Taste of Balingup

We had delightful coffee and cake at this cafe and were served by friendly staff. However, we were appalled at their rest room - overflowing bin, grubby toilet and a broken tap. No water to wash hands. If we had seen this mess beforehand, we would have ordered elsewhere. A disappointing review I know, but in the interest of hygiene please clean up your restroom area.

Went there with the family and really enjoyed the food. We had chicken curry with a home-made sausage roll which was really good. Prices were quite reasonable too.

Excellent service - friendly and helpful. Good range of meals including several curries which are just what you need on a chilly winter night.

We were in Balingup Wednesday 28 June and stopped into this café. I love muffins so had the daily muffin, banana and 'trail mix' I think it was. It was fantastic! Warmed with real butter. Husband had the hamburger, (he is fussy) and he said it was really good. Whatever the sauce they put on was great. Coffee was hot, (as I wanted). We sat at the table by the window and happily watched the world go by for a while. I would definitely go back to this lovely café. Great place!

The dilapidated state of the town's main street should have placed us on notice but we were ravenous having driven from Nanup in the search for an establishment that could offer us something reasonably edible. A reconnoiter of the town center revealed a coffee shop attached to a third rate ANZAC museum and a bakery which fitted the era of the Gallipoli campaign. By a process of elimination we found ourselves at the Taste of Balingup where we ordered a Beefburger and a Nasi Goreng. Although there was only one other patron in the establishment who was hovering over a coffee and the newspaper, our order took 35 minutes to appear. The Nasi Goreng was the most tasteless concoction I have experienced in my culinary memory. In contrast the Beefburger had a ransid carcoaly taste. After dissecting the burger from the bun the source of the peculiar taste was revealed in the form of a partially cremated burger (see photo). When I complained to the chef as to the state and health risk of his creation, he took umbrage at my commentary and informed me that he was in fact a "very good cook" and no one had ever complained about the products of his labours. It was only after I had offered to have his burger chemically analized as to its carinogenic content did he grudgingly offer me a refund. If the Minister for Tourism is serious about promoting the virtues of tourism in the State of Western Australia, he would be well advised to encourage many of the providers of tourist services to lift their game and drag themselves into the 21st century.