This fairly busy cafe is located on the east side of Oxford st in Bondi Junction directly across the road from the Westfield Mall Entrance by Borders. They offer mainly all day breakfast dishes for those on a budget although the prices are not that competitive.
The waitresses are friendly, mainly backpackers and it s quite a good location to have brunch. It’s a shame the food is not that good, it was very below average when we tried it, very greasy and old style. There were also quite a few flies which is not a good sign.
We order an all day breakfast which was served with soggy greasy tomatoes, very greasy nearly raw bacon and greasy fried eggs that were not cooked properly.
Overall our experience was not great, only the friendly waitresses stopped up from complaining but we would most certainly not recommend this place to anyone even those on a small income, too greasy and the food made us feel a bit sick to be honest.
Unfortunately there is nothing prime about the Primo Cafe in Bondi Junction.
I actually had a late breakfast at this joint a few weeks ago and it was the most deplorable dining experience I have ever encountered.
First off I sat at a table outside and ordered an all day breakfast with poached eggs. I also found the backpacker waitresses friendly too but I did wonder how much they were been paid, probably something very low and I had noticed the waitresses are always changing which says a lot of this place. I had eaten here a couple of times before and although I never found the food much to rave about. But when your hungry for breakfast and this place is on the way to the mall then it was convenient to drop into.
I also noticed a lot of flies which usually means rotten food in the kitchen. When I got my food it was looking very sloppy and under cooked. I then found the eggs to be actually raw, I’m not talking about under cooked but these were probably placed into a pot of hot water and then instantly served.
So I proceeded to walk to the checkout where the chef or cook could be viewed with the open kitchen. I told them the eggs were raw. The cook which looked to be the owner, an older Italian man was very rude and arrogant. He told me next time to ask for well done eggs and obviously decided it was all my fault. Ge gave no apology or nothing just plain rudeness. I told him that these eggs were raw and I had ordered cooked eggs. After his wife intervened and told me that they would fix it up I went back and sat down waiting for my half eaten breakfast to return with cooked eggs.
My breakfast came back 5 minutes later and the low life had not even cooked me a new breakfast but had even cooked the same eggs again. It was absolutely disgusting and the bacon was also half raw and you could feel the grease which stank fall off the fat. Anyway I decided I would not complain further and I walked to the checkout to pay my bill and get out of there. Well guess what, yes the owner started attacking me (after I paid). First he said were the eggs ok now? I said yes thanks (even though I was not happy). He then said that next time I should ask for my eggs to be well done and not complain. I said to him next time I would expect cooked eggs (even though I had no intentions of going back to this disgusting hole). He then got quite angry and told me next time I should cook my own. I told him that he had no idea on how to cook and that I was once also a chef and this food was the worst I had seen. I left without taking it further but I should have asked him why there was so many flies and what the strange smells were coming from the kitchen? I could see the fridges and kitchen and it looked very unclean and unhygienic. I could only imagine all the rotten food in the fridge, something you would see in Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares.
Be warned, this place is the most disgusting and unhygienic place I have ever eaten in with an extremely rude owner. If you want food poisoning or a short life then eating here would help with that.
jc