My favourite places – Legends restaurant, café and bar
I indulged my usual Sunday morning routine today – reading the Sunday Star Times over a cup of coffee or two at Legends.
Their café prices are very competitive (unlike Vincent’s, just up the road, they don’t charge me an extra dollar for decaf) and the outlook is superb.
The view from next door at
Tamara Backpackers’ Lodge
Legends doesn’t get much patronage during the day. It’s a shame, because it’s a first rate establishment with pleasant staff, good coffee and great cooking.
My theory on this:
- although they do great à la carte and blackboard fare, they don’t have a sufficient selection of café food – slices, muffins, wraps and so on.
- unless they’re busy at the time, they close at 2pm, reopening later for dinner. I know that this costs them a lot of my custom, perhaps I’m not alone.
Nevertheless, it’s a nice place. Give it a try.
T:
- They have a reputation as a ‘flash’ eshtablishment that only do top dinners.
6 November 2007, 9:10 am- They’re off the beaten track.
- The place doesn’t look like an eatery.
- It’s next door to Tamara, which is a lovely place, but it does have that word ‘Backpackers’ on it, so some may think they’ll be in for a noisy cup of coffee. Alternatively, it could be seen as an adjunct of the backpackers (an inverse of my first little theory point)
Alan H:
Good points T.
However, being off the beaten track doesn’t stop hordes of people going to Amadeus or overpriced Vincent’s where the staff are off-hand and you’re likely to find all the chairs on the tables during opening hours.
Not looking like an eatery is probably a biggie. When I first started going there I often drove right past before realising my mistake. Their signage isn’t obvious. Being set back from the road in relation to Tamara probably doesn’t help.
6 November 2007, 10:12 amT:
Ah, but Amadeus is right across the road from Trafalgar Square, and actually on the river bank. And it’s a decent size. Never done Vincent’s, thanks for the warning.
7 November 2007, 11:52 am