The Grounds of the City

Service and ambience great but menu was meh

Lovely fresh food. Great staff. Will definitely be back!

Despite a reduced menu, still excellent...

Horrible, Unfriendly Slow Customer Service (eg. order something and they forget for 30mins or ask for water and they never come back), Boring Food with Not Many Options, Very Overpriced (eg.$8 for an orange juice), Probably would not go here again.

Love the atmosphere. The cocktails are good...the food is simple, bland n boring. Go for a stop over not a meal.

Cocktails tasted awful, we don’t think the bartender knew what it tasted like before he served it. Bought two that were different types.

Warm and friendly service, great food and reasonably priced.

One of the best cafes in town! That was why I chose to have birthday breakfast with them. Food was excellent and servers were friendly. Finally got to eat at the booth after visiting there for many times.

I wanted the multiplayer cream cake but as usual was all sold out by my 3pm booking which was the only booking available. I need to lower my expectations when visiting there in the afternoon.

Beautiful place with amazing atmosphere. Highly recommend:)

Service was terrible on the day. They forgot to serve coffee and kept saying there were queues for coffee. I would've been nicer if staff came over and being honest about they forgot the order, just kept making excuses didn't convince me at all.
We had to ask about three times to chase up the coffee order.
I used to lo e coming the grounds of the city, I dont feel so excited anymore to come back here again.

One of the best breakfast places in Sydney, great to see you back open.

The food was really great! Service was awesome! We will definitely go back- very interested in trying out other food from their menu.

Very poor service, food is expensive but not worth the values, very over priced.

I always liked coming to the Grounds for breakfast, so I decided to try lunch this time. The service was great, but everything that is on lunch menu is very bread heavy: sandwiches with a massive pieces of bread or burgers. Not many options if you need something mode delicate or light. Also no deserts. Otherwise it is a nice place and coffee is great, would recommend coming for breakfast though.

Great service! We so appreciated our server offering to take a picture of us without us even having to ask. Thanks! Such a beautiful place as well!

Glad that it is back open - now with limited menu - but, ok!

Was so happy that reopened and dined on my own for breakfast. Staff are lovely and food tasty. Definitely recommend

Absolutely loved our lunch here recently. The food was outstanding (healthy and tasty, win win!!). Excellent ambience and comfortable seating. Highly recommend.

Went for a business meeting, I knew I could rely on the service and food being good. Did not disappoint.

Beautiful food, great value for money and lovely staff.

Cool atmosphere but food is less than average. I wouldn’t say you get value for your money in terms of the food.

Imacculate immaculate immaculate thoroughly enjoyed both visits there

First time @ the City Grounds...wow this place is popular we arrived 10 mins early and was told to come back in 10 thought ok that's unusual when we did get seated we had wonderful service, food was great and we enjoyed killer cocktails. Our friend was turning 50 and we were lucky to have 3 waiter's come over and sing happy birthday and a complementary cake slice to share all in all excellent...one drawback is no toilets on site : (

The decor reminds me of an old english or irish pub, the food was really good and it was a nice place to catch up with friends.

Great place to have a nice long lunch, if you choose to. It's very busy on a Saturday, but the staff are very efficient and friendly, know the menu and offer suggestions.
Had a really nice lunch and coffee was very good.

Great service and atmosphere - food was good however the tea dreadful - one came lukewarm - however as I have breakfast here regularly this is not the norm

I had been to the Grounds previously so was excited to return. I ordered the 3 egg Omelette and it was delivered cold and overloaded with mushrooms and my partner ordered an Iced Chocolate which we never received. The tea I ordered took 26 minutes to be delivered. A very disappointing $60 spent for breakfast for two.

Cannot fault these guys at all.
Food, coffee and service always on point.

I love eating here but I don’t think the desserts are very good and certainly not good value at $17.
However the staff are delightful young people and I do love the grain and roasted veggies salad with a serve of beef on top. I will keep coming back and just get a dessert elsewhere if I need one.

Nothing much to add it is not helpful to force consumers to say something when they don’t want to - I just wont complete your feedback anymore which is self defeating don’t you think?

Quite visible watermarks in spoon/cutlery. Long wait for food, bill and get a bar table even booking was made.

Was very busy, so staff were stretched thin. Food was average.... that definitely wouldn’t be the drawing card to go here.

Lovely ambience for breakfast. High energy in the place. Really lovely friendly staff. Just very busy and you may have to wait to get a seat if you hit a busy time. There may be time pressure on getting out before a booking to follow you. Deconstructed hot chocolate is lovely.

Some of the high tea's food were great, but some were ok. Scones are too dry to our tasting. Interior of the place is awesome. Love the ambience though. Staff are friendly.

Fantastic food and coffee. The staff are friendly and the atmosphere is super swanky!

Food was delicious & it was a special catch up before friends got married so we were really happy we got the booth we requested

Wonderful atmosphere, great service making you feel special. A tad pricey but great experience.

The drinks, service and vibe were great. Burrata was decent and squid pretty nice but chips tasted like cardboard even fresh out the kitchen.

Unfortunately it gets really noisy in the back section. I was struggling to have my business breakfast meeting, even so early in the day. Otherwise I love this place, the food is excellent and service always top notch.