On Tuesday 15 December 1891 this room opened its doors as the Moss Vale Post Office. It served the town for a century, until the 1990s, and at its busiest more than 4,000 letters a week passed over the counter. The postmaster lived here too: three bedrooms, a kitchen, and stables at the rear for the letter carriers' horses.

Beside the railway that joined Sydney to the Southern Highlands, this was where the city and the country wrote to each other.

In March 2017 the restoration began. Exposed brick, warm hardwoods, veined marble, black leather and traditional joinery in royal blue and white panelling, brass lighting throughout. A hand-painted mural of letter carrier Jack White watches over the room. The benches are handmade, the seating is black leather, a nod to the old postal satchels.

Today, breakfast is served from seven and lunch from twelve, seven days a week. Croissants baked fresh, eggs cooked properly, coffee from 5 Senses pulled with care.

We compost our food waste, our takeaway packaging is recycled, and our glass and cardboard are recycled.

A room steeped in history. A modern Australian cafe.