Vincent's Cafe Restaurant - Cheltenham

Just returned from a birthday dinner. The table set up was strange with 2 round tables either end of 2 square tables Not sure where to start as it was all dreadful ! Waiters did not hv a clue ... very young , inexperienced and too few of them. First ordered drinks .... beers took a good 20 minutes to arrive - thank God we took wine otherwise it would hv been a longer wait. Main meals took 40 minutes ... seeing we had 5 kids , they should hv thought to have brought kids food first - thank goodness for the garlic bread - filled us up whilst waiting My kids had nacho pizza - there was nothing on the menu that suggested there was capsicum .... which they don't eat , my seafood spaghetti dry and seafood was dry and non existent... 2 prawns in the dish. Other relatives had steak - for starters no steak knives ! But very dry and chewy ! Best part was the birthday cake - which we took with us ! Oh.... the toilets are prehistoric... NEVER AGAIN .... can't see why this place is popular ??

Waitresses didn't listen to order. When she brought the wrong thing she argued with me. Also the menu doesn't list everything that comes in the dish and a friend who can't eat cream ended up with a cream sauce. Then the waitresses tried to tell us that is was on the menu and when she checked we were right.

I can't really think of anywhere in Melbourne especially a nice part of Melbourne where you can get a salad, & pizza or pasta & a glass of wine for $20 for dinner. Very high quality food, friendly & professional staff. Simply superb, can't fault a thing.

A group of 6 of us dined here and all enjoyed our meals. From an antipasto plate (very generous serving) to pizza, gnocci and barramundi, all meals were good. The service is friendly and not rushed, with plenty of time to chat and enjoy the meals.

We were staying at the Beaumaris Motel just around the corner and their restaurant wasn't open (the chef was on holidays) so we 'found' Vincent's Cafe and luckily snagged a table for two for dinner at 7.30pm just before New Year 2017. They had a special, a drink, garlic bread, a small salad and a choice of entree size pasta dish for $20 so I chose Lasagna and husband Chilli Prawns. DELICIOUS. Good service, friendly, nice atmosphere but busy and I could see why. I would describe menu as Italian. Wood fired pizza's which were very popular. Pasta, Lamb Shanks, Steak, Fish and generally familiar dishes families love, choice of small entree serves, kids serves and full size. Good wine list from house wine to vintage. Great coffee and delicious deserts including Sticky Date Pudding ! We ate there 3 times. Second time we ordered full size meal which was too much for me. Third time we ordered a Pizza which was piled high and so good. Would have eaten there again and again but booked out on popular nights and it was Xmas/New Year. We stayed in the Beaumaris/Mentone/Black Rock/Sandringham area for 10 days and ate at several different restaurants/cafes. In my opinion, this was THE BEST. I should explain that we are not fancy eaters. We are in our 70s, we travel a lot and above all we appreciate value for money. I hate paying huge prices for a small pile of fancy food on a big plate surrounded by wiggles of whatever. Recommended.