State 5 Fourways

Awesome place, great food, awesome service. Brilliant child minders too. Pizzas are just plain fantastic. Really enjoyable evening was had by all. Definitely will go there again.

We had breakfast at State 5 in August of 2017 This might be a swing and a miss, unfortunately. We immediately decided to try out State 5 when we heard they are people that take their coffee seriously. So serious that they actually have cold brew coffee, that's right, COLD BREW. Not coffee with ice, but actual COLD BREW. That definitely scores them some points The food wasn't bad. Nothing spectacular though. We had The State 5 Open Sandwich, Lemon & Herb Chicken Salad, and Chikennaise and Avo Pizza. Everything was okay, but also kind of bland. Really nothing to write home about. Atmosphere was all over the place. Outside it is nice and social with areas for kids to play as the adults can sit under the shade of the trees and keep an eye on the little ones. Inside it is dark and uninviting really with all the tables and chairs half cleaned and also unstable. We sat at 3 different tables and all of them seemed half way in the grave, to be honest. Now the service was quite bad. Our waiter was eager to get us drinks but after that he slowed down. Took long to check up on us, always eager to go somewhere else, and even after we asked him to bring out the food at the same time, he still took a while to bring us a cold pizza. A place like this got our attention because they specialize in coffee, but their coffee was sub par. The normal cappuccino was just okay, nothing wrong with it, but not something we will go back for. This made us very hesitant to try the cold brew though. Luckily that was delicious, so thumbs up to that. TTT’s rating out of 5: Food - 3 Service - 2 Atmosphere – 2 Coffee - 2.5 Value - 3 State 5 gets an angry stare from Two Tasty Tummies

after seeing some reviews mentioning slow turnaround times, i came here expecting a bit of a wait for everything. we decided that seeing as we were up early, we would try go for breakfast for the first time since our son's birth 2.4 years. what a pleasant place. it was rather busy at 10am and there were kids all over the play area. the service was spot on missed our order for a hot chocolate, but when asked the waiter ran away and appeared with it in a few minutes. the food was good and i feel like even though the breakfast things were real nice i had the mothercuppa breakfast, i really liked the toasted ciabatta that came with it. they people watching the kids while the parents eat are fantastic and aren't just standing around and twiddling their thumbs, they actually interact with the kids who are playing. we felt comfortable enough to let our son play in the play area without having to worry about him getting hurt or running away or being abducted. sitting next to the play area was fun for us too, as watching the kids play around there was like an entertaining tv show. the food is nice and not overpriced R99 for my breakfast, which was the fanciest one there i think. the coffee is good too, which is another bonus, because food places often fall flat when making coffee. we'll definitely pop in again when we get a chance.

Nice environment. Nice play areas for kids. Great service. Average food. I had the speciality pizza and it was OK but did not come across as a speciality. Parking is an issue during busier times.

Excellent service and food, great prices, awesome menu for kids too! Will definitely be back.

Simply awful. Waiters ignore you when you arrive. Food is extremely slow and cold when it arrives. Managers nowhere to be seen.

State 5 was a pretty decent place to have some food. We were welcomed and assisted immediately and seated at a table outside. There were quite a few flies around us, but they didn't bug heh our table yet. The vibe of the place was lovely. Relaxed. We didn't feel rushed to order at all and took our time looking at the menu. Received our drinks very fast. Food did take a bit longer to arrive, but our waiter apologized for it in advance. Unfortunately our pizza came with ingredients we asked our waiter to leave off. Not a trainsmash though. Easy enough to take off ourselves. But someone with allergic to something would've had a bad time. However I'm sure they'd have no problem to accommodate someone with food allergies. Prices are decent. Service is friendly. And the kiddies play area looks quite decent. Children playing there definitely seemed to enjoy themselves. Saw two child minders and they had their eyes on the children nearly the whole time we were there.

The staff are friendly bit the playground is a little boring for the younger kids. The food was tasty but took forever to arrive. They didn't have all the milkshake flavors available so we had to choose something else

The service and the food is amazing but unfortunately the management is poor. Booked a table for my son's birthday and confirmed it twice, only to arrive and no table was available. The manager did not seem too phased by this. I had to eventually ask waiters to help me get tables together and we only had 1 waitress to a table of 20. Poor girl did such a good job though. Great venue but it needs proper management.

What a great experience thank you for the kind service and delicious food!