Pond Cafe

Best Known For

Pork tacos arabes with housemade salsa, chipotle crema, white onion and coriander.

Wander up from the surf at Torquay Beach for a caffeine fix and bite to eat at Pond Café on The Esplanade. Welcoming surfers, locals and visitors alike with cheery planter boxes full of flowers outside, step indoors to find a bright and breezy dining space filled with natural light and a rustic fit-out of recycled timber and potted greenery. Pond rocks an all-day menu sure to quell any sized hunger waves with tempters like Turkish eggs, grilled peppers, spiced tomato oil, pita, lime and garlic labneh and roasted beans; or smashed avocado, smoked almond Romesco, whipped feta and za’atar dukkah. As you linger over lunch, pair a cold-pressed juice with a spiced brisket sandwich with garlic mayo, cheese, white onion and iceberg lettuce, or lamb shoulder, mint labneh and jewelled rice.