Cicada - Brisbane

I had a quite nice breakfast but ordered all components separately. Coffee was quite good and service was good.

The lunches are really tasty and very reasonable. Roasts are really good so are the variet of salads. Perfect place for meetings. Great staff service.

I had visited here for the first time with my sister a couple of months ago. I was impressed. So, I thought I'd give it another try, flying solo before a business meeting this time. I wasn't overly hungry, so I ordered the every so humble and often maligned croissant. This one came with ham, cheese and tomato croissant with a pot of English Breakfast tea with my obligatory soy milk. At a price of only $6 this has to be one of the best quality bargains I've had in a while. And for a true tomato lover, I was stoked to see the inclusive of tomato in the croissant. The croissant was very generously loaded with really good quality aged cheddar cheese, extra lean smoked ham and popping full of cheery tomatoes. Quite simply, it was the best croissant I've had at any eatery here in Brisbane. Usually, they are filled with very little 'plastic' type cheese and poor quality ham and definitely no tomatoes on offer! And similarly, they normally arrive soggy. This one arrived well toasted. In terms of service however, that would be my only mildly negative feedback. The wait staff weren't overly welcoming. But, I came for the food; and it ticked all the boxes for quality, price, quantity and of course freshness.

Place looks great from the outside, is honestly a great place to meet for drinks with plenty of tables and space. This place used to be fun. This time staff not so great, very inattentive with long wait times at the bar. Food needs vast improvement. We ordered sliders for the table, 1/2 had burned buns and when this was raised with staff they simply said the kitchen was busy.... we also got salt and pepper calamari which was over cooked and cold when it finally got to the table. We were there for a few hours and were ordering food for the table. We tried ordering additional food at 8:15 only to be told the kitchen was closed and no more orders would be taken. Mm really closed that early on a Friday night. I would seriously rethink this strategy.Staff seemed more interested in clearing glasses than serving people. Come on guys, get back to the way you used to be. I loved coming here 2 years ago, staff were friendly, service was fast and efficient and food was alway great with something new to try. I would hate to see a place with such promise slowly die due to lack of care.

One day you can order food just from the 'extra' section of the menu the next they will charge you a 'meal' price and state no you can't order just from the menu O o. Crazy, as I don't want to waste food I don't want to eat. 'Fine. I will not return than if that is the system' reply 'that's ok'. Seriously, what a joke. Be a service to the consumer or lose money. Go somewhere else!