Tonic Mort St & Bunda St, City ACT 2601, Australia
While public servants aren’t necessarily the best indication of a good espresso, in the case of Tonic they’re spot on—unsurprisingly I guess given they’re part of the empire of Kingston Grind/Group Seven cafés.
As long as you’re willing to fight through the swathes of government employees Tonic is one of the better places in the Canberra CBD to get your caffeine hit.
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Tonic
Mort St & Bunda St, City ACT 2601, Australia
Great quality coffee, as expected from the same operators as Group Seven and Kingston Grind. Come mid-morning on a weekday and you’ll be sure to find a long queue of office workers ordering take-away. To their credit, they prioritise their drink-in orde… -
Koko Black
5 Bunda St, City ACT 2601, Australia
Better known for it’s chocolate making skill, Koko Black does a decent job of serving up the espresso as well. I’ve also heard rumours the hot chocolate affogato is rather delicious. -
Milk & Honey
29 Garema Pl, City ACT 2601, Australia
My double macchiato was too milky but otherwise enjoyable. If the coffee here isn’t quite the best in the Garema Place area, at least you can relish a certain rarified chic atmosphere without the snobbery of the sevice staff across the road at Cream. -
Milk and Honey
29 Garema Pl, City ACT 2601, Australia
One of the trendy options in the café-packed Garema Place, though it was full of mothers groups when I visited today so I think it may have lost that battle to Cream or Tongue and Groove. The coffee is certainly drinkable. Not terrible, but that’s ab… -
Mama's Trattoria
7 Garema Pl, City ACT 2601, Australia
Decent but otherwise unremarkable coffee. A wide range of traditional Italian dishes. More a restaurant than a café so you may have to wait a while for your food. Bonus half star because they have chinotto, my preference for chasing a lunchtime coffee.
