Pablo & Rusty’s

The coffee was fairly good, and it’s in a nice convenient location near Epping station but not too close to the crowds. Prices are reasonable and there’s a nice quiet spot out the back. Staff are friendly enough, and service was good. The only improvement would be to give the place a bit of a clean occasionally as the tables were fairly dirty and the overall look was just a bit too grunge.

Coffee was nice, Milk shake was OK. The big breakfast was abysmal, the "poached egg" was cooked through, did you poach the egg from the Plains of Africa? Big breakfast: Bacon: not even a full streak of bacon, over cooked and just chewy Poached eggs: might as well be a boiled egg Tomatoes: just straight up raw tomatoes, no herbs or anything. Avocado: was alright Baked beans: was alright Chorizo: was good but you get like a quarter of the sausage. Overall: 1/5 would not recommend. I wish I hadn't gotten out of bed this morning.

Ordered the chicken salad from the specials board and a vanilla iced latte; Absolutely delicious, both the coffee and the salad, i might even say that the salad was perfect, could not fault it. The staff are always friendly and never leave you waiting for long. Definitley my favourite cafe in Epping.

Went to order a coffee frappe but barista informed me that she couldn't make it as she couldn't find it on her touchscreen menu. Showed her it was on the physical menu and she said she still couldn't make it. After going back and forth a few times she finally agreed to make it but then came out with this (photo attached). Asked her if she could add some sugar (frappes are normally sweet) and she offered to add syrup. After tasting it again it was way too sweet and the flavour was completely off. Disappointed as I have been many times and usually really enjoy the food and coffee

$7 for a soy “iced mocha” without ice cream that’s blended in a milkshake machine. There’s so many things wrong with in this sentence just go to Gloria Jeans down the road. This guy has no idea what he’s doing. Twice as expensive as any other coffee you serve and less work. I’d reconsider your business model and maybe your barista training as your skills are sub par. And a hundred 5 star reviews from accounts who have only left 1 review in total.. not suss at all. 🙄