Nero Cafe Bar - Epping

The coffee in this cafe is of poor quality, slightly overpriced and when the owner says you have to pay 50 cents extra for skim milk, then I say good bye! There's nothing special about this place and won't be going back.

It's disgusting!No hair nets are worn & yes there's hair in the food. They have pigeons that fly in the cafe. Once I ordered a chicken sandwich & they suggested I have avocado (up-selling). They then served a solid hard 1/4 in a sandwich. Thinking this was just a bad day I returned 6 months later. This time I had a chicken & mushroom crepe which was a tomatoey watery mess on a plate & they still had pigeons. Never again.

So as per the previous review I had heard that the management and chefs had changed and that it was not good so I wasn't expecting much.Have to say it was just ok, we had a crepe, a couple of pastas and a veal dish. One criticism is that the sauce on the prawn pasta, the ravioli and the crepe all appeared to be the same sauce, a pinkish creamy sauce. It was tasty enough but it does suggest a somewhat limited chef. The pasta was cooked well but some of it was stuck together. The prawn pasta had fresh tasting, firm and tasty prawns, The veal was tasty and tender and well cooked and served with very basic but well cooked vegetables.Coffees were excellent. There was no dessert menu but they have gelato. We had a chocolate and a hazelnut. The chocolate was good, the hazelnut was a weird texture like it had melted and been refrozen.

Chinese guys can't cook Italian. Such a shame. Veal tough as old boots. Mush lasagne. Zero desert menu. The Italians that sold must be laughing.

From great coffee and smiley faces on my takeaway cup, to incredible service. I had to wait a while for my dad's surgery and they provided me with a great place to study, a constant supply of water and wifi. I would highly recommend this cafe!