New Brisbane

Brisbane Nightlife Guide

Pancake Manor - Brisbane CBD

Filed under: Restaurants & Cafes, Reviews — 17 March, 2009 @ 8:11 pm

At 10pm on a Monday evening in the Brisbane CBD, there’s not too many places serving food and so we found ourselves in quite the predicament when catching up with a friend from out of town late one Monday evening. Fortunately, we knew there was somewhere we could go 24 hours a day that was guaranteed to give us a good feed. And while I’d never been there, I’d heard good things, so off to Pancake Manor we went.

18 Charlotte St,
Brisbane 4001
Ph: 3221 6433
Web: www.pancakemanor.com.au
Open 24 hours

Located inside what was previously St Luke’s Cathedral, the Pancake Manor is a Brisbane icon, serving up thousands of delcious pancakes every week, 24 hours a day. Whether it’s to late night drunks, early morning families or late morning hangovers, everyone knows that you can get a cheap, reliable feed at Pancake Manor, regardless of the time of day.

So after wandering from closed restaurant to closed restaurant, we finally decided upon Pancake Manor, where we were promptly shown to a booth. However, deciding that the booth was far too cramped for 4 medium-large sized males, we moved to a table and began leafing through the menus.

Despite the beauty of the architectural wonder that is the former church come pancake house, I was once again assaulted by the cloying sickliness of fake maple syrup as I sat choosing my meal. I won’t make a big deal out of it, but once you’ve been inside a wooden shack where for decades 100% real maple syrup has been created by boiling down the tree sap, and the wood itself is imbued with real maple essence, it’s hard to adjust to the scent of the fake stuff. I challenge anyone to show me a Brisbane restaurant that uses real maple syrup.

The menu itself was rather pleasing, with pictures of all the different options deliciously presented. The hardest part at this point became which one to choose, as there were several that looked good. All the more reason to come back I suppose. I went for the Bananarama (Two buttermilk pancakes with grilled bananas, butterscotch sauce, cream and vanilla ice cream), while those around me went for the short stack (2 pancakes + syrup/ice cream), the long stack (4 pancakes + syrup/ice cream) and the chocolate jewels (Two chocolate pancakes with chocolate ice cream, cream and our homemade chocolate sauce).

The meals came out without too much of a delay and we were soon hoe’ing into our flapjacks as the conversation floated around the table. The pancakes I can gladly say were just right - not too fluffy and not too flat (a benefit of using real buttermilk!) - and it wasn’t long before we’d all wolfed down our meals.

Now, for those that are thinking “But I don’t want to get pancakes at 4am”, then you need to know that the Pancake Manor doesn’t just do pancakes. You can get an entire range of food, including snacks & breads, items from their grill, salads, savoury crepes and a whole range of breakfast items. They also do individual billing, so that if you’re there with friends, you only have to worry about having a good time and not how the bill is going to be split at the end.

So despite the fact that this is my second review in two months featuring me eating pancakes, I don’t get to eat pancakes very often. It’s good to know however, that when I do have that pancake craving, there’s somewhere in the city that I can go any time of the day to get my fix, Pancake Manor.

Related Posts:

Cantina - West End
Cantina 172 Hardgrave Road, West End Ph: 3846 2211 A word of forewarning to readers - I don't know if this is so
Wicked Corner Cafe - Spring Hill
I'd been asked recently if I could write about some breakfast places in Brisbane and I thought what better place

3 Comments »

  1. Alborz:

    Been here a few times, the food is ok, one of the very few places that stays open all the time.

  2. Luis Aranguren:

    For a while I had the intention to eat at the Pancake Manor, passing by it once in a while and wondering what made it an icon in Brisbane. A few weeks ago I took the plunge and decided to, late at night, had something to eat there. I was impressed by the building, it’s been well kept and has wonderful arches and a beautiful ceiling. I ordered a Greek delight crêpe. What an atrocious meal. It was filled with feta and spinach. The feta in it was rubbery and the sludge of overcooked spinach made me gag. All swimming in a tasteless food coloring green sauce. I do have a huge tolerance for bad food (thanks to a less than skilled mom) but this place has earned the marks of the worst place I’ve ever eaten. Definitely not the twenty something dollars I paid for it.

  3. Loki675:

    Very disappointing. The roof leaked downstairs, the female toilet was broken, they locked the replacement toilet several times. The barstaff kept disappearing. We rented the Knight Room as a venue and our dinner booking was bumped from 7:30 to 8:30pm. We were told we couldn’t order food for downstairs. When 9:30pm rolled around and we still hadn’t been seated they suddenly revealed we could order basic meals (wedges, etc). We were seated at 10pm. When our room booking ended at midnight we were evicted from downstairs in minutes and told our group could grab a table in the restaurant. When we did, we were told we had to leave or be charged with trespassing. I watched the same table sit empty for 45 minutes while we ate birthday cake in the street outside. The staff were rude and made it very clear that they have no interest in good service.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

Leave a comment

Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

(required)

(required)


 
  • valium 2mg
  • dog skin remedies
  • alcoholism medical treatment
  • body building training
  • cheap medicine
  • health drugs
  • natural hair loss remedies
  • fda tamiflu
  • chronic pain syndrome
  • pain treatment
  • how to prevent strokes
  • on line weight loss program
  • drug smoking stop
  • arthritis help
  • face skin care
  • remedy for hair loss
  • buy vitamin a
  • phentermine to buy
  • stop smoking medication
  • weight loss product for women
  • viagra for her
  • buy cheap cialis without a prescription
  • depression drugs
  • jelly kamagra
  • dogs health problems
  • natural ways to relieve pain
  • pregnancy prevention methods
  • lower my blood pressure
  • plan b pregnancy
  • medication to help stop smoking
  • total health shop
  • my drug store
  • weight loss success
  • alcoholism information treatment
  • medical weight loss
  • blood pressure high
  • heart failure medicine
  • latest cure for aids
  • prescription drugs discount
  • med orders
  • citalopram 20mg
  • joint pain cure
  • pain meds without prescriptions
  • how to prevent hair loss
  • chronic pain syndrome
  • bronchitis infection
  • rapid flu
  • no prescription medicine
  • buy pain meds online
  • back pain muscle
  • buy drugs prescription online
  • cheap viagra without prescription
  • drugs for pain
  • cats hairball
  • clonidine dosage
  • treatment for diabetes
  • nolvadex 20mg
  • clonidine dosage
  • discount medicines for pets
  • pet treatment
  • on viagra
  • dental antibiotics
  • preventing pregnancy after sex
  • where can i buy viagra
  • free weight loss programs
  • new cancer treatment
  • finasteride pharmacy
  • fast weight loss tips
  • how to get teeth white
  • can i get a viagra today
  • prescription medicine
  • female body building
  • pain meds order online
  • prostate flomax
  • stop smoking cigerette
  • weight loss on line
  • allergies
  • fast weight loss supplement
  • where can i buy arthritis drugs
  • weight loss web sites
  • prostate cancer therapy
  • pain meds without prescriptions
  • natural hair loss cures
  • flu shots
  • reducing high blood pressure
  • hand pain
  • medication ranitidine
  • treatment for dry skin
  • medication for blood pressure
  • urinary tract health
  • levitra buy levitra
  • prevent high blood pressure
  • preventing hair loss
  • cheap phentermine online
  • how to increase bust
  • new diet supplements
  • what does viagra do
  • canadian pharmacy ltd
  • penis development
  • care health pet
  • bronchitis treatments
  • weight loss how to
  • order on line medicine without prescriptions
  • levitra buy levitra
  • dog products online
  • natural cure for hair loss
  • discount pet med
  • cheap impotence drug generic cialis delivery
  • pneumonia vs bronchitis
  • medicine for blood pressure
  • dog health problem
  • build muscle mass
  • cat health help
  • online alcoholism treatment
  • ear pain
  • alcoholism treatment option
  • drug free high blood pressure help
  • treatment of breast cancer
  • antibiotics diarrhea
  • body building program
  • cheap cialis online
  • on rx leagle diazepam
  • how to get teeth white
  • information on viagra
  • lorazepam klonopin
  • obesity care
  • weight loss how to
  • new cancer treatments
  • care for a cat
  • dog skin
  • sleep disorder treatment
  • how sleeping helps
  • easy weight loss
  • order medicine from mexico
  • approved canadian pharmacy
  • buy viagra online
  • body building fitness
  • right side pain
  • body building online course
  • treatment hypertension
  • new depression treatments
  • med on line
  • way to improve skin
  • information soma
  • neck muscle pain
  • drugs on line
  • vitamin shoppes
  • weight loss diet
  • what is high blood pressure
  • prescription meds without a prescription
  • prescription meds without a prescription
  • new depression treatments
  • health drugs
  • coupon code health pets
  • acne treatment for teenager
  • back muscle pain
  • women health
  • dog products online
  • weight loss exercise tips
  • weight loss health health
  • mens health care
  • weight loss product
  • arthritis information
  • new diabetes drug
  • prescription drugs discount
  • stop smoking cigerette
  • about soma
  • pet health dogs
  • heart rate treatments
  • treatment for type 2 diabete
  • dog skin
  • how to lower blood pressure naturally
  • care of a cat
  • blood pressure tablets
  • norvasc 5mg
  • dog skin disorder
  • cat health information
  • normal blood pressure
  • new cholesterol medicines
  • easiest way to stop smoking
  • buy stopping diabetes
  • free prescription drugs
  • online weight loss programs
  • discount depression medications
  • buy prescription drugs
  • cat care
  • body building training
  • flu
  • healthy weight loss plan
  • weight loss after pregnancy
  • weight loss doctor
  • before and after weight loss
  • how to get white teeth
  • how to lower high blood pressure
  • what causes hair loss in women
  • weight loss for children
  • ranitidine medication
  • buy plan b online
  • generic medication for chronic pain
  • chronic pain relief