Ground Up Espresso Bar

Name: Ground Up Espresso Bar
Address: 501 Ruthven St, South Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.6

#18 of 43 cafes in South Toowoomba

#70 of 189 cafes in Toowoomba City

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Seeing St Luke's Anglican Church asks for time and efforts, so if you feel hungry after, visit this cafe for a good meal. Visitors say that they like Australian cuisine at Ground Up Espresso Bar. This place offers you nicely cooked poached eggs, eggs benedict and bacon. Spend a nice time here and share tasty cheese croissants, brownies and pancakes with your friends. Delicious wine or good bitter are among the best drinks to order. After a long working week, you can taste great espresso, cold coffee or moccachino.

The convenient location of this spot makes it easy to reach by any transport. The high ratings of this cafe wouldn't be possible without the efficient barista. There is a pretty ambiance and lovely decor at Ground Up Espresso Bar. Google users assigned the rating of 4.7 to this place.

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Madeleine Delaforce Yesterday on Google

Absolutely by far best coffee in Toowoomba. Never disappointed in food, coffee or overall presentation of the place. You can really tell they love what they do here.

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Thanks Madelaine! We sure do love serving our beautiful customers!

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Samuel Janda Yesterday on Google

This review is strictly for the filter coffee drinkers. As one of the only cafes to offer batch brew coffee in Toowoomba, I was disappointed by the experience. It lacked strength and complexity in flavour. As much as I want to advocate for more filter coffee in Toowoomba, I'd skip the batchy here and stick with espresso coffees. Service, staff and, atmosphere were all positives. Don't avoid this cafe based on one menu item! I know I'll come back, I just won't order the filter coffees. (Edit: boosted the rating because of the owner's thoughtful reply) Service: Take out Meal type: Other Price per person: A$1–20 Food: 3 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Response from the owner Yesterday

Hi Samuel, we apologise for your negative experience with our filter coffee and greatly appreciate the constructive feedback! As we rotate single origin blends for our filter weekly, we encourage you to try some of the other origins which …Hi Samuel, we apologise for your negative experience with our filter coffee and greatly appreciate the constructive feedback! As we rotate single origin blends for our filter weekly, we encourage you to try some of the other origins which will have different flavour notes. However we will still look into our recipe and see if there are areas which we can improve the overall extraction. Thank you!More

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Does My Bomb Look Big In This 7 years ago on Zomato

If you’re staring at your smart phone and following the rather impressive First Coat app. into the back alleys and laneways of Toowoomba – and you should – you’re likely to stumble upon Ground Up Espresso Bar. It sits on Searles Walk between a bright purple piece by New Zealand artist, Askew One, on the Duggan Street end, and an equally impressive tropically inspired mural at the Ruthven Street end by Sydney-based commercial artist, JUMBOist. They won my business by stocking The Baker’s Duck pastries that I completely lost my mind over last week. Word on Ruthven Street is, they’re delivered every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, meaning there are now four days a week you can get your hands on these beauties. There’s only a small indoor space, so pull up a pew in the laneway to tuck into a generous Eggs Benedict ($17.50) that certainly looked the part. It's dished up on an old-school enamel plate, but sadly lacked a little...