Mr. Watkins Reviews

Nice place, friendly staff, just a little crowded and bar staff felt rushed. Not uncomfortable though. Would go again.

Great food, awesome staff, sick atmosphere. Definitely my new local

Love this place. The staff are so friendly and always go that extra mile. Love getting my morning coffees here and having a chat. Have also checked out the bar and had a meal here, was a fantastic night. Customer service was really great

Excellent service & food, always friendly staff willing to help and a quirky and different place to relax and enjoy the company

Wonderful atmosphere, surroundered by books..and excellent .personal service.

Delicious food and if the house drinks are anything to go by, the drinks are great.
Try the pork belly, or the beef ribs.
Very hipster moody atmosphere, nice staff.

Mr Watkins Bar is a genuine gem in Penrith! We had discovered it by accident, but are glad that we did. Very welcoming staff, beautiful decor, great range of drinks and the food was to die for. I had the chorizo hotdog and have been craving it since. I'm looking forward to going on one of the nights that they have live music. Bookings for the weekend are a must! Thursday nights are quiet though.

Brilliant venue!
Excellent styling, premium service, well priced and brilliant food and beverage selection!

Great atmosphere for a night out. Love the bar food.

Was a bit out off on the menu online, but was rewarded with the most excellent food, and not small serves. Service was impecible..highly recommend

Hands down the best place in Penrith for coffee and atmosphere!!! Staff lady was fantastic, really sells the business and promotes every area of the place so well.. tidy and clean, funky as!! Cannot wait to try the food and the night atmosphere!! Definately will be a regular here!!! Fantastic!!! A++++

Great place, delicious coffee & food. Keen to try their cocktail selection.

Visited again for a coffee & breaky roll combo, coffee was made almost instantly but a 20 minute wait for a breaky roll was a bit discouraging.

Quaint little bar. Great drinks selection. Enjoyed listening to other customers singing and playing the piano. Not over crowded which was lovely. Very friendly staff.

Its alright, a bit on the pricey side and the food is only OK. Not a bad atmosphere though.

Food, service, atmosphere superb. Highly recommend half head of cauliflower flash fried and drenched in cheese sauce (off menu) and finishing up with the mulled wine. I'll be back and soon.

Awesome service. Friendly and welcoming. Foods great. Coffee great.

Had a birthday celebration there on saturday night in the lounge area. The cozy setting coupled with a nice selection of drinks and food makes for a enjoyable and relaxed night out.

Brilliant!! Excellent service, ambience and a delicious selection of food, Highly recommend!

The bar in the back is awesome! Great atmosphere and drinks. Good music!

really great service, great food at reasonable prices and quantity :) Even though it was super busy staff were always checking up on us. Defiantly coming back !

Argentine wine selection was top notch! Nice beers too!

Amazing drinks, food, and service! The only downside is that they need to get more tables to serve the amount of people that come through the door. Their gin and tonics are top notch!

Very sparse menu. Kitchen had their own music disruptive to rest of the restaurant.

Good food and drinks, but it was the staff who were particularly great. Very friendly and very welcoming.

Great food great service....if you have never been you should go...really nice and welcoming feel all due to the floor manager with her purple hair..love it

If there's two things Penrith needed more of, it was good coffee and a cocktail bar that serves legitimate cocktails. Amazingly, someone decided it was a good idea to combine both and they hit the nail on the head in every aspect.

During the week, Mr Watkins is your neighbourhood coffee shop that serves up some really nice and unique dishes with some of the old favourites. As skeptical as I was for something called a "Bread Pie" and I couldn't have been happier with my choice. The coffee was spot on, which is surprisingly a difficult thing to find these days. Not to sound snobbish (ok, well a little) but there's a difference between a cappuccino and a flat white and these guys know it. Overall a fantastic breakfast option if you can get there.

Friday to Sunday night roll around and they open up the bar out the back and this is where the magic happens. Per the theme, the menus are converted novels (don't worry, it's as easy to read as plain paper) with a great selection of cocktails and spirits. These are the real deal, not the vodka spiked cordial you'd get from most other bars. We've ordered several of the cocktails and each one has been made so well, I've even enjoyed ones with bases I usually don't go for. Careful though, they really don't dilute the drinks and they go down pretty easy.
Cocktails not your thing? No worries, there's a beers on tap and a good choice of wine available by the glass or bottle (to share, of course).

The staff are really easy going, day and night, and make a point of ensuring you're being looked after. Whenever they get a moment, they're always happy to chat and never condescending if you don't know what you're looking at.

With a great atmosphere and decor that has to be seen to be appreciated (it's pretty great), you'll be hard-pressed to find a reason not to drop by and spend a morning or evening here. My hat is off to the owners for taking an unknown shopfront to a go-to bar in the span of a few months. Very well deserved and I thoroughly recommend the place to just about anyone.

Great food and ambience. The staff are really friendly and attentive. Excellent and quick service. We had a bread pie, similar to a regular pie but made with bread instead of pastry. Ingenious and delicious. Mine was filled with More

From the warm welcome on entry through ordering and departing the service was impeccable and by far the best I have had since moving to the area. This bar would not feel out of place in New York, the beef was cooked perfectly and the drinks were original and well mixed. Think I have found my new local!

WOW, a really trendy bar restaurant with great food and a super wine list. Make the effort and go there!

Always a friendly comfortable environment, food is always excellent along with the service. Highly recommend

Great little bar in Penrith. Food was tasty, but pretty rich - easy to overdo it. Good beer. Good drink selection. Would happily visit again.

Very eclectic place with a nice atmosphere. A lot of beers that are a bit different that arent necessarily available elsewhere . Extensive cocktail menu. Drinks arrnt cheap though. City hipster bar feel.

Great food, friendly staff, great range of tasty food

Great place for a drink, light meal, music and the friendliest staff I have ever met. A fantastic atmosphere for all ages.
Highly recommended.

Our new fav place, every dish we tried was better then the last. The staff are a classy bunch, very accommodating and sweet. Would HIGHLY recommend!

My girlfriends and I made a booking a week prior to our dinner. We were having a girls night out and long needed catch up. Our booking was made for 6.30pm. Upon arrival we were told that we had to vacate the table by 8pm. This was NOT made clear to us on the phone when we made the booking. My girlfriends and I were planning on having cocktails and dinner without being rushed out of our table and when we made this clear the hostess she was quite rude to us and said that we should have been told. We weren't. When we were ushered to our table we were given 3 bar stools and a tiny table shoved in the corner. I told the hostess that we were not happy with these arrangements, and given we had made our booking reasonably early we were quite disappointed. We decided not to eat there. I explained to her that whilst it wasn't her fault, I wasn't happy and I felt that this was not good service. I explained to her that I would like the name of a manager so that I could express my dissatisfaction to which she replied that there would be no point considering all of the correspondence was made through her. Whilst I understand that miscommunication happens I feel like we were treated quite poorly and our concerns were not heard. I can't speak to the food but I feel like if they are going to treat their customers in this manner then they should expect feedback that reflects the experiences of their customers.

Great place, great food, great staff. This place has such a unique vibe for Penrith. Definitely my favourite bar going.

Cracker of a meal.we had the banquet for four from start to finish wow

Booked for dinner at 7:30PM Saturday night. Honestly enjoyed the experience. The service was awesome, the food was great and the cocktails even better. It was however SUPER busy. Highly recommend a booking and bringing your hearing aids. :)

couldn't be more disappointed. worst experience i have ever had at a restaurant. staff and management are rude, this place makes me sick. don't waste your time. you would also think if they were going to charge so much for a cocktail it wouldn't taste like complete trash...

WOW!!! We felt like we were in Newtown or Sydney CBD. The team at Mr Watkins did an amazing team with the decor, slections of food and drinks and the staff are attentive and friendly.
If you're eating there, highly recommended stick pork hock. Mouthwatering....!!

Definitely will be back!!!!

The bacon and egg roll blows my mind. I love the coffee you guys make. Functionality and quality is fantastic.

When was the last time someone raved about a chicken sandwich? Not recently, yeah?
Chicken sandwiches are generally enjoyably but not memorable.
I've not been able to stop thinking about the chicken sandwich from Mr Watkins.
Couple this with the Mocha i had.......... Jesus. Proper tasty.
But this chicken sandwich - i don't know what was going on with that thing, but it was heavenly. There's some voodoo going on with that tasty bread as well, as if it's marinated in garlic oil, but still crisp and fluffy. I can't describe the food in a way that will do it justice, so imma stop.

The staff are all lovely, and the vibe is excellent. It's like an eccentric hunter's den and i'm jealous i don't actually live in this place.

On my way out, the chef yelled goodbye from the kitchen and i was able to give my compliments. I don't think he'll ever understand how impressed i am, but i reckon he knows how bloody good the food is.

I cannot speak highly enough of Mr Watkins. The only downside is once you eat there, you'll spend all your time thinking about the next time you'll be able to make it in and how unhappy you are with what you're currently eating.

Great vibe ... good food ... awesome mixologists ... only one like it out west!

Delicious foods, great prices and friendly staff. Diffinatly recommend

First time at Mr Watkins and I thoroughly enjoyed it, the style of the place brought back memories of my younger years.
Food was placed at my table in a timely manner and tasted great.
I believe I have found my new local.

Lovely lovely place v cosy for a chat or long lunch

Good atmosphere friendly service can't wait to go back

It spacious and the people that work there are great

Love this place, been a few times just for drinks but tonight for a meal, once inside you could be in any inner city bar / restaurant the staff are lovely, personally I love to interact with staff & not just about the food, Erin is an great hostess as was our waitress (didn't get her name, but it was her first night), we enjoyed the polenta nuggets & the beef for our share plate, will definitely be back

I think this place is good as a daytime cafe and a night time bar. Didn't like it as a dinner venue. I was part of a group who ordered the banquet, and it was a weird experience. The shared plates were served without serving cutlery, and the food was of mixed appeal. Definitely not enough options for vegetarians, no matter what the staff say. I'm an omnivore and found it quite meat heavy.

This place is absolutely incredible. The vibe is amazing so nice it s a vibe with adults and not 18 year olds also no yobbos. The staff r fantastic not a bad word can be sad. It was mine and my husbands first night out since r daughter was born and also my birthday they made it extra special with a lovely surprise of a glass of champers on the house that little touch is why people go back to these places genuine place. I do think maybe the bill part it would be nice to add a tip, I would of liked to of tipped one lady she had dark hair and just come back from England she was so lovely and didn t let r drink go low before asking do we want another one instead of waiting ages in some places. Also the lady at check in desk she was lovely too we had no cash so couldn t leave a tip but if the option was on the machine when paying I would of left one.
Will definitely be back when I can get another baby sitter or return with my girlfriends

Atmosphere is awesome! Excellent service, staff are really friendly and genuine. Coffee was perfect and the gluten free chocolate brownie was the best I've ever had. Can't wait to go for a meal, menu looks great.

I only took a photo of half the sand which because it was so delicious I couldn t wait! This place has friendly staff, great service and great decor. I highly recommend the chicken sandwich. They also have a great music play list

Great food great service but most of all great atmosphere, Explorer adventurer felt cozy and good price for quality. Will be back with a book soon.

Had breakfast and coffee both were great, but what stood out was the service. They were efficient and really friendly.

The best meals in Penrith by far. Great atmosphere too

Had coffee here this morning. All I can say is wow great coffee and also a great venue. Even stayed for a second coffee haha also staff are very friendly and welcoming. Will be back again!!!!

Stopped in early to check Mr Watkins out. The lights we up and the music was low (apparently this changes after 9pm) but the atmosphere was cool and relaxed, the decor was interesting with lots of quirky touches to capture the eye. Had a few cocktails and some bar snacks that were all great, will be returning at a later time of day to catch the vibe and try the hotdogs

Love the front desk ladies
Monday and Fridays child

The food and drinks here are great, the staff are also sensational. The best thing about Mr Watkins is the vibe though. It's a cool place and if feels nice hanging out there. Excellent bar.

Excellent customer service but it is a shade overpriced for their drinks and food.

Always awesome and the staff are knowledgeable and fantastic !

Cool little place in Penrith that has fantastic food. Cool set up. Music that takes you back to high school and reignite the flame all with some fresh craft beer on tap that rotates as the keg empties.

Such a cool venue. Long overdue for Penrith. Awesome beverage list and wonderfully friendly staff. I found my new local.

Look I know I should say how good the food is, and it is, but the staff really make it. Apparently the local parking inspector comes to tell them to let their customers know he s working his way down the street - that s a sign of how likeable the staff are! I always feel really welcome here, and always leave with a very happy stomach and good vibes