Came here for Sunday brunch. Surprisingly, there weren't that many people. I got the ricotta toast, which was just the right amount of sweet with the pomegranate adding a refreshing tangy taste to it. My friend got the cheesesteak cuban, which was also very good.
I also greatly appreciated that their chai lattes were made with actual tea leaves instead of sickly sweet powder. They had a dusting of some spices on top that made it even better.
Came here on a Saturday morning and the place was packed. We had to sit at the bar cos there weren't enough tables. They were kind enough to let me swap the bacon to smoked salmon for the fritters dish. My friend ordered a haloumi bruschetta and a cappuccino. The food and service was pretty good. I had a great experience here.
Great food, great coffee, great service. Thanks for a delicious breakfast. Best meal we had in Brissy this weekend. Haloumi Bruschetta a winner.
Lively little cafe in the heart of west-end. Great service by helpful staff. Coffee is superior and my toastee was fantastic, full of flavour and very fresh. Good menu at good prices. My second time here and did not disappoint then either.
Zucca gnocchi with garlic parmesan toast. The service was fast and friendly. The prep time in the kitchen appeared to be slowed by takeaway orders. It was worth the wait for the food. The gnocchi was tasty and the pumpkin sauce wonderful.
This is hands down my favourite place to eat in West End, the service is always exceptional and the food is of the highest standard- not to mention the coffee!!! To die for, weekends aren't the same without a visit !!!
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Today I was at west and while my partner was checking some store I decided to spend the time having a coffee.
I ordered a dirty chai latte and the mushroom affair.
It was my first time drinking a dirty chai latte but I can say that if they all taste like this one I got myself a new favorite drink. It was creamy, had a nice foam on top and the flavour of the espresso mixed with the spices from the chai made me fall in love with it. Would rate it a 5 out of 5.
The mushroom affair was quite interesting, the mushrooms were well seasoned and the fatness from the avo with the haloumi and some fresh lemon squeezed on top made this dish shine. On the other hand the bread was a bit dry, at least drier than the ones I have been served lately, and the pesto didn't give me the freshness I was expecting from it, I'm not sure if they make it themselves but it tasted like it came from a jar. This dish gets a rate of 3.5 out of 5.
Overall I had a nice coffee and my dish was enjoyable so I would be happy to come back and try some more things from their menu.
Polite and quick service. Good location (in the sun during winter - might be too hot in summer though!). Menu is varied and covers all corners (vegan, dairy free etc). Had a delicious bruschetta and bf had eggs benedict. Smoothies are on the menu, as are freshly squeezed juices. Would definitely come here again. Popular place for coffee as well however didn't have any.
Marcus Larry Broadley
+4.5
Why cook at home when you can enjoy great service and excellent Italian dinners for $15? Good coffee, great deserts and well priced beverages. It's places like this that encourage people to head out on school nights.
Best pancakes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lovely brunch in Brisbane today. Was visiting with family and had a yummy meal with great service. Very attentive staff and and well priced. Lots of vegetarian options also. Would definitely recommend.
My first time dining in West End, and I wasn't disappointed! The homemade linguine was delicious and fresh, I had the special of the night, puttanesca, and it was delicious. Massive portion, I couldn't finish it. We had the garlic bread as an entree but it was a bit disappointing, slightly overdone and not moist enough. Dirty chai latte was delicious. Our waitress was cheery, happy, and very helpful.
I could rate this restaurant higher. The service was absolutely amazing. The item we wanted to order wasn't available so they Cooked us something that wasn't even on the menu. The waiter wasn't only hilarious he was very attentive and the food was to die for. Must recommend.
Imma start off by saying this is my favourite Italian place in Brisbane because its pretty cheap, has huge portions and I like people watching in West End. I definitely prefer this place for dinners but their breakfast dishes are pretty huge too. It's easy to get to being on the Boundary St intersection opposite the Commonwealth Bank. Park at the Coles and run!
Very friendly staff. We arrived close to the end of lunch service. But they still take our order. Watermelon salad is a dream in a hot noon, refreshing. The meatball panini is nothing special. Wish I could try their pancakes but didn't see it in the menu. Maybe it is only available on weekends brunch?
Pharan Akhtarkhavari
+4.5
Excellent coffee. Italiano feels. Great service. Just a little small on portion. Enjoy a great 'establishment' in Brisbane's hip West End. 👌🏽
Had a lovely Friday evening here. Food was absolutely delicious. Staff were all very lovely. Great use of the space in the small restaurant. Great ambience. Couldn't rate it higher!
We dined here with some friends on a recent Friday evening. We had reserved a table inside, which we preferred to the ones outside. Service was good, friendly and attentive throughout the meal though not intrusive. We had the crocchettes and garlic bread for entrees; the crocchettes were excellent, really tasty, the garlic bread was a little average and wouldn’t have that again. For mains we had lasagne and the gnocchi. The lasagne was excellent, really tasty and a good size portion. The gnocchi was also good. You can BYO and cocrkage isn’t too expensive.
Would return here again for a nice meal in West End.
Great food and presentation. The place was nice and cozy with a lovely setting and amazing light...great for photos! Staff were lovely and checked up on us frequently.
Was very glad to have stumbled across this sidewalk cafe. Saturday breakfast for six and all of our group had a different dish. The benny was excellent and mushrooms cooked beautifully. The pancakes also went down very nicely. The staff were very friendly and attentive. Add to that a rich smooth coffee blend and this is a nice addition to your West End hangout list.
I went with my friends over the New Years weekend. We were originally going to go to nearby cafes but decided to give The Establishment a go.
The ambiance was nice and the staff was attentive. The menu was quite good. The best thing was probably the best portion. The serving was very generous and I swear my friend's scrambled eggs had more than 3 eggs in it! Poached eggs were also done perfectly. Either way,the serving was generous and the service was great. The only down side was the coffee wasn't that great. Definitely can do better on the coffee.
I'd definitely go back again one day.
Love this place, i usually go there for breakfast on saturdays. Good service, good atmosphere . The tiramisu is delicious. A really good experience.
Good food, attentive and fast service
The price was affordable
Portions could be a little bit better but overall a great little place to go eat at West End.
Had heard the Establishment was good place so decided to have a breakfast with some friends on a Friday.
Arrived and the service was very friendly and food and drinks came out fast which was really impressive since there was 14 of us.
Food was alright. I had the sweet French toast which was very nice and I tasted the scrambled eggs chorizo and salmon scrambled eggs and that was also pretty good. However I was told the pancakes were a bit of a let down and they put a lot of vanilla syrup in my iced coffee so it was rather sweet.
Overall it was a good experience coming here. I would probably come back here in the future since the venue is very nice and it has a variety of breakfast and lunch items to try.
Sensational and substantial breakfasts and coffee on offer here - just don't expect to get a table easily on weekends and unfortunately they don't take bookings after 6.30am..! Dinner is good but not their strongest point.
Friendly staff helped us to arrange seat for a baby and a group of 4 =) love the hospitality. great coffee and the dishes was huge, i ordered the Savoury French toast which amazed me.
Massive breakfast for a really good price - location, style and menu reminds me of being back in Europe. Great start to the weekends here...
A group of 5 of us ate here on Friday 12th June 2015 quite by accident and what a pleasant surprise to find such a lovely little restaurant with excellent service from our lovely waitress. The food was divine, beautifully presented and no long wait. Prices were very reasonable and yes the guitarist just made for a lovely ambience. Best meal I've had out in many years and can't wait for the chance to go down to Brisbane again to have such wonderful service. We need to send some of the staff from the restaurants in and around Mission Beach to take a leaf out of their book. My main was the slow cooked beef with cauliflower cream and pear done in a red wine jus. Simply stunning. Thankyou
Great food, fresh and delicous. Staff are friendly and helpful. Will be going back.
Good Italian Food. The Establishment (restaurant on the Cnr of Boundary Street and Mollison St West End) is gaining a reputation for the place to go for breakfast with their home made hash browns, beans and tasty sauces. They also have their own brand of coffee .
We are finding it to be a regular eating spot of ours on a Saturday night . You can dine outside or inside (which has an Italian theme).
The servings are very adequate, well priced and there is something for the whole family – all good Italian dishes.
I decided to try the “specials” last Saturday night which were Prawns fried with Quinoa flakes and a Seafood combo on couscous finished off with the home made tiramisu (shared)
The Staff are always friendly and welcoming.
I would recommend trying The Establishment West End to anyone.
Loved it!. Loved the Establishment! Homemade gnocchi & tiramisu was so good, service was amazing, great night out!
Great breakfast and great service! Very satisfied after leaving!
Dining before Hifi-ing. Great food and the 2 waitresses were so friendly and helpful. Fully recommend the Establishment. We had 3 starters and drinks before checking out a gig at the Hifi.
Love it!. We arrived quite late on Sunday night and the kitchen officially just closed. The waitress asked the chef if we could have dinner anyway and he agreed. That starts with very good service. Loved it that we got chilled glasses and cold water. The entrees we had meatballs and croquettes. Both were good but not excellent. As mains we shared a gnocchi dish, a seafood pasta dish, a puttanesca and a risotto. All were very good! We also had some tiramisu and coffee, which were very good as well! Especially for us, because we were late, they had the guy who played music before, play a bit more after he finished his dinner. Waitresses were very nice and good. Love this place!!
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My new favourite place to eat! A little piece of Italy. Fantastic service.. The Establishment in West End is sure to give adjacent restaurants and cafés a run for their money. I first started coming to Establishment for their fantastic Breakfasts which are served up till the early afternoon - great for those who have had a big night and an even bigger sleep-in ;) The Establishment have just started dinner on Fri, Sat and Sun nights much to our delight so my partner and I headed in to see if the dinner was as good as their breakfast. We arrived to find a gentleman playing beautiful Italian music on his guitar sitting on a Vespa. I felt like I was in Italy - such a great touch! Really created a beautiful atmosphere. I ordered the pumpkin gnocchi and it was sensational - true home style gnocchi made with love. My partner had the calamari and it was spot-on - not too oily, not too dry, not chewy and melted in our mouth. The staff are fantastic and the food is fresh, simple and made with love. We come for the food and we stay for the staff who look like they want to be at work and make us feel so at home - so refreshing! Looking forward to trying the meatball dish next time.
Best pasta I've ever had, exceptional friendly and professional service, great atmosphere.
Fabulous breakfast, excellent coffee, excellent service, unique!!!
Beautiful atmosphere. We been at the establishment last Friday lunch we had the lunch specials and it was just beautiful full of flavor and really Italian style cooked, the staff really friendly, its the perfect spot for a nice meal in the heart of west end will back soon!! thank you guys
Really nice. I have been here a good few times now for breakfast. I will say there is a little wait time. But it doesn't bother me. The coffee is really good. The breakfast dishes are reasonably priced and very tasty. The tomato could be fried a little longer as each time i get it, its always a little hard. Staff are very friendly.
Overall we will keep going back.
Brandon Lehmann (tidy)
+4
I think we may have been forgotten about as there was a good 45 minute wait while the restaurant was half empty, but the food was delicious. A simple notification of the delay would have been appreciated.
Group booking with all meals getting a thumbs up on quality, composition and serving size. Variations on meals were catered for without fuss. French toast particularly special with side serving of real maple syrup a nice touch - add as you please and just before eating. Coffee nice with a small mix up with order compensated by a comp. Very attentive service. Would recommend a more efficient payment system to avoid delays.
Dropped in for coffee after shopping. The place is rather small and you may smell fumes from the busy fiveways, but that is the only thing I may complain. The service was friendly. The lady who took my order was very nice. Customers were so relaxed so as the atmosphere. I will go back to try some food next time as the menu looked interesting... Coffee was really nice too!
Chill place right in the middle of west end. House made prssed juices 😋
Popular west end cafe situated right in the middle of everything. This place has great coffee however the breakfast prices are a few more $$ than what you would normally pay.
I ordered the bacon and eggs and my partner had the big breakfast. Both plates we're nicely stacked (30% of it was rocket though) and we're pretty tasty. Staff are also incredibly friendly :).
Very keen to please. As a soy drinker I'd recommend using a better soy milk. Bonsoy or Vitasoy rather than Coles brand.
Beautiful food and top service! We come here most weekends and the chefs always look after us. We have never had a bad meal and I highly recommend the handmade gnocchi and lasagna! Yum yum yum!
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