. All spot on. Great quality, fresh, and exactly what you want for a relaxed break at The Rocks with those beautiful harbour views. The coffee itself was also awesome! Big shout out to Laura, the café manager, for the warm and professional service. You can tell she genuinely cares about the experience. Simple, easy and done right. Will be back 🤘🏻👍🏻

Great location with amazing views. If you like people watching it’s a great spot also. Very reasonably priced for the location. A glass of wine and a salad only $30. Food is not restaurant quality though. Pre prepared salad from the morning and you add the dressing, which is ok, and it means there is not wait for your meal. Lots of seating indoor and outside on a terrace. No booking required just drop in. Overall really great place to have lunch with the family or a friend to linger the afternoon away.

I sent back my $15 ‘fresh’ chicken sandwich twice as the Wonder White bread was clearly stale. Waiter told me it was fresh but I’m sure this had been pre-made and left out to dry up. Finally I suggested it got toasted which is not ideal for a sandwich with lettuce. It was pleasant sitting watching people but the location was so much better on the previous top floor. 11.5% weekend surcharge also ridiculous ! The wine by the glass was good and reasonably priced.

Great view to Opera House with ferries, people and grass! very good and calm cafe shop those want to rest after long walkings. Also good for a morning coffee before starting the day having a coffee near museum also keeps you good mood

I had the cauliflower soup and it was absolutely delicious!!! I put 3 stars for service because coffee came out last which I found was a bit weird! My soup was delicious but my husband ordered the lamb pie and he said it was cold and it wasn't great! Overall, I enjoyed it!

I had heard such great things about the MCA Cafe and was looking forward to dining here, but unfortunately, my experience fell short of expectations. I ordered the ham and cheese toastie as did some of my friends. Although there were a number of premade sandwiches in the window, service was slow, and it took quite some time for our toasties to arrive. My other friends who ordered different items had just about finished their meal when ours arrived. Drinks were also finished way before the meals arrived. My toastie was cold in the middle, and the cheese was not melted properly. I did not speak to staff about it, though, because it took a while to come, and we were under time constraints to get back. We also noticed a discrepancy in the size of sandwiches, with mine being smaller. The toastie was filled well, but to me, it tasted bland. It was so unfortunate because the view, location and atmosphere are really nice.

So sad to report our experience was so bad that we thought we were on an episode of Candid Camera. Lost food orders, very average quality, shortage of glasses, tables never cleared due to understaffing. One dish was served immediately and the others arrived an hour later after we regularly enquired if they were coming….and we only ordered sandwiches. An extremely rude cashier dismissed our requests saying we didn’t order anything, yet we had proof on our phone and they had delivered part of the order! Definitely will not return.

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit. A stunning view of the harbour and Sydney Opera House. My baguette was delicious. Not toasted is best. Service would have been 5 stars, but we had to order via QR code from our table. Overall amazing location and great casual cafe. We will be back.