TL;DR Food: Decent brunch, kind of underwhelming. Service: Good. Decor: Very nice.
It's hard to rate a restaurant based on their brunch so I feel like I'll have to visit again for dinner.
My feelings on this place are mixed. There were some very positive elements and some rather underwhelming ones.
To start, the coffee is brewed fresh and served in these nice little carafes poured into assorted mugs at the table by the server. It was delicious. Service in general was courteous and informative. I had the Birdie in a Basket (gutted baked potatoes with eggs, asiago cheese, lardon and grape tomatoes served with salad). I found the potato to be a little thick on the edges, but perfectly scooped out in the middle, in proportion with the filling. The cheese was rather hard to detect. The lardon were delicious though. I could have gone for a bowl of those. The salad was composed of arugula, dried apricots and raisins which was kind of nice but was severely under-dressed. I am definitely a fan of not drowning a salad in dressing but this was a little stingy. Another guest had ordered the smoked salmon benny which I had to try. The Hollandaise was seriously lacking. Let's be honest: when one orders a benny, the fixings are basically a vehicle for the Hollandaise. The small amount of sauce crowning the eggs made for very nice presentation but certainly hurt the overall flavour of the dish. My daughter also left some sausage which happened to be rather delicious... not your average breakfast sausage. The other guests seemed to be content but not overly impressed.
It must be said the the presentation was very tasteful, the decor rather pleasant and the overall experience was certainly positive. I'll have to come back to give Goodlake another chance.