Paragon Cafe

I would highly recommend the Paragon Cafe! Staff are super friendly, the restaurant is beautiful and service is super fast. My order came in 5 minutes and my mums in about 10. Both our food was delicious and my chips came with my own bottle of tomato sauce. Which I loved! No more tiny little portions of tomato sauce.

Has a late 80’s vibe, and a diner food scene. The portions are great and the taste is good as well.

Friendly service.. amazing food.. all with that old fashioned touch... Absolutely loved the place .... The milk shakes are too die for

I was super impressed with the service. My partner and I decided to share a burger because we wanted to save room for dessert and they actually split it for us! Tactical sharing of the main turned out to be the a great idea cos the dessert was massive and delicious

My fiance and I have eaten here twice during our stay in goulburn, and the food was fantastic. Serving sizes were large and delicious. Paragon will be a must stop for us while we are on our way through Goulburn again.

Fantastic lunch with the charm and character one misses these days. Our server, of mature years, was delightful, helpful and efficient without being overly attentive. Our meals were generous and delicious. Loads of chicken in the salad and the pattie substantive. Looved the beetroot. The lunch special included a slice of cake and a drink. Everything was at the comfy booth in perfect time. All this at an incredibly reasonable price, even before the 10% cash discount. We'll be back 😀

We visited on Saturday 17 January 2026 for a very late lunch. The T-bone steak was cooked to perfection- juicy and succulent and my partner ordered a cheese, ham and spinach crepe which was also excellent. Terry looked after us extremely well- personable, proud of the place and committed to excellent customer service! A highly recommended stopover on a trip to or from Canberra, and a Goulburn staple!

Americans in Australia. Wonderful cafe. Quiet a variety of foods. We were able a plate to our liking. Service was fantastic.

Overpriced meals, shocking service and a hair. Went in today for the lunch service which there were not many patrons at the time. Had to wait a significant amount of time before the waitress (after being told by another member of staff) to come and take our order, which was an ordeal in itself. The food arrived promptly with one of the dishes missing which i was informed the waitress had forgot to place the order when asked if i still wanted the missing meal i declined, as the meal that we recieved was quite large enough to share. The incompetent waitress then went and told the kitchen staff and made it appear as though i had purposefully changed my mind about wanting the dish. She came back out and asked if i was sure i didnt want it, i assumed now the it had already been made so i gave in and said okay. To which i heard another remark from the kitchen staff, along the lines of "so he wants it now", followed by alot of unprofessional bitching. All up we spent the good part of $100 on 2 sub par dishes and 2 drinks and some very poor customer service. 10/10 would not recommend.

The Paragon is a bit of an institute in Goulburn that has been around, in a couple different forms, since the 1940's. The menu is quite extensive from light snacks, main meals, desserts and alcoholic beverages. We had a pumpkin soup, crepe and hot chips. The food is okay, pretty ordinary really, and the prices quite high. It is nice to sit in an old fashion style booth though and the service is good. A bit of a family restaurant. Probably should have ordered an ice cream sundae! Roses Cafe across the road has better quality food.

On a road trip down south from Sydney, the Paragon Cafe caught my eye in comparison to smaller nearby cafes. It's a character filled restaurant; somewhat dated, somewhat vintage. The greeting was not warm and the Filipina server assigned to us had an attitude problem from the start; eventually culminating in an argument over what I didn't order (due to her not listening). Anyways, looking at the menu, prices seemed up there somewhat so I chose a croissant and bacon from the breakfast menu. Generous serving of Bacon. Price wise in comparison it was better value than the melt which looked average, yet was more than double the price. Anyways, customer service and a welcoming vibe needs to improve. I have an extra star since the food was decent.

Stopped here on our way to Hay, NSW on a roadtrip to Adelaide. Situated in Goulbourn, it's about 2 hours outside of Sydney. Great town to stop in but Paragon obviously has the hearts of the people, the town and the travelers. It's brightly lit, attracting us right away. Has a casual section for coffee and cake and a sit down section with a menu with tons of variety. I had a chicken crepe covered in a creamy béchamel sauce while my partner had a wrap with fries. For those with a sweat tooth, plenty of ice cream sundae options. Alcohol served too!

I love this place. excellent atmosphere, really one of a kind. recently had an afternoon tea treat of waffles with Nutella and the works. soooo good!!!

After reading some reviews on this place, I thought why not. On arrival we thought the menu was quite large & the service was pretty good too. That's where it ended... We both had a chicken dish which was very below average. The garlic bread only came with too bits. Very over priced and overrated. If in the area, I'm sure you could find somewhere else.

Large servings of an ordinary nature, but large servings make up for a lot of sins. I hope you like fries, because they come with everything bar the salad. Their dessert menu is old school awesome (think milkbar from the 70s). And did I mention they had large servings? I think I did. Come with an appetite. Leave in a food coma. No, neither of us could finish our plates, so don't eat a previous meal. Oh, and there is a lot of fat in the meals, including the salads. So also leave your diet behind. Service is good and attentive, the server took the time and tell us why our meal was taking longer than 15min - makes a difference.

Absolutely fantastic restaurant for a good family meal. Perfectly cooked steak, huge kids meals and all reasonably priced. Fantastic service as well, even on a busy night.

Fantastic pizza! We tried to find a pizza restaurant in Goulburn, only to have 'Dominoes' be the only entry to show up on our search. As we were getting ready to give up on our search we drove by the Paragon Cafe and saw a 'Pizza Bar' sign in the window. So we gave it a shot. I was not expecting much, so was very surprised when we got the food and it was absolutely yummy! The pasta was great as well. The place has almost a diner feel, but in a friendly, neighborhood way. Oh, and you need to check out the desert menu as well! Bottom line -- best pizza we've had in Australia, and we've had a lot of pizza here! Enjoy!

Fast and friendly service. Food was very nice, but not spectacular. Was a touch pricey ($19 for an omelette).

Without a doubt the rudest non caring staff and dried out food I've ever had. Absolute waste of money.

The Paragon is an awesome country diner in Goulburn. Everything you can think of eating seems to be on their menu and the servings are huge. The customer service was great and the pricing was great, I would eat here again plus recommend it to others.

Absolutely terrible. My boyfriend and I were visiting from Sydney and decided to give this place a try. We were met with an incredibly overpriced menu (that's coming from Sydneysiders) and it took quite some time for staff to attend to us to take our order (they were busy talking amongst themselves) I ordered the lamb cutlets and my partner ordered a beef burger hoping that for the price we would be paying that we would receive a good quality meal...We were wrong. Possibly the worst meal we've ever eaten (we're not picky eaters either) The cutlets smelt 'off', the burger was a tiny patty that looked like it came out of the Woolworths frozen food section - tasteless and rubbery. The vegetables were undercooked. There was nothing good about the meal at all. I honestly don't know what this restaurant is trying to achieve out in the middle of nowhere with prices like that and then serving poor attempts of a meal like we received. Once we interrupted the chit-chat of the staff to get our bill, we reluctantly paid and left disappointed.

The ribs were great - and I am a woman! Just need to wash up afterwards. Good prompt service at reasonable prices!