Biginelli's - Macarthur

This coffee shop is in my locality and I occasionally go there with friends. It is a friendly place, heaters are available outdoors in winter.

Biginelli’s is a (now very typical) café tucked away in a small suburban shopping centre. It is quite popular and specialises in breakfasts and lunches, but also does pizzas on Wednesday evenings. We tried it for breakfast. It was a somewhat mixed experience. Coffee was quite good, but neither of ours were anywhere near hot enough, and we had to drink it more quickly than we intended, as it getting cold quite quickly (there is only outside seating, and the Canberra morning was brisk). We each had poached eggs on toast with crispy bacon. The bacon was excellent, plenty of it, and cooked just as asked. The eggs were less successful; they were very small, the yolks were very pale, and they tasted watery. We have breakfast out quite frequently, and we are striking more and more of these very pale yolk eggs. Whatever has happened to the rich, deep yellow egg yolks from free range chickens that used to be the trademark of cafés that specialise in breakfasts? Service is basic, but quite acceptable (order at counter, items delivered to table). Both the coffees and dishes were delivered quite quickly. Overall, Biginelli’s was OK, and I wouldn’t pass up going there again if I was nearby (as I was today) but I probably would not make a special trip there.

All food and drink I’ve had at Biginelli’s has been tasty. The cafe is run by a friendly family who make tasty gelato (amongst many other things) and participate in the Kambah Christmas decorations. Cafes such as these are the reason Starbucks had no chance in Australia. I must add that they make the hands down best vanilla latte I’ve had in this country. Great for family Saturday breakfasts, panini lunches after a walk up Mt Taylor, coffee catch ups with friends and Wednesday night pizza.

Went and sat in the sun during winter for a burger, really good. Fresh. Huge. Found it strange they don't open longer on the weekend though, as we can't make it on weekdays and closes pretty early on Saturday. Had a takeaway pizza too yummy but terribly tiny for the price, bases a bit under or soft, so probably will keep going to Theo's instead. But burgers and alfresco seating is so lovely. Hope they change their hours to the weekend! We would come every Sunday for a coffee.

After a break in buying their take away pizzas which were usually very good we recently ordered 3 for a take away dinner last week. It’s almost as if someone else is making them now the toppings were scant and the quality was generally much lower. We were all hungry afterwards. Very disappointing.