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Bogey Hole Cafe Newcastle

November 15th 2006 02:20
I have to admit I was in a bit of a bad mood when I visited the Bogey Hole Café in Newcastle. I’d been locked out from my holiday house for about 3 hours and was still dragging around all my stuff. A text message instructed me to meet a stranger in the café at a certain time to pick up the keys.

Bogey Hole Cafe
Cnr Pacific & Hunter Streets
Newcastle
NSW 2300
(02) 4929 1790



I was about ten minutes and decided to cheer myself up with some sweet treats. I ordered a cappuccino and a decadent Kahlua crème broulee. It was superbly creamy with that delicate sparkling layer of caramelized sugar crackling on top. These two items came to around $7.50, the staff were attentive yet unobtrusive and service was speedy. The café itself has a lot of room catering for any size group. It’s clean, nice and sheltered with pleasant outdoor dining space for nice weather.


Close to the station it’s in a nice location within walking distance from the beach, park and the iconic Bogey Hole after which it is presumably named. The Bogey Hole is one of Newcastle’s beautiful local features, a large rock pool formed on a jutting outcrop of rock with the cliffs above and below and a vast expanse of sea in front of you. It’s a beautiful spot to visit but you need to be brave to swim there are the shady shelter from the cliff face means that its almost always icy cold. Built in the 19th century “Bogey Hole” is a term of aboriginal origin which comes from the words “to bathe”. More on the Bogey Hole.


A romantic trip to the Boogie Hole

I had waited half an hour, the waitress looked as if she wanted to clean my table and close up and the mysterious stranger had still not yet arrived. I took a gamble and asked the waitress if she had any information on the whereabouts of these keys. Score! They had been behind the counter the whole time. The deal was done and I left the café satisfied that my mission was almost complete. (Little did I know that the door lock was old and rusty and it would take me about 15 minutes of jiggling to actually get in once I had the key.)

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Comment by Hunter_foodie

June 8th 2009 01:08
7.00pm, Saturday night, tired and hungry having driven down from Byron Bay where the restaurants are
always friendly and the food good.

Almost home, now what to do? Scramble a few eggs at home or eat out?

With parking almost impossible anywhere near Newcastle's premier Darby Street food strip, I thought I'd try the

eastern end of Hunter Street, having recalled a few decent restaurants there in the past.

With plenty of parking spots within walking distance to the few open restaurants, I ventured up Hunter Street

and discovered an affordable eatery with a friendly looking crowd inside, Newcastle's own Bogie Hole.

Step inside, plenty of empty tables with no 'Reserved' signs on them and then wait five minutes for any
acknowledgement. Finally an aggressive woman comes over and tells me that that the Bogie Hole was full.

With Australia hovering on the edge of recession, and the hospitality industry struggling everywhere, here's a
dive in economically depressed Newcastle, half empty, yet refusing customers at 7:00pm on a Saturday night.

Its definitely time for this snottly nosed 'Bogey Hole' to discover Kleenex tissues and clear its sinuses of
attitude.

Comment by Anonymous

September 22nd 2009 07:53
like getting sexist attitude from the owner/manager? go to the bogey hole cafe! waitstaff don't last long, and there's a reason.

Comment by Anonymous2

January 6th 2010 21:30
The Bogie Hole Cafe has been through a rough patch with two change of owners in a short period..they are now back on track and deserve a second chance. The food is good value and the staff are giving it a "red hot go".

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