Just fantastic, I cannot remember what they called it but the Falafel salad was just awesome. Just perfect, will be back next time in oz. read more

Blackboard Coffee - Falafel Salad - Cafes Near Me - Varsity Lakes, QLD

Blackboard is an enigma. A light, open plan café with amazing food, and equally good coffee, in the cultural wasteland that is Varsity lakes. We arrived on a Friday afternoon, took our seats, and after some confusion around table service (it is) ordered coffees, and I took advantage of the all day breakfast menu, and asked for the 'farmer' (poached eggs, rosemary potato hash, bacon and sourdough). The coffees came out first, and were fantastic. Using Brisbane's Cup Coffee beans, they make a great cappuccino. The food was also excellent. The open plan kitchen allows you to watch the chef make your breakfast as you quiet your stomach's rumbling. The eggs were 'just so' and oozed out decadently over the twice cooked bacon. The potato hash wasn't dry, and the rosemary wasn't overpowering. As we left, I grabbed a second coffee, knowing that I was a long way from my next good one. If you're in the area, Blackboard should absolutely be on your to do list. read more

Blackboard Coffee - 'Farmer's Breakfast' - Cafes Near Me - Varsity Lakes, QLD

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If you're looking for hearty food that has you coming back for more, this is the place for you. We've frequented Nola on several occasions, bringing different people with us each time (all of whom loved every bite). With everything from your Po'Boys to Dirty Corn and Sticky BBQ Chicken Wings. There is something for just about everyone. Oh and do yourself a favour and try the Pumpkin Pie with the cinnamon spiced Cream. I've tried just about everything so far and I must say I'm a huge fan of the Green and Bean Stew with the chicken and smoked sausage as well as the creole soft shelled crab with a side of dirty corn and kale. For a mere $15 you leave with a satisfied belly and smile on your face. The staff are lovely and the atmosphere relaxed. What more could you ask for. read more

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If they are busy you Gonna have to wait a while to be served. But it is to be expected when it is the only place in the area that serves proper coffee. Friendly staff and a very nice atmosphere in the restaurant. read more

Blackboard Coffee - Cafes Near Me - Varsity Lakes, QLD

Pros: The coffee is very good at blackboard, and there is a trendy atmosphere fostered by the tasteful industrial interior design. Also the bakery's products are delicious Cons: the food is just okay, and the price in which you pay for it is frankly not. The service is normally spot on whilst the owner is around but on the few occasions that I've been there without him present it is not good. Just a day ago I waited 5 minutes just to see the barista even begin to make my takeaway coffee order. It was not due to other orders being taken care of either, as she was just chatting to coworkers whilst I waited. I am not normally a pushy person this just really agitated me. I like blackboard and hope it addresses issues like this in the future. read more

Great coffee and the breakfast bowl is delicious! You can even buy recyclable Coogee pods for your nestle coffee machine, plus it's an amazing blend and sustainable. read more

Having lived literally almost next door to this Blackboard shop, I'm very partial to it. Great coffee, cute waiters (just saying) and even better cronuts. Their cronuts are honestly to die for, I can't rave about them enough. It's been a couple of years since I lived there, but I'm finally getting around to reviewing this place. The atmosphere is lovely and it's a great place to meet a friend for coffee and a cronut (haven't had any real food here). Blackboard, you are so missed. read more

Blackboard Coffee - Strawberry cheesecake with dark chocolate drizzle cronut. - Cafes Near Me - Varsity Lakes, QLD

Great coffee and fun food. Love the small batch whole beans. We ordered from the Blackboard roastery in Burleigh. You can pick up or have shipped. We tried three varieties and they were all excellent. read more

"Little Boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky tacky, little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same." The opening theme song to TV Show WEEDS, sums up how I see Varsity Lakes. Yet, among fresh buildings with their cookie-cutter appeal, sits the glistening subway tiles and urban chic of Blackboard Specialty Coffee. With a menu of filter, single origin and regular blends of coffee you'll find yourself at home ordering a take-away or perching upon their wooden seats to take time to sip your coffee. If you head home hungry from Blackboard it is, from my visit and viewing the size of the food brought to our table, your own fault. For under $20 your plate is presented with a bounty of fresh food. I opted for the Anglers Breakfast (roasted beetroot, spinach, dukkah-roasted salmon on a slice of sourdough). For $16.50 this is value. Value with flavour. They do an all day breakfast, too. This could be a good thing, or in my instance, it just made deciding what to have off their menu that much harder. Thankfully, there was no 5 hour slow roasted lamb left. And a note of the coffee: it was okay. Really it was my own fault for ordering a milky flat white that muted any notes of the bean. For that I have regrets. With the range of beans and blends they have here don't make the same mistake - venture for a single origin or filter to make the most of your trip here. read more

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You can read this review in a loud crying, wailing tone if you wish..... I have previously said that Blackboard is one of my favourite places in all of SE Qld. We have been several times for breakfast and been blown away by the service, the hipster touches, the quality ingredients and the amazing menu. Unfortunately we had a bad experience at lunch the other day. Wahhhhh!!!! I'm gutted. My partner and I ordered our lunch and his was served fairly quickly. At that time, the waitress informed me that mine "hadn't gone thru the system". So I watched Anthony eat his lunch. Then, mine was served. (more wailing) It was a fish burger (a special that we wouldn't have even known about except that we happened to ask the waitress, "any specials?") My burger was very ho-hum - nothing to write home about or to the usual Blackboard standard of awesome flavours. I felt confident leaving that they wouldn't charge us for the missed meal. They did charge us for it. I felt deflated. The honeymoon is over. Let's hope all of this has stemmed from a new employee being under-trained. She needed more support and training. (more crying) read more

I'd had a nice coffee and muffin catch-up here a few months earlier, but coming back for breakfast was a huge disappointment. We waited quite a while for service, so much so that we weren't sure whether we had to go order ourselves. As Pete mentioned in an earlier review, the fact that it's table service isn't very obvious. They seemed busy to be fair, but I feel like the layout sort of hides some diners out of view. Once we ordered, the meals came out quickly, but they failed to failed to live up to the expectation set by a wondrous sounding menu and a pretty hefty price. My bacon husk, American hash, fried egg and homemade sausage was the biggest let down. Everything was soaked in oil, with a visible pool collecting all over the plate. It would have tasted okay, if it wasn't so heavy and moist, any sense of life was drowned out of this plate. The homemade sausage was quite bland and lukewarm. It was confusing to taste, like unidentifiable flavourless meat, with pockets of paprika and other spices turning up in every other bite. My dining partner (who also had a lackluster meal) tasted the sausage and immediately found the same problem, After grabbing the bill, the waiter didn't ask about our dining experience. While I doubt I would have been brutally honest, it still felt a bit disheartening. I was left with the impression that Blackboard does enough to stand out as something unique and vibrant in a sterile environment, but falls short on delivering quality service and great dining. At least the coffee was decent. read more

I've come here many times and have always loved several things; the kind manner of the service, the atmosphere of the surrounding environment and of course the taste of the espresso coffee. It's a great way to start your day by coming here read more

My favorite cafe on the Gold Coast!!! The staff are amazing and the food is even better! read more

Blackboard Coffee - As always the food and coffee were phenomenal! - Cafes Near Me - Varsity Lakes, QLD

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Best coffee in the area, get a raspberry chocolate muffin as well!

Good coffee, the toasted granola bowl is great and very filling with fresf fruit & coconut milk on the side. Try the hash brown side - it is HUGE! read more

This is my kind of place!! Travelling from Victoria you crave a really good cafe. Lunch was amazing and the vibe of the place was fantastic. Staff were so full of energy it was refreshing! Nourishing bowl with chicken was so yummy I couldn't stop eating until most of it was all gone. read more

Blackboard is one of the few places on the Gold Coast that really seems to know their coffee. The first time I ventured into Blackboard, I was instantly impressed with the feel of the place. It felt like I was in a trendy coffee shop in the city but without the annoying pretentiousness that often comes along with those hipster-joints. After a great internal debate between ordering a cappuccino or a latte, I settled on the latter. The beans were perfectly roasted - flavourful but not bitter. I find much of the coffee around the area to be too milky; Blackboard didn't have this problem at all. I also like the fact that they do Aeropress coffee (such a nice alternative to drip or french press - more people should use one). I even left with a bag of beans to try in my own Aeropress. The barista was nice enough to write down detailed instructions for brewing that particular batch, and it made all the difference to my home-brew. Their food looked so good the first time I went in that I decided I'd have to visit again, this time for breakfast. So, I was back the next weekend. I was immediately drawn to their goats' cheese omelette with basil, cherry tomatoes and Bangalow ham (I can never turn down Bangalow ham!). My husband had the delicious-sounding rosemary hash with poached eggs on sourdough. It took a while for the food to arrive - which was understandable considering it was a busy Sunday. When it came, it was nicely presented (we only hoped it would taste as good as it looked). The omelette was cooked nicely in the french country-style, however it had too much cheese inside (I never thought one could have too much goats' cheese) and only two cherry tomatoes (I'd expected more even as a garnish). My husband's dish was a bit of a let-down as well. The rosemary hash browns were nothing more than a few mashed-up roasted potatoes with no rosemary in sight (or taste, for that matter). On the plus-side, they did use quality sourdough (which can be hard to find in these parts). Breakfast for two including two coffees came out to be just over $40. Will I be going back for food? Probably not. Will I go back for a coffee? Most definitely, yes! read more

HUGE LET DOWN. Sorry to start a review so negatively but I really don't know how esle to describe my experience. I had heard the coffee was 'great' and that every box was ticked: Coffee Taste, Food, Staff Presentation/Customer Service, Cleanliness of Establishment. However that was NOT the case. Yes it is a funky place, clean and great food, but my coffee was served warm instead of hot how one would usually drink coffee. The blonde barista, at least i think she was blonde, had a TERRIBLE appearance and no obvious signs of respect for her personal presentation. Not to mention her unwashed hair and horribly applied makeup over a sickeningly thin frame and veins which would indicate a drug problem/eating disorder. I was very eager to try this place out but unfortunately this staff member does not seem to realise that her personal presentation reflects badly on the whole establishment. Very disturbing and will not be going back. read more

a bit disappointed there wasnt a menu insight anywhere at the takeaway because i like to see my choices but end up with cronuts and orange juice. read more

Blackboard Coffee - two cronuts and an orange juice shared with my friend - Cafes Near Me - Varsity Lakes, QLD