A smorgasboard this time around. Read on for cafe reviews from the Melbourne, Sorrento, Taiwan and more:
Off Centre Café, Mavho St, Bentleigh
Vibe good, coffee disappointing. Sigh.
Schoolhouse Café, Church St, Brighton
Interestingly located. Coffee good too.
Beanery, Church St, Brighton
Good coffee is found here
Whyte Kaffe Bar, Glenhuntly Rd, Glenhuntly
Good café, despite awful name
Grumblebugs, Glenhuntly Rd, Elsternwick
Decent. I liked it. Yep.
What’s on your plate?, Jasper Rd, McKinnon
Nice courtyard setting. I’ll return.
Parkdale Beach Café, Beach Rd, Parkdale
No worries. Needs more seats.
Jamaica Blue, Fountain Gate and other places
I encountered no problems here
Jolimont Pleasure Garden, Federation Square, Melbourne
Good coffee. Liked the music.
Gallery 324, Toorak Rd, South Yarra
Competent coffee. Good quality food.
Café Christ-al, Watton St, Werribee
Ordered strong, got weak. Bzzt!
Red Balloon, Parkmore Shopping Centre, Keysborough
Surprisingly, this ain’t too bad
Just Fine Food, Sorrento
Coffee, vanilla slice, everything superb.
From Pete:
The Beach Box, Nepean Hwy, Bonbeach (opposite station):
Coffee, food, service, chairs: MAGIC!
SkyHigh, Mount Dandenong Observatory, Mount Dandenong
Tourist trap. Order something safe.
From Jason:
Fisherman’s Wharf, Tamsui township, Taipei
A treat surprises my tastebud.
Planet Chocolate, Southland, also Highpoint Maribyrnong
Choc full of chocolately goodness
Max Brenner, Melbourne Central, QV, Double Bay etc
Mocha good. Fondue must have!
That brings us to a grand total of 99 reviews!
There was a bike shop in Port Melbourne that had a cafe attached. I went there a few times when working as a courier two years ago. It made good coffee, so I returned, to rekindle the old memories and give them a rave review. But the cafe is no longer operational! Woe to us all. In one hour such great coffee has come to ruin!
That’s all for now. In January I am heading up to NSW so you can expect some from that area then. In the meantime, I’ll keep cafe-ing around the Melbourne area. Submit your own five word reviews in the comments!
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December 21, 2006 at 9:07 am
Pete Aldin
Sorrento here I come. Max Brenner? Sounds like a marketing firm!
BTW, you might like this site: http://middlezonemusings.blogspot.com/index.html
- Bob from Texas usually has some funny things there, good guy.
December 21, 2006 at 1:25 pm
Sarah Newton
have you not experienced max brenner yet pete? you really need to go there NOW! chocolate everywhere…. about 10 types of hot chocolate drinks and a heap of other chocolatey drinks… a heap of chocolately desserts… try the fondue if you can. I think it costs around $13 but is definitely worth it.
December 21, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Markk
I believe there are more than 10 types of hot chocolates. Oh, and you can specify white, milk or dark chocolate as well from memory. The slogan is “Chocolate by the bald man”, the bald man being Max Brenner apparently.
Do you all like the big freakish eye?