As soon as you enter in this café you notice clearly one thing, they received two coffee beans from Melbourne Coffee Review, it is on all T-shirts of the guys working there. I usually put a lot of emphasis on the fact that the coffee should be always fair trade and having a goof coffee which is also fair trade is a winner, well Kinetic does have it. I will spend sometime explaining a bit more of what does fair trade mean, there is a great film around as well, but that will be a subject all together and it can't be really mixed with any café description. At the moment, let's consider fair trade just a plus, though not essential. The second thing you notice are the chandeliers and the art deco used in the furniture, a strange choice in the middle of the CBD, but more you get in more you notice just usual tables, somehow sort of food court tables, completely uninteresting, that is a pity, because I was stoned by the interior design in the few metres, but once you really get it, well it seems the designer got tired and had a coffee, which I may understand, and forgot about the remaining part of the bar. You order at the counter and you wait at the table, quick service and nice latte indeed. Lots of people waiting for the takeaway, but no confusion at all, the café is quite big, so you have your nice relaxed time at the table with multiple choice of newspapers.
What about the breakfast, well quite an impressive choice to be in CBD. They have specials, mostly for takeaway, but you can have it at the table if you prefer, and at what a price, very cheap, not sure how can they make it, also quality is top notch, which surprised me even more. So here the deal coffee and muffin or croissant or egg&bacon or a mix of them for just 6$, up to 8$, based on the choice. These guys clearly know how to attract customers, quality at an attractive price.Rating (5=too good to be true,1=i saw and tasted much much better)
Coffee: 4 good, well done, fair-trade
Food: 3.5 good quality, good price, maybe not too much fantasy, but hey we are in CBD
Service: 2.5 great entrance, lots of expectation, but after few meters, well ..
Place: 3 quick and CBD style
Café Kinetic
103 Flinders Lane
Melbourne CBD
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