Orvieto Cafe on Mt Eden Road, Three Kings. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Orvieto Cafe on Mt Eden Road, Three Kings. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Address: 935 Mt Eden Rd, Three Kings Herald rating:
The menu is an all-day list featuring everyone's favourites - buttermilk hotcakes with honeycomb butter ($17), corn fritters ($17), three varieties of eggs bene (from $15.50) and, the side Orvieto is famous for, their hash browns.
The look is spacious, and it needs to be, it was packed with amix of families shuffling tables around to fit their brood, young people sipping flat whites and fit-looking folk, dressed in their activewear, enjoying brunch with their faithful dogs nearby. We suspect the nearby off-leash park Big King Reserve has something to do with the cute parade of hounds out front.
The food was all really good - my $18 spanish omelette with bacon was generously packed with roast potato, tomato and grilled cheese, and topped with sticky, sweet caramelised onion.
My partner's Orvieto bene ($20) ticked all the boxes - avocado, bacon, spinach and a perfectly poached egg. The stand-out for us both, however, were the crispy, golden slabs of potato hash. Get them as a side, no matter what you order.
The service was at the counter, but once we'd placed our order food arrived at our in less than 10 minutes - a welcome surprise when the place was so packed.
Overall, we would definitely return, especially if we had a four-legged friend in tow.
