The Pod

THE POD AT ASCOT HAS CLOSED.

Previously known as Vanilla Pod this delightful cafe The Pod resembles a gleaming oversized pantry, in which you sit surrounded by shelves of pink salt flakes, wine jellies, tapenades, muesli and smoked chilli sauces.

Children and adults alike will appreciate the wonderful cake selection including their signature Red Velvet sponge. The menu also offers great deli food such as pumpkin rosemary and ricotta quiche or a hard-to-select-from range of paninis while the coffee hails from Fonzie Abbott roastery.

For people with offspring of the two and four legged variety there’s a cute shady playground in Oriel Park diagonally across the road and the café willingly supply water bowls for dogs.