Cafe Once Upon a Time

Very good local cafe. It's always busy but there are a lot of seats provided. The staffs are nice and friendly.
Great environment.
The dishes are fairly big with reasonable price.

We ordered:
BELGIAN BREAKFAST $23
2 poached eggs, grilled tomato, bacon, avocado, roasted pumpkin, ricotta cheese, chives, fried onion, za'atar and Romesco sauce on a Belgian waffle.

BACON EGG & HASH ROLL $16
Bacon, 2 fried eggs, hash brown, swiss cheese, BBQ sauce and rocket on ciabatta

EGGS ON TOAST $11
Two free range eggs (poached/scrambled/fried) with organic sourdough/ turkish bread/ ciabatta
Add Bacon/Chorizo/Smoked Salmon/Avocado $4

PORTUGUESE CHICKEN BURGER $19.5
Grilled chicken breast fillet, lettuce, tomato nacho chips, aioli & sweet peri peri sauce on a brioche bun served with shoestring chips

COOKIES & CREAM FRAPPE

HOT CHOCOLATE

What a place! The food was incredible, so tasty and presented beautifully. And the atmosphere and decor of the Cafe was so cute and rustic! My Mum loved the old sewing machine turned tables👌 Doesn't look like much out the front bit it's a gem when you step inside✨

Love this rustic cafe and as soon as you walk in, you can smell beautiful aroma of fresh roasted coffee.

We ordered the following dishes
Monaco french toast
Signature duck burrito

and they were on the dot - delicious and generous portion as well with beautiful presentation.

Coffee was very good as well. Hidden gemmin west ryde.

This place is amazing. Lots of places to sit and eat and feel very special. The Cafe is covered in " "yee ol wares"!....just so fantastic...
Even a wee garden to sit and eat. Food was brilliant. Def going back here.!!

My dog enjoyed water from the dog bowl out the front of the Cafe. The attention to detail is considerate yet effective, improving my day by 25% overall. Thank you to this lovely local cafe. Me and the pup will be back soon!!

Mind blowing breakfast. Food was amazingly fresh, well presented, and phenomenal to the taste buds.

Staff were happy and friendly. The kitchen spotless, kitchen were regimented and a well oiled machine, food arrived as advertised and in a timely fashion.

Hard to find fault here.

Best time to go a Sunday morning for us, we arrived at 9 and was getting busy as we left.

Highly recommend.

Even the lunch menu looked unreal.

Great coffee, good people, good vibes. Cozy and spacious seating. Will go again.

The decor at this cafe is really fascinating. They have made use of old sewing machines to form tables. I really liked the vintage vibe going on. Food wise I had the Benedict and mushroom toast. Both were tasty and a decent portion. Coffee was also good. Definitely worth checking out if in the West ryde area

Really awesome place. There are many cafes in West Ryde area, I tend to reach at every corners to support their business. However, if I miss to have coffee in this “One Upon a Time”, family run cafe, I feel I missed something that day. They have a juvenile team who are pretty quick in service. I love the atmosphere- it’s full of antique pieces and beautiful music on the background. They serve really nice coffee with nice latte art! I have breakfast here as well. It’s nice one and I advise everyone to try out.

Friendly staffs, great food and good seating very spacious seating indoor

Such a cute cafe with an interesting design.
We dropped by for a drink and got myself a strawberry smoothie.
The drinks were well priced and looks like they have a large food offering as well.
Will be sure to have brunch or lunch next time in the area.

Good vibes and nostalgia. This place is full of tools and equipment several decades ago. The coffee is good and it's a good place to meet up with your friend as a pastime.

Great food and decent menu. Beautifully served, rich and distinguished taste. Defiantly should try their Norwegian Brekkie. Love their coffee and its quite Sensational. Their staff are friendly and polite.

Thank you Team.

Fantastic brunch location! My favourite drink is their green tea frappe. Love the aesthetic of the cafe and the unique touches. Lovely little chić cafe in the heart of west ryde! Their Super Bowl was beyond expectations with crunchy kale chips and a variety of veggies and we added the smoked salmon. The acai bowl had a good selection of fruits and muesli but lacked in quantity of acai. Delicious- wish there was more!

A lovely cafe with a nice brunch menu, and a great selection of drinks. The staff are friendly and service is good.

Great food, great coffee, great service. For breakfast, my husband ordered a Belgian Breakfast and I ordered a Duck Burrito. Both were delicious. The portions were so big that we didnt need lunch and only ate a light dinner on the day.

We went for a coffee last Sunday and we had great coffees with good temperature and clean skilled latte art! It's a hidden gem we absolutely loved their coffee!:)

Always loved the food here, never disappointed...staff are lovely too

Came here for a Thursday lunch with my Mum and brother and we ordered:
1. 2 x Large Sweet Potato Lattes
2. 1 x Mixed Berries Crush
3. Soft Shell Crab Burger
4. Spiced Lamb Wrap
5. Beef Katsu Sandwich
6. Plate of chips to share

The drinks were very quick to come out and looked perfect and delicious. The berry crush wasn’t too sweet, just perfect. Very refreshing.
The sweet potato latte was unusual and you could taste the sweet potato. Very warm and comforting.

I had the soft shell crab burger and it was very tasty. I loved the fried egg on top of the soft shell crab and the charcoal bun is very striking.

Service was fantastic. Wait staff were attentive and fulfilled all requests quickly and the orders came flying out very quickly too.

Loved all the trinkets and decorations around the place. The cafe owners went out of their way to accumulate all the vintage sewing machine tables, buckets, picture frames, pots, pans & etc to give this place a very rustic and warm vibe. I felt like I was on the set of Oliver Twist! 😄
I feel like this place would really rival The Grounds of Alexandria and their style of decor yet didn’t come with the same price tag when it came to the food. I found the food to be very reasonably priced! Probably cheaper than a lot of other eateries.
I was constantly looking around because there was just so much to look at and even the theme was carried over nicely to the toilets. They really paid attention to all the little details!

This is such a funky little place and I would definitely return and bring some friends!

Soooo impressed! We put our names down to wait for a table for brunch - first meal outing in the rolling-back of Isolation. Perused the menu - could not decide between the Belgian Breakfast or the Signature Atlantic Salmon Stack - so we had one of each..... Big plug for "Once Upon a Time" at West Ryde - a glorious piece of yesteryear, wonderful menu that did NOT disappoint, and they very neatly handled the 10-at-a-time law, with excellent service. We will be back!! When it is all open again, the downstairs back entry and seating booths are a real treat.