Seddon Deadly Sins II (pancake heaven)

With our family visiting from Sweden, we have been out to local cafes for breakfast a few times in the last few weeks. By far everyones favourite so far has been Seddon Deadly Sins.

On one visit we were lucky enough to have turned up at exactly the right time to get a table for 8 without having to book! Usually they are pretty packed but we arrived just as 3 tables of people were leaving so were able to push these together.

We started with rounds of coffees, and fresh squeezed orange juice. As has been the case any time we have been to this cafe, the coffee was great and the service prompt and very friendly. No matter how busy the place gets, the staff are always friendly, chatty and helpful and still efficient.

Our niece and nephew tried the special for the weekend which was french toast with apple and strawberries and mascarapone. I love how the french toast is presented. This is the best photo of this breakfast I have, but you can see they made a double decker sandwich of french toast and fruit which looks really good. Each french toast slice was fried, then the sandwich made with 2 layers apples and fried lightly together. It was then cut in half diagonally and served with strawberries, a large dollop of mascarapone, and drizzles of maple. Apparently it was awesome and I am still impressed that our niece and nephew both managed to finish it all.

Another special was the mango coconut pancakes. I tried this and it was amazing. The 3 large pancakes were light and fluffy, the mango was so fresh and ripe and the coconut ice cream had heaps of toasted coconut through it. There was more mango hidden back behind the ice cream too which doesn't show in this picture. I was offered maple syrup to go with this, but didn't take it. The pancakes didn't need it.

There were a couple of orders for the grilled banana caramel pancakes for the table. This is an item from the regular menu. Again, these came with 3 large fluffy pancakes, a large scoop of ice cream, a large banana sliced length ways and grilled, and a very generous serve of caramel sauce.

Finally the second pancake offering from the regular menu, the mixed berry pancakes. 3 pancakes with ice cream, served with mixed berries and berry sauce. Again this was a huge serve of pancakes. When they came out none of us were sure we would be able to finish them, but they were so good, we all managed.

Not everyone was a mad sweet tooth so there were a few orders for a couple of the savoury breakfasts.

There were a couple of orders for the egg special of the day, which was scrambled eggs, with field mushrooms and a blue cheese sauce. I had a little taste of the sauce, expecting just a creamy sauce with a tiny hint of mild blue cheese as is so often the case, but the flavour of the sauce blew me away. There was a good strong blue cheese flavour with a hint of garlic as well. It was really very tasty and the consensus from all who ordered this was it went perfectly with the scramble and mushrooms.

The other dish ordered by a few was the green eggs. Usually this comes with ham, but we were able to order this without ham, and with mushrooms instead. The green eggs are scrambled eggs with crumbled feta and heaps of pesto.

The breakfast sizes are far more generous here than at other cafes we have been to in the area, and I love that they don't skimp on anything - other places we have tried pesto eggs have used less pesto and lose the flavour impact, or give you a sad handful of berries on little pancakes, but Seddon Deadly Sins never seem to cut corners. Every meal has been indulgent, and I guess that is in keeping with the deadly sins and decadence theme of the cafe.

Seddon Deadly Sins

There is a cafe near our house that we go to fairly regularly, called Seddon Deadly Sins. For a start, just the name is pretty damn awesome. The staff are super friendly and the service is great, regardless how busy they are (usually very busy from 10.00 onwards). The cafe has a nice relaxed atmosphere, with 4 separate dining areas - 4 tables on the footpath, a relaxed but usually crowded front room, a courtyard that is lovely on warm days, and my favourite the cosy back room with fireplace. I love the interior, and their furnishings and that they haven't caved to the hipster cafe trend and decided that milk crates pass as chairs and communal tables are the way to go. They also have a room upstairs called the Good Room that is full of various old sofas and chairs (all second hand chesterfields, and plush red lounges sourced from eBay) and the bathroom upstairs is well worth checking out. In my dream house, my bathroom looks a lot like this one, minus the disco ball... The Good Room is used for coffee and cake only however, and sometimes they will offer to seat you up there with a coffee while you wait for a table to come available.

I do think it is adorable that they present their menus inside old little golden books though.



Since the fiancé is a bit of a self confessed coffee snob, the most important thing for him in any cafe is the coffee, and the coffee at SDS definitely passes the test. It is easily the best coffee we have found over our side of the westgate.


In keeping with the name of the cafe, a lot of the items on the menu are named after sins like gluttony, wrath and envy. The guys here are always happy to adjust a meal where they can. I ordered the field mushrooms, which is usually 2 mushrooms filled with mushy peas topped with haloumi, served on spinach and eggplant with 2 poached eggs. I ordered it without eggs and cheese. Once you take the eggs away it looks like a pretty small weekend breakfast, so I added a side of tomato. Most of Kev's hashbrowns also came out on my plate and I held them hostage for a while, but eventually caved and released the little crispy fried prisoners one at a time. I'm pretty sure the hashbrowns are not even vegetarian, they look like commercially prepared frozen ones.

More food needs pea in it!

There is spinach on that plate, it's just hiding under the eggplant and mushroom.

Aside from the standard menu, every weekend they will have a specials menu up on the chalk board. These are usually meat based, but occasionally there are some real gems up on the board like breakfast dahl (yay!) or a rosti. Today the special was corn and zucchini pikelets with aioli sauce, served with spinach, poached eggs and bacon. Kev ordered this without the bacon, but with sides of tomato, mushroom and hashbrown.

They also have a cake cabinet with various sweets, cakes and biscuits. There is always at least one flavour of cheese cake, and 1 gluten free cake option. The options available will change day to day, but I have not yet seen a vegan option available.

I also just wanted to show you my new tea cup, which I think is really cute. It was given to me by a friend who saw it and decided they had to get it for me. Being a ranga, I have from time to time copped the nickname 'little red', and she thought this mug would be the perfect gift. And I love it, thanks Em :)

Does anyone have any suggestions for good cafes that serve good coffee and have vegan breakfast options? I know there are plenty of places over the other side of the westgate, but would really appreciate if anyone has any recommendations closer to us.