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Pancakes On The Rocks

Restaurant Breakfast restaurant Pancake house

Long-running diner chain known for sweet & savoury pancakes, plus pizza, ribs & brekkie. People often mention pancakes, great, good, service, nice, drinks, breakfast, order, pancake, friendly,


Address

4, Shop T1/31 Esplanade, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217, Australia

Website

www.pancakesontherocks.com.au

Contact

+61 7 5570 6250

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

3.70 (1.5K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 7 am to 9 pm
  • Friday: 7 am to 10 pm
  • Saturday: 7 am to 10 pm
  • Sunday: 7 am to 9 pm
  • Monday: 7 am to 9 pm
  • Tuesday: 7 am to 9 pm
  • Wednesday: 7 am to 9 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: pancakes (16) great (9) good (9) service (8) nice (8) drinks (8) breakfast (7) order (7) pancake (7) friendly (6)
Reviews are sorted by relevance, prioritizing the most helpful and insightful feedback at the top for easier reference.
  • 1/5 Benny C. 1 year ago on Google
    Worst place ever to have breakfast! Cannot even comprehend how bad it is. Sausage is the cheapest quality type, overcooked hard as a rock. Hash brown is completely tasteless and zero seasoning. Not to mention hash brown is overcooked too. Warning: DO NOT ever eat here. You will regret 100%! They also completely forgotten our beverage order!
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 James I. 2 years ago on Google
    If you're after average quality food and an ambience of clanging cutlery and screaming babies this is the place for you. Service was below average the first night we came 30 mins before close and they refused to serve anything but takeaway at that time. When we came the next night we waited to be seated for over 3 minutes when it wasn't even busy and it didn't look like any tables were being waited on. Staff were mix some were friendly while others looked dishevelled and clearly didn't want to be there I recommend going elsewhere!
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 curiousEnough 1 year ago on Google
    Very bland taste, not worth the price which was $15.95 for blueberry heaven. Ambience wasn’t great either - screaming babies, smoke from the grill/kitchen. I couldn’t finish my pancakes. Would say MacDonalds cheaper hotcakes are 10x better both in quality, taste and price. 1 star for the staff who were doing their job as expected. From the pic, it seems like a great tasting stack of pancakes but it didn’t taste good!
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Jen C. 2 years ago on Google
    Dined in for Boxing Day Breakfast and was very impressed with our waiter Cem. He was very attentive, checked back our order to us, and was friendly and polite. There were only 2 servers on, but we never felt that we were waiting or the service was slow. Prices very reasonable for a public holiday and enjoyed our meals and coffee. Would recommend for a nice casual bite and then wander along the beach and the shops afterwards.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 John J. 2 years ago on Google
    Amazing food, big serves,very friendly staff, not pushing to get you in fed and out, big seating areas, quick service, choices of food for kids is good and prices wont break the bank, better alternative than Maccas for breaky. pancakes n berries, eggs n bacon +, very tasty and filling. be back next holiday.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Shayne P. 8 months ago on Google
    Great food as always. Very clean. Friendly staff. On my last review i commented that the music was loud. It's breakfast time people not a nightclub 😄 anyway a lot better this time.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Azazual1 1 year ago on Google
    Had an awesome tasting breakfast, pancakes galore so full. They have savoury and sweet pancake options. Coffee was very nice aswell. However upon entering there was a sign saying due to low staffing there is longer wait for service and food. There was indeed a longer wait, but It was worth it, you must try this place.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Harsha P. 1 year ago on Google
    Went with my family twice while we were staying at the Coast, both times the staff was friendly and service was efficient. The food was great, will go back again!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mark K. 1 year ago on Google
    A great meal was had by all. We had a steak. It was well cooked and tasted great. The pancakes were delicious 😋
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Huda A. 1 year ago on Google
    Ordered The Ultimate and Passionfruit Mocktail. Good experience but they should've provided spoons as the sauce was hard to finish with a knife and fork. Not many halal options (vegan options are available) but can be a good restaurant for a sweet tooth. Overall experience 8/10.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 S H. 8 months ago on Google
    Amazing pancakes. Wide range of variety on menu. Ordered extra ice cream on the side as pancakes can be a little dry with it. Coffee wasn’t the best. Overall, serves some of the best pancakes in the Brisbane/ Gold Coast area. If you’re ordering halal, be sure to inform the kitchen.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kylie M. 9 months ago on Google
    We were showed to our table and placed our order with Victor. There were 5 of us and he remembered our drinks order and pancake order without putting any pen to paper. We were concerned as they weren't straight forward orders. Add this, minus that!! Not only did they all come out correct but tasted fantastic. I would recommend this place for a beautiful pancake breakfast 😋
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Cassie S. 1 year ago on Google
    Terrible experience. My partner and I are away on holiday, had been eating all day and came here for some drinks. We ordered a couple drinks off the drinks menu, and a bowl of wedges. . They gave us one drink each, and refused us the other drinks (that were already made) unless we purchased a main meal. This is nowhere in a policy online or on the menu. We were DEAD sober, full from our previous meal and had come for some drinks. We did not purchase a full meal as we had just eaten, but got a bowl of wedges to share. This was so disappointing, we had been talking about coming here all day due to the great food and drink prices. They were forcing us to buy a main meal if we wanted other drinks. We were going to have 2 drinks each over 2 hours and arrived sober for a nice date night. Buzz kill
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Caleb K. 10 months ago on Google
    Food was alright, the hash brown was a but of a mess had no flavour to it. Eggs and bacon was good. It was quite which was good, the service was good didn't need to wait long for the food.

  • 1/5 Tara B. 1 year ago on Google
    We weren't very impressed. The gravy wasn't very nice. I got the peanut butter pancakes and saying it was slop would be being polite. The pancakes just disintegrated in the amount of sauce melted cream and melted ice cream, so it must of been sitting a while before it came to the table. And the hashbrown was hard on the outside and like spaghetti on the inside with no flavour, not even salt.

  • 5/5 Ann 10 months ago on Google
    1st I'm gluten free and the options were vast and I was so excited to have so much variety to choose from. 2nd the Service was lovely, 'Sid' served and helped us along with one of the chefs 👨‍🍳. Both were lovely. 3rd food was a good serve and was enjoyable. I'm going back tomorrow to eat something else on the menu 😋 Thankyou Highly recommend.

  • 5/5 Hair By T. 10 months ago on Google
    Our pancakes were delish!! 🥞 we just ordered a long stack and shared with my Fiancé and my daughter had the funny face. Was lovely! Thank you

  • 3/5 CC 10 months ago on Google
    Hubby and I had caramel an chai latte's, needed more caramel, hubby had The Dawn, I had the Eggs Benedict, pancake had no butter, very small amount of maple syrup, pancake tasted abit too flowery and the hash brown had no flavour and abit too crunchy. *Not to be mistaken for pancakes in paradise.

  • 1/5 weichen F. 10 months ago on Google
    Very bad dining experience. It can't be as good as Sydney's pancake on.the rocks. Pizza and beef ribs were the worst, I've had in the Panncake on the rocks. And all over cooked as burned.

  • 5/5 Sonia B. 10 months ago on Google
    We came here for dessert on Tuesday night and ordered the strawberry pancakes with an extra chocolate pancake, it was so delicious! Also very friendly service! Thank you to the kind workers 😊

  • 2/5 Stephen W. 9 months ago on Google
    I’m sorry, I never do this but This store has hit the rocks for sure! First off, that restaurant is absolutely full of smoke! How can you overstate daily in that! The comment from the waitress saying “it’s the pork ribs” was disturbing… if you don’t have the extraction equipment to handle the smoke then you shouldn’t be serving it. You should also get your fire alarms checked as the amount of smoke and no alarms is dangerous! 3 starters and 3 pancakes ordered Calamari were all clumped together and thrown on the plate… needed a knife and fork to seperate them and they were basically flavourless, Nachos had a vegetarian option, didn’t matter that we didn’t tick it as it was basically vegetarian anyways… minimal beef possible, wedges were just little chunks of potato fried.. that’s it…. Pancakes…. Devils delight were good but nothing special… 20 minutes after ordering they tell us all the vanilla ice cream had melted… then served “cream” that looked like melted ice cream 😂 No staff around to complain to and the one That was around had attitude when asked questions about it…. Just a disaster!

  • 5/5 Tash M. 6 months ago on Google
    The place is located in a nice mall. The food was fresh. The boy serving it was polite and ever ready to help. It is open all hours and was handy for a past 3 pm lunch. Didn't have pizzas available but the crepes were nice. Very spacious, clean and had a nice decor.

  • 5/5 Jono T. 5 months ago on Google
    What a treat it was to eat here, the staff and amazing, friendly and helpful. The food was exceptional, we loved it so much we come back for the second day for breaky. Make sure your starving when you go as the portions are huge 😅

  • 5/5 Monique P. 1 year ago on Google
    We ate here for breakfast all 3 mornings of our family holiday. Fantastic service and great food! So nice to be able to order gluten free pancakes that taste yummy and the kids servings are great size! Thank you for making our breakfast decisions extremely easy each day!!

  • 4/5 Belinda S. 7 months ago on Google
    I ordered the Aussie sunrise breakfast with side of mushroom, guacamole and hash brown. Excellent value for money! I couldn’t finish it, the servings are very generous. Everything tasted great.

  • 1/5 Suraj S. 7 months ago on Google
    This place is really stuffy. Your clothes will smell of oil n food after. Hash browns were soaked in oil. Ordered a 'side' of mushrooms for $2.50 and got just a few pieces. When I asked the waitres, she said "Its just the way it is. Too bad" Coffee is average. Eggs and bacon were OK. Pass. Dont waste your money here.

  • 1/5 이승준 6 months ago on Google
    We ordered food and we waited for 30 minutes and food was cold and service was poor. We left food most of them. Don't order milkshakes and smoothie. You will regret it. I hope the owner of this place realize how serious this is.

  • 5/5 Ike A. 1 year ago on Google
    The pancakes were a winner, my only criticism is that my hot chocolate was closer to a lukewarm chocolate. Otherwise, no complaints here.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Paid street parking
    • ✓️ Somewhat difficult to find a space
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Late-night food
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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