The Local Collective

We went during the pandemic. Staff were very friendly and welcoming. Ordered two dishes for a brunch session out, the chunky avocado with dukkah and Persian fetta & lemon was really fresh and good portion! The other dish dish was the coconut milk, fig & granola - it was full of great fresh ingredients and they were very generous with the dried figs! Drinks we got the mango & berries fruit drink which was made with real fruit!

Leaving five stars because most days they are, however this review is intended as constructive feedback. I have been going to this place frequently since it opened, probably two years or so. If I could just pass this one piece of feedback along - you need to find a way to get your coffee out quicker. Be it a larger machine, or more capable barista staff. The last couple of times I have been waiting what I feel is beyond a reasonable time for a takeaway coffee, around 15+ minutes. It used to be really quick, I don’t know if you had a system in place for takeaway versus people sitting in (who have more time and usually happy to spend time there). Now it’s at a point where I need to allocate time to get a coffee, it’s not the quick duck in and duck out coffee experience that us busy people need when we are ordering a takeaway. I used to be able to stop and leave my family/kids in the car because it was a really quick exercise. Now I’m getting yelled at because kids are bored in the basement of Aldi where there is no phone service to entertain them either…:/ I know that part isn’t the cafe fault though. Speaking of phone service, it’s the only other thing that’s quite frustrating in the cafe - whilst waiting for the takeaway coffee, can’t get anything done on the phone. I would suggest looking into a Telstra signal booster, they’re actually quite easy to install. Apart from that, it is the best coffee in the area, I am loyal and grateful since you opened, it just pains me when I know I won’t have enough time to stop there anymore and need to press on. :(

Coffee is great, wish menu had more choices. Visited today and there was no covid safe practices in place. No sanitiser, no registration, tables too close together

I went to this coffee lounge today i am a local disgusting service i ordered a coffee to have at the coffee lounge was given a number waited 25 minutes made a couple of phone calls finally it arrived in a take away cup the so called person who brought it went to hand it to me. I told her i ordered a stay in and her comment was did i find the number already on the table how dare she an apology would have been nice, i wont be going there again such rudeness is not called for.

My partner and I live locally and often have our weekend breakfast at the Local Collective. It is consistently a good experience. The food, coffee, service and staff are great. My personal favourite: their bacon & egg roll. What makes this place great is the owners work and run the cafe alongside their staff. It's busy but they make it work every time. Also, you can tell they care about what they put out. Their recent change from Campos to Cat's Pyjamas, I thought, was a testament to their craft. 10/10 will come back again (and again)!