Hubbles Yard Cafe, George St, 3 stars

Nice little cafe with hard working staff and simple food. 

08 9339 5850, Fremantle 50 George St, East Fremantle, WA 6158

I bit expensive I suspect although I was not in the mood to really think about it.  

Mrs S, Maylands

Widely reviewed and acclaimed unobtrusive cafe in Maylands opposite the train station.  A line up outside on a Saturday morning has to be be a good sign.  Clean and clever decor mix with to cute items for sale. 
 

Cool: Food is tasty, coffee is great, fast service, great looking cakes (we did not try them but they look great), big portions

Not so: Stuff for sale in the cafe - feel like this will get dirty, cakes not covered on the counter, big portions - more than needed, need to remember to share.

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The Attic Fremantle (08) 9385 6248 16 Bannister Street, Fremantle

A great feel as you arrive at this little place with the small counter and stairs right in front of you. Up the stairs is a nice surprise a vaulted room with an arrangement of chairs and tables.  It holds surprisingly few people.

Coffee art is some of the best I have seen, coffee good, not mind blowing.

Food was yummy, Avacado, bulagarian white cheese, lime, on toast and bircher muesli, pistachio, fresh fruit.

On balance I think I prefer Moore and Moore just around the corner.  It is fantastic to see places opening like this is Freo

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Moore & Moore, (08) 9335 8825 Fremantle 46 Henry St

Just the right feel.  Art gallery next door, a mismatch of furniture on corridors and rooms.

Really great coffee,  I am always suspicious of the "best coffee in Fremantle" type exclamations, but coffee is rarely this good.   Fantastic pain au chocolat.  Huge and crispy with smooth and soft chocolat. 

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Peels Place, Albany, open daily 8:30 to 4

Finding good coffee outside of the main metropolitan centre is not easy.  The risk usually results in us ordering tea.  Peels place is the exception, really nice coffee, not Florio but really close and certainty a satisfying cup. (perhaps a little expensive at $4.20).

The Food is really basic, but well cooked.  Just the other day we where commenting on the need to be imaginative on the menu, rather than just doing the basics well.  This place does the basic very nicely and that is great to see. They are not trying to be something they aren't.  Only very small low is the electric salt and pepper shakers.


http://www.albanygateway.com.au/details/14-peels-place.html

Fremantle Arts Centre Cafe

Open 361 days a year 8am to 4 pm.

Nice coffee and basic food in fantastic surroundings of the art centre.

 http://www.fac.org.au/

Harvest, North Fremantle, (Not open Mondays)

Good coffee and prompt service that is always a good start.  The coffee is made with care and old school with no crazy patterns.

Food looks interesting.  We need to come back and eat here.


http://www.harvestrestaurant.net.au/

Hush Expresso, Fremantle

One of the better little cafes in Fremantle, off the main strip so not much people watching but otherwise, fine coffee (5 senses) and delish food.  The Huevos Rancheros is not the traditional Huevos, with peas and a few beans and regular bread but very tasty non the less.

Coode Street Cafe

Out of the way at the back Mount Lawley.  Appears to have great potential as we arrive, small tables out side on this corner block.

The menu is a cut above the average. The fig and fennel toast is great (if a bit to fennelly).  On the less positive:

• Crazy menu rules
• Coffee is ok, not great, disappointing for Florio coffee

9 Seeds Cafe, (08) 9433 5076, East Fremantle, 121 Marmion Street

Homely little place with excellent coffee.  Really good coffee is still rare in this neck of the woods.  At 8 on Sunday it is nice and quiet, I wondered about the noise at busier times.

Feel is relaxed and comfortable with a few table and benches inside.


Food was tasty, the fruit bread has big bits of fruit and and great nutty fresh taste, the beans in the Mexican breakfast are soft and just the right amount of spice.  Presentation might have been better and the menu is perhaps a little confused. Do we really need to name dishes by country all the time. 

The back yard is apparently to be used as a community garden, although  no sign of this at present.

Coffea, Applecross village (was Deli Chicchi)

The local.  Friendly and fast with some interesting menu choices.  Great little place, busy busy busy.  Its better now than under the Deli Chicchi name.

The mushrooms, feta and greens on flat bread is very tasty.

Coffee only ok, good enough, does not make the yumm grade.

Pickled Fig, 21 Ocean Dve South Fremantle, 9431 7333,

The seaside location is always a winner, the menu is a cut above the ordinary, but overall a ordinary place really, nothing unique.   I am not a big fan of the initial sell.  Sitting down you get asked about the sparkling water or the juices.  The staff  are not well trained. 

Smoothies are colourful and nice enough , if expensive at $7ish - Coffee is still ordinary.

The Imp, Vic Park

Florio coffee is a good start, friendly staff is always nice as well.  The coffee is a bit bitter, a bit of a disappointment, not what Florio coffee can be.

The people next to us have ordered food only to discover about 10 minutes in that one dish is not available.  Communication between front and back is obviously not the best.  The staff then get the person to come back to the counter to look at the menu and pick a new dish.  This is so Australian.  No one seems to mind so I guess its all good, life goes on.  

The atmosphere and decor is nice enough.  Modern and clean looking.

KoKo Black - Claremont, 7 days a week

The Lane, Claremont Quarter, 23 St Quentin Avenue, 9284 2049.

Interesting concept for Perth and excellent to see them trying this.

Chocolate in all shapes and sizes in the front and get mesmerized by the chocolate making.

Tompkin on the Swan, Attadale (seasonal only - Mid Jan to early April)

Cafe at the club open Sunday morning from 7:30.

Facilities:  A great place to relax and look across the river on a sunny Sunday morning.

Food: Nothing too fancy but nicely prepared.   We have the salmon Benedict on a bagel and cereal. (Alas not a real bagel, but tasty never the less)

Coffee:  Above average, not fantastic.

http://www.tompkinsparkfunctions.net.au/tompkins.html

Venn, Queen St, CBD (next to 1901)

Great little new Bar in the CBD at the back of the shop.  Really nicely done.

Open for Breaky, lunch and dinner.

Breakfast: Omelet and salad where great, Pancakes looked and tasted great although they where not quiet cooked through.  (And "Maple" syrup is not the real deal, alas).  Nice coffee.

Overall: We will be back I am sure.

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Samovar, 60/66 Queen St, Busselton (08) 9751 2399

Model and sterile, why do we have to have places like this?

Coffee was moderate - firmly in the ok category.  If you cannot find actually good coffee....

http://www.samovar.com.au/

Elixir Coffee, 145 Stirling Highway

Popular with a well desired reputation.  This is really good coffee and tasty smart cafe food.  The service is efficient and respectful if a little sullen.

(08) 9389 9333

Nedlands/Dalkeith
http://www.elixircoffee.com.au/ 

Little Stove, Bicton, 7 to 5 everyday. 2.5 stars

Summary: If you are in the neighborhood

High lights:

• Tasty food (Roasted tomato, goats cheese and ham, and toasted banana bread)
• Nice neighborhood location

Low lights:

• Coffee (Ordinary - had to go and find a good coffee immediately after finishing breakfast)
  
• Mixed service - can you bring coffee but leave all the plates from the previous customers on the table?  That just seems lazy.  Then the same person tried to deliver our food to table already full of food.

Tiger Tiger for Dinner Dinner

Dinner was a a couple of nice glasses of wine, a plowmans and a liver "parfait".  Not sure about the parfait.  Good taste but a bit runny.

I like Tiger, Tiger, this great little ally location, something that is rare in Perth.

Overall an nice experience for Dinner.

Only low spot is that they closed at 7:30 forcing us to rush a little, only later I realized the official close time is  8 (per the web site).  One thing to close a little early if you have no customers, altogether another to push customers out so you can go home 30 minutes early, suggests you are not really serious about your business. Disappointing for a place that I have generally positive feeling towards

Great coffee from the Fiori masters(http://fioricoffee.com/).

http://tigertigercoffeebar.com/