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Had their aromas breakfast. I thought it was weird they charged extra for caramel syrup for caramel latte. Coffee was reallllly average and bitter, I …
S.D
Aroma Cafe
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Came here for early morning hot breakfast. Tables outside were dirty. Had to get up twice to find sugar satchets and salt and pepper! Why have waitsta…
Dominic Mether
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Bitter and burnt coffee. Will not come back.I visited this cafe on Saturday before lunch and ordered a one-half long black for myself and a flat white…
Pongy
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9 Reviews on “Aroma Cafe”
Bitter and burnt coffee. Will not come back.I visited this cafe on Saturday before lunch and ordered a one-half long black for myself and a flat white for my coffee buddy. It was a long wait (>10 min) before we actually got our order. My long black was still too watery despite being one-half. Also the drink hot was too hot. The body was light and fruity, but the aftertaste of burnt beans was very obvious and unpleasant. My friend’s flat white was the same and he could even tasted the char taste.
Had a nice lunch at Aroma Cafe today despite them being super busy. I had a combination of salads from the cabinet: rice, pasta and quinoa. Despite each one being based on a grain/carb, the salads weren’t heavy as they included plenty of vegetables and leaves as well. The staff were attentive and service was good considering how busy they were. It is also a lovely environment overlooking the kidney lawn at QUT.
Best on campus!. I am a regular here and have always had the best service. Frank is my favourite! Thanks so much for giving me the best start to my day!
Repeat Offender. The few times I’ve eaten at Aroma’s have been very sub-standard. The Thai beef salad tastes like an onion filled coleslaw if you replaces the dressing with dry chewy beef and more cabbage… At $9 for a large takeaway, it most definitely isn’t cheap. As a barista, a mocha should not be bitter… coffee alone should barely hint on bitter. The automatic dose and tamp machine is reducing your ability to produce good coffee and your baristas dont appear to care or even understand how they are producing sub standard coffee. 15kg of pressure with a correct grind should extract in the correct time. Not once have I seen anyone test a shot, or omit an over extracted shot. Not to mention the use of old, and bitter lined shot glasses to catch extra shots for large coffees… another factor increasing the bitterness of your coffees. The tropical smoothy was more like mango banana with the most earthy aftertaste. It felt like the inside of my mouth was coated in a fine layer of smooth dirt after every sip. Where was the citrus? Add some pineapple, or better, use pineapple juice as your base and add some passion fruit… it will boost your flavour and help thin out the straw crushing thickness of the refreshment.As for your gluten free slices? The chocolate one gave me a headache from what felt like chemicals, and the slice (I think almond?) was delicious, however… Take it out of the damn glad wrap when you heat it up! I dont appreciate having to remove semi-adhered plastic from my $5.50 slice of gluten free heaven. In essence your machinery is impeding your quality, and your staff, repies and proceedure need to be audited.
Great place to grab a quick coffee when in QUT, but don’t expect great quality. Standard quality for above average price, but very convenient.
Aroma Cafe – Brisbane CBD. Many times I have been wandering around the vicinity and outskirts of Aroma – you cannot miss it. The bright red sign, all the tables spilling out of the dining area onto the outside pavement, and – while not always super popular – you can always see at least a few people eating in there at any time while it is open. It is one of the few major dining options at the Garden’s Point Campus, and not bad if you want to avoid the fast-food style offerings that are in the food court below. Who can be complaining in this part of the city, so close to the core of town to have such wide open space, clean air and have wonderful greenery surrounds? Right adjacent to the performing arts theater and within view of the botanical gardens, Aroma might well have a good position – maybe not for Brisbane as a whole; this place is what it is – but for the university the location is wonderful and central. This is one reason why I was meeting someone around here as a mid-way point. Fare is pretty standard. Think bacon-and-egg style breakfasts, burgers, pasta dishes and plenty for the sweet tooth to have with their coffee (or plenty of other drinks if that is not their style). If anything, the closest to succinctly categorise it would be Italian style food. For service, you go up and place an order then get given a number. Next, the number is then found and the food is brought to you. Nothing fine dining, but quality for the university student wanting something a bit fresh. So I went and got a muggacino and an order of lunch – the salmon farafarelle took my fancy. Servings here are huge and cheap; without any doubts they have the university students in mind – whom from experience are often low on cash and possess big stomachs. This pasta was no exception. It was in a cream sauce, with plenty of onion and some capsicum. They did not skimp on the salmon, or at least there was a noticeable presence of its flavour throughout the dish. For the actual pasta itself, it was cooked until al dente. Admittedly, near the end I was wondering how I could have fit it in. With effort though, it was conquered. However, they could improve quite a bit on their coffee.The technique in the coffee was alright, the milk was well frothed and I found it to be drinkable. Initially, the coffee was not too bad on its own, essentially since it was the standard sort of cafe-style semi-chain coffee one would find around the place. What was a bit off putting was that the cappuccino that I had exhibited an odd aftertaste. It may have just been me, but near the end it tasted a bit like detergent – sort of like the mug had remnants of the dishwater from being washed. As an aside, this is the only complaint that I had. For what it’s worth, it will do. There are plenty of reasonably sized meals that will fill you up for the rest of the day, and is wholesome and safe enough to know what you will get in the middle of a busy day. To venture out here directly, it is not that kind of cafe. But, to catch up at a known point, for discussing assessment over a meal and when you need a coffee or whatnot – this is a good place for that.
Diana. I only had coffee & a muffin here so that is all I can comment on other than the service which was quite OK. My muffin was a tad dry though with not a lot of coffee flavor (I had the coffee & walnut one) Coffee was OK, but I ordered it with a double shot luckily as I am sure it would have had no flavor otherwise. Coffee was smooth with good lingering taste (with the double shot)