Excellent atmosphere, neat and clean. Friendly staff, excellent food and drinks and a decent price…read more There is absolutely no reason not to come here! There are light meals, fresh juices, desserts and gelato, the place is air conditioned so it's comfortable, all round A++ :)

Wonderful atmosphere in this busy coffee shop. Friendly staff and good coffee. Definitely worth a…read morevisit.

This has got to be Ipswich's best kept secret. Tucked in next to the plant nursery alongside the…read moreTile Shed on Mt Crosby Rd, this cafe serves the best hamburgers AND great chips and is cheaper than Maccas! A big fresh juicy hamburger with cheese and salad, a side of crisp hot chips, and a cold can of drink (or coffee) for $10..,,,, I know, hard to believe. It's fully covered but semi-outdoors with slatted walls and open on one end so probably not the best in bad weather, but with such good quality food and really lovely service, it's well worth coming out of your way to visit.

The Wild Canary restaurant is located behind the Brookhaven nursery. It's such a lovely setup and…read moreyou'll even be greeted by beautiful birds and reptiles as you dine. My server was friendly and was ready to offer suggestions on the menu. Our food did take a bit of time to prepare but it may be because my breakfast dish included an entire chicken quarter. The ambience was quiet and serene. The noise level was average. I could barely hear any conversations going on around me at other tables. The Wild Canary did have a vast menu. It was difficult to choose as everything sounded delicious. I'd definitely like to go back before my visit is over.

Wild Canary has all the ingredients to make you forget that you are eating at a garden centre cafe…read more They use ingredients grown on site and if the constant flow of customers as we dined is anything to go by - they're doing something right. Our party of four arrived right on the cusp of the changeover between breakfast and lunch. We'd not made a reservation as our brunch adventures to Brookfield were rather ad hoc. If you take anything away from this review then let it be to make a reservation. We were thankfully seated quite quickly in the only table left without a "reserved" sign upon it. Even then, there was the definite feeling it was a table waiting for a party yet to arrive. As we had arrived in the changeover to lunch, service was a little distracted at first. The breakfast menu we'd viewed online was no longer an option but the specials our waitress told us about sang to us more than the standard cafe menu available for lunch. The special of pulled pork tacos with a corn and avocado salsa made it to our table for two of us (myself included), along with a seafood linguine and the Rueben. The tacos were grand. Three well sized corn tortillas stacked with meat, salsa and salad. Worth every penny. While I didn't try their coffee I did see a few AllPress take-away cups leaving with customers. And the best bit? Shopping in the nursery next door after you've had your lunch!

This small cafe packs a big punch, good food and great coffee. Plenty of individual things…read morehappening to keep you entertained. And the scenery is awesome.

Small cafe with amazing coffee and great service. The team knows their coffee and the food menu is…read moredelicious. Highly recommend.

Kenmore. A suburb that rarely crossed my mind let alone a suburb I'd actively pursued and visit for…read morecoffee. Yet here I sat in The Single Guys, conversations echoing from each corner of the cafe that was full of people enjoying coffees and ordering from a wholesome menu with choices like a blueberry bagel with vanilla ricotta and honey, or swiss brown mushrooms, fetta, asparagus with fig vincotto on sourdough. Staff did a beautiful dance from table to table in their unofficial uniforms of a white tee, jeans and black cons. All complimented by their dark grey aprons against the navy and white walls of this unassuming but ready to be recognised cafe. From Moggill Road you might miss it so keep an eye out for their mascot, a lone deer on a sign. One of the owners tell me the stag is a play on the image being a symbol of bachelor life, although their name is more of an ode to their house blend being a combination of single origin beans. Despite the clean and hipsterific interior, the crowd here is mixed: young and old alike. It's a great hub of activity. I ordered the mushroom toastie which was the perfect breakfast or light lunch, and on a hot Summers day their Iced V60 black coffee was the deliciously mellow drink I needed to befriend on a day like today. And the flat white was perfection in a white china cup.

This suburban Mediterranean style cafe was a little out of the way to get to from the south side of…read moreBrisbane, but I've travelled further in search of little gems hidden in the suburbs. Thankfully, Samarco 2 did not disappoint. Their spaghetti marinara was packed with flavour and was chock full of plump prawns and fresh mussels. The rest of the meal was equally good - especially dessert but you can't really go wrong with crème brulee. My only concern is that it's very expensive for a suburban Italian cafe - entrees and salads are around $15 -$20 and the mains range from $20- $35. For those prices, I would probably prefer to go into the city where I could get equally excellent food at a nicer venue.

We happened to be driving around Midde Park to put flyers for our business up (turns out, there are…read moreno places with billboards anymore), and noticed this new swanky shopping centre which used to be the daggy middle park shopping centre. Where on earth did this pop up from... and we live around this area. It seems a little out of place considering the surrounds and the general middle park area. Samarco 2 stood out like a sore thumb on the corner outside of the main shopping centre itself. So we thought it's hot, let's sit down in this nice looking alfresco restaurant. Don't know if it was because it was in the middle of the day, or they were a waiter short... not only were we shocked at menu prices for the location, but the place was a bit posh looking we chickened out and didn't just walk away. Big mistake. We waited to be served, I had to get up to ask if there was table service or not, then our food took forever to come out... but when it eventually did, it was very yummy. I ordered the Mexican Beef Salad (wasn't this an Italian Restaurant?) and noticed there were Szechwan Duck Spring Rolls and Nasi Goreng on there as well.... wasn't it spelt Szechuan? What are they doing putting asian food on the menu with italian pastas... oh no not again with the fusion. So the food was nice, but very expensive and they confuse me with their menu a little, mixing the original italian cuisine with a hodge podge of others I find... somehow cheapens the posh looking place... also they should spell check the menu. Try it out, but it's a little weird.

The burger was great. The buns were nice sweet. Very…read morefilling. But the cold brew coffee was disappointing.

Live nearby Jindalee and feel your 'hood is lacking a decent cafe option? Bare Bones is for you…read more Live on the other side of town? This may not be the new cafe hub fro you? The menu just leaves me underwhelmed. Not because it isn't good our meals were decent (my vego sandwich - pumpkin, lentils, haloumi and rocket was a filling and reasonably healthy option for Saturday lunch). It's just that I feel the owner, one of Brisbane's most lauded chefs, could have taken more of a punt to bring together a menu that was bold and full of something more than a pasta dish, some hearty winter options (shanks) and open subs. I acknowledge this also could be what they're going for so that it is accessible to many. Perhaps as the weather warms and salads return to the menu this spot will truly shine. The prices are decent. $12-$14 for more subs and your most expensive mains being the lamb shanks at $24. Breakfast ranges from $10-$18 for their version of the big breakfast and there's a dedicated kids menu for breakfast and lunch. They'd run out of glasses on our visit and the service was a little patchy. From ordering to eating lunch there was a 45min wait for our meals (a rueben sandwich, a vege sandwich and a chicken salad to be brought to our table). And coffees that were ordered long after others were delivered first with us having to follow up on the others. Still, each time I've been at the home maker centre it's full. Which shows that it's a gem in a sea of hungry home shoppers wanting more than McDonalds and locals alike.