She Bangs Coffee

What to do on a wet day? Have lunch at a local café, that’s what. Hubby drove around and around till we finally found a parking spot. (It’s a busy spot, in an industrial area with lots of workers needing to park). The café is in a large, airy building (an old motor mechanic’s perhaps?), with high ceilings, exposed girders and the biggest ceiling fan I’ve ever seen. Hubby says it’s called a Big Arse/Ass fan; yep that’s the real name.
Service is the usual ‘order at the counter’ job, but staff were friendly and welcoming, and prompt in bringing out our meals. We both went for the fresh juice – watermelon, pineapple and mint. This was very refreshing, and went down a treat. Iced water was brought out without asking, and the helpful chap behind the counter came to our table to ask hubby if he wanted his sambo toasted? Yes please, was the answer. He chose the pumpkin pesto job, in a toasted panini. He liked the bread, the mashed pumpkin and the pesto, so all of it, in fact. I had crispy vegetable fritters which were full of veg – corn, zucchini I think, and maybe sweet potato, well-flavoured and very filling. They came with a generous amount of avocado, beautifully done bacon (not too hard, not too soft), a gorgeous runny-inside egg, and a tasty relish. Hubby helped me polish off my plate, as it was a generous serve.
There’s lots of street art inside, and the dishes are named after street artists, or Melbourne streets like Hosier Lane, which are well-known for their artfully decorated walls. The only annoying things for these two old fogies were the music (a bit brash for us), and the chairs which are a bit low for the height of the table –I felt like Alice in Wonderland (Surprising how many cafes suffer from this – don’t they try sitting on them first?). All up, a delicious lunch in an interesting venue. As hubby said, ‘I didn’t know what to expect, but this was great’.

Such a cool venue oozing out Melbourne vibes with all the graffiti and warehouse feel. Service was a bit off. Arrived at the table and the waitress started spraying it with a very strong smelling Ajax cleaner (not pleasant when your about to have breakfast). We ordered the Degraves Works burger. The smoked bacon could've been a bit crispier, that's the only criticism as everything else was fantastic, specifically the home made potato hash. Coffee was nice too.

Had a few hours to kill before starting work today and found myself at She Bangs. Staff were so friendly and efficient, my breakfast was delicious and my coffee perfect. Loved it!

Always drive past and friends say it's amazing so gave it a try. Looks small but in fact, this place is actually massive as it moves into the warehouse area next to it for dining (this is a new renovation I've been told). Bit of an interesting entrance walking through what I thought was the waiters station but it was the entrance. Cool but a little confusing- I like it now that I have the hang of it but I didn't at the start. Maybe some more signs? Had to go back into the staff station (?) to pay too which made me nervous because we were right next to the coffee machine and behind the counter. Meal was amazing. Coffee was fantastic . We had a gorgeous young waitress who was absolutely lovely - so nice and attentative, just gorgeous. Would recommend and return

The coffee and food here is great. However the past two times I have been here my order somehow got lost and I didn't receive the food/drink. I think the accuracy of the order from waiter to kitchen to table needs to be addressed because this problem has happened more than once.