The Lake Restaurant Cafe, Patterson Lakes by Bureaucrat

After a morning of enjoying the very good beach-side playground at Carrum found us in the need for lunch.  Unfortunately, the construction of the nearby train overpass meant that all the local shops were closed, except for a tuckshop that does a busy trade serving pies, soft drinks and the like, to the construction workers.

So back in the car we went to retrace our steps.  I had noticed a suburban shopping precinct on the way to the beach - this turned out to be the Lakeview shopping centre.  We picked the Lake Restaurant Cafe as it seemed to be the most popular eateries and it offered table service.

There's a typical suburban cafe menu on offer with a Japanese twist.  For the three of us, we ordered two dishes to share.  One of the dishes was a karaage chicken served with salad.  The chicken was reasonably okay - nice big chunks of chicken thighs with soy-ginger overtones.  

The other dish was a homemade beef lasagne served with chips and salad.  This was okay as well - nothing exceptional and I wasn't too thrilled with the fact that it looked like it was just zapped in the microwave.

Verdict

We wouldn’t return.

Mid value.

Overall

For a suburban eatery, the Lake was alright.  Service was a bit iffy - as it seemed like they forgot our chicken karaage order, which we had to chase up; and our drinks also seemed to have taken a longer than usual time to eventuate.

Find it at

The Lake Restaurant Cafe
Shop 20
102-114 Gladesville Boulevard
Patterson Lakes   Victoria   3197
Phone: 9772 8082