RAW & WILD Market & Cafe

We had eyeballed this place a couple of times passing through Bowral, especially after getting a good coffee on the run. Hidden out the back of an organic and wholefoods store is a great little café.
So it was with anticipation we made time for a lunch stop, and found a table about 1pm Saturday.
The place was heaving, and service was pretty much happening at a run. The menu looked good and I was eying up some lamb koftas when we got the news that there was a minimum 40 minute wait for food. Ba-​baow. We really don’t have that much time, so all we could get was anything from the deli cabinet — wraps, quiches, frittatas and cakes and slices. Hmm.
Organic chicken wrap and a carrot cake for me, spinach and sweet potato quiche for her. And coffees, of course.
Coffee was great. The food going by looked real good which added to the pain that ours was pretty slow and sadly pretty ordinary when it arrived. The quiche was flavourless, we had to find our own cracked pepper to add some zing, the wrap was unremarkable and sadly the carrot cake was dry and unenjoyable.
Paying the bill was another mission as there were a lot of people wanting to pay and the process was s l o o o w w w.
So, bummer. Next time, we’ll allow more time and try the menu, but on today’s meal and service, two stars is best I can do.

Great quality food. May not be the cheapest but worth it. Got eggs Benedict with salmon was $ 19. Wife got gluten free corn and zucchini fritters with spinach and salmon also $ 19. Food is organic and tastes great. Also got the DOD (drink of the day) which was handmade lemonade with agave sweetener and mint. Was $ 5 and awesome. Would give it 5 stars if it was about 15% cheaper. Great friendly service.
Edit: Came back a 2^nd day in a row. This time ordered mug a cino at $ 4.20 much better bang for buck. Also shared the «Wild Breakfast your choice» which is 2 eggs cooked to your choice plus 4 sides and 2 pieces of sourdough for $ 20. This fed 2 people easily. Great value.

Had breakfast two morning on a recent stay in Bowral and couldn’t ask for much more from a café. Service is great, menu varied and all the food is organic and well cooked and presented.
Coffee is also very good with details on where its from and its organic and sustainability status.
Having a look through the attached market store is also worth it for some good organic products and locally produced produce.

Trendy little spot in down town Bowral offering organic produce at the street front, with a café down the back. The trade was brisk, especially in the café. We were a table of five, each choosing a different offering from the menu. The serves were large, so no complaints there. We all ate most or all of our meals. We were disappointed at the small things: someone else’s lipstick on my coffee cup and a couple of the meals served at a tepid instead of a warm — hot temperature. My mate had the ‘Tempura Zucchini Flowers’ which I would have called ‘battered and deep fried’. They were a little stodgy, but the fresh product looked lovely. (They had trays of the baby zooks with the flowers on for sale in the shop). My sister had to order three different wines from the menu before she picked one they actually had in stock. That was a little annoying. Especially for her. I liked my mushroom risotto and my replacement coffee (minus the lippy) but it didn’t blow me away. I wouldn’t head back there in any hurry.

Great quality good however the portions were a little on the shy side. Great atmosphere with indoor and outdoor dining. Great for kids with coloring in and games. Also has a small supermarket attached for takeaway goodies!

Fantastic service on a busy Sunday.
This health food store has a lot more than just quinoa and cous cous. Tucked away behind the shelves is a bustling, busy café serving up all manner of organic food, snacks and main meals.
The staff here were all super super helpful, and even though it was packed to the rafters on a Freezing Sunday afternoon, our waitress was happy to find us another table for 6 inside, after we had initially set up camp in the chilly outside patio.
I browsed the shelves while I waited. They stock everything from Natural crystal deodorant to organic locally sourced meat cuts, and have big range of organic bottled juices.
For lunch I had sweet pumpkin tart tartin, which came with a roquette salad. Friends had the FOD (fish of the day) and the BOD (burger of the day) and the POD (pasta of the day) everyone was pretty happy with their meals.
There is a big range of wines and even preservative or gluten free beer choices.
There is a Kids menu, and even a fur kids menu. Which I loved.
If you’re in the southern highlands it’s well worth fighting someone for a parking spot on a weekend to get some lunch here.