Coffee Club Burwood

I've had their coffees before, but I'd always been fascinated by their displays of cake, so we gave them a road test.

Food

We chose the New York Baked Cheesecake ($5.20), which is always a good choice to test cheesecake skills. I thought it was better than average. The base was quite firm and the cheese sweet, with a hint of lemon, but I thought it didn't taste that fresh, the edges of the cake was starting to harden. There's a dollop of cream on top and sweet chocolate to finish it off. The Cookie & Cream Cheesecake ($5.20) is more of a novelty. The base is thicker than the New York Baked, and is of course made from Oreos! The cake itself does not have much cheese taste but is more like a Cookies and Cream ice-cream. There's a good ratio between the cookies & the cream, and the little Oreo in top is yum!

Slokky ordered another Cappuccino ($3.10), made from their own "The Coffee Club designer blend", which incidentally tastes better than the one on the Gold Coast. I decided to try something different and went for the Chai Latte ($3.30). I have had some pretty decent Chai Latte before, but unfortunately this is not one of them. It was sickingingly sweet, and instead of a complex blend of fragrant spices to enhance the tea, all I can taste is cinnamon.

Rating - 5.5

Atmosphere

Yup, this one is in a shopping centre. We actually sat on a table right next to a set of escalators. It's kinda weird but kinda has its charms. All Coffee Clubs look the same, with dark wood and black the colour schemes. Their most attractive feature is their excellent display of daily cakes and savouries, which always draw me in to have a peak.

Our cakes look adorable, glossy and decorated with chocolate bits and Oreos. Too bad they were served in plastic containers with plastic forks as they were cleaning up.

Rating - 1.5

Service

We went to ask the girl what time they closed, a simple question we thought. She went on about all these other things irrelevant to the question, like the kitchen was closed but you can have coffee...etc before we finally got an answer out of her. She also couldn't handle our order request very well. In terms of service, well, you pay first, take a number, and they deliver your food, so really, it's not that difficult. Like I mentioned before, we had to eat off plastic takeaway containers and drink from takeaway cups... but the cakes still look cute!

Rating - 2

C-factor

I don't go out for cakes that often, preferring to make my own. I feel that $5.20 is a lot for a piece of cake, considering you can prob buy a whole cake for about $30 max. I am surprised that they don't have some coffee and cake deal going on though.

Rating - 0.5

Brownie Points - 9.5

Info

K23 Westfield Burwood
100 Burwood Rd
Burwood
NSW 2134
Phone (02) 9715 3844
Website