Village Cafe Restaurant and Bar - Airlie Beach - 5 out of 10

On this morning - still while on holidays - I thought I'd try another cafe, this time actually in the Main Street of Airlie Beach, but sadly, I seem to have lucked out with this place.

I ordered my Eggs Benedict with bacon and a side of mushrooms, but as you can see, mushrooms was translated by the English-as-a-second-language waitress as side of hash brown. Damn.

Tucking into the benny was the next issue with the hollandaise sauce extremely salty. Way too salty for me to enjoy.

It was so disappointing.

On the plus side, the eggs were cooked evenly and both runny.

But the Benny was just way too salty. And there were no muschies.

Atmosphere on the deck where sat was nice and service was quite fast.

There are many other cafes along the main street of Airlie Beach - hopefully we can visit one of these soon!

Overall 5-out-of-10.

The Coffee Club - Port of Airlie - Airlie Beach - 9 out of 10

Having family at Airlie Beach I've entually got around to trying out an Eggs Benedict from one of the many restaurants and cafes around the Main Street. On this occasion it was the Coffee Club at the Port of Airlie - a complex still under construction away from the main street.  This coffee club has been around for some time and I have previously visited and had a benny which I enjoyed.

Today's Eggs Benedict with bacon and a side of mushrooms came out and my first thought was "spinach"!!

Admittedly, and this was my mistake, at the Coffee Club it was an order of "Eggs Benedict with Spinach and Mushrooms, and a side of Bacon", so, the amount of spinach was perhaps to be expected.  Sadly, the "side of bacon" which is on the menu as two rashers - came out as one rasher. Disappointing.

But on a positive note, this was a very tasty benny - albeit with a overwhelming taste of spinach with most bites. It was also very pleasing to see that both eggs were cooked the same and were both runny - quite rare on our adventures so far!

Nice atmosphere by the water, and nice quick service topped off a great benny that was sadly held back by a lack of bacon and a huge amount of spinach.

Overall 9-out-of-10.