It has been a year since our last visit so we come here for cake and coffee. Unlike their Indooroopilly outlet, there are not as many cakes on offer and we decide to drop the dessert. Our coffee is presented with nice Latte Art. Served hot and strong we like this flavoursome coffee. Well done Passiontree Velvet!
Gorgeous kiosk exploding with class and attractiveness. Desserts are sublime but extremely overpriced. Delicious melt in your mouth goodness. Matcha lattes are to die for. Keep it up Passion Tree. Exquisite.
Passiontree Velvet has nice coffee and tasty macaroons. The chocolate macaroon was my favourite. Relatively quick service. Thanks, we look forward to trying some of the other macaroon flavours soon. I
One of my favourite patisseries. Last visit I tried the Cafe chocolate mousse cake which was rich in flavour but lovely and light in texture. The red velvet cake was moist and well balanced. The coffee was smooth and not bitter. The staff are always patient whilst I (little Miss indecisive) deliberate over the selection of sweets and are super friendly.
A nice place to relax and satisfy my sugar craving and coffee craving after walking and shopping around. Their coffee was dece which was unexpected because passiontree is noted for their deserts. The banana waffle I had was surprisingly good and the banana was not overly cooked or overly sweet.
I love Passiontree's coffee. Always carefully made and tasty. I have never had any of their sweets but their food menu has some good choices and what I have had has always been nice. Polite staff.
With the closing of Elizabeth arcade and the inevitable fact that Passion Tree would be closing sometime in the near future, a friend and I decided it was time to scope out their other store at Carindale, so that we could still have somewhere to go after the cbd store is gone. Arriving after an afternoon's shopping, we were surprised at how open the cafe was. Being a self proclaimed introvert, I usually avoid open cafes where other shoppers could stare at me or my food as I enjoy it.
The "Duchess Full High Tea" here is decent value at $34.95 pp and everything on the stand is good quality. Love that you can splash out for Louis Roederer champagne too. I've been to Passiontree Velvet a few times now and have yet to be disappointed! My favourite items would have to be the strawberry cheesecake and caramel popcorn eclairs. Beautiful and delicious!
Had the full duchess high tea and it was beautiful! Very filling! Scones were so soft and fluffy and delicious even warm!! The little lemon meringue tart was a bit too tart for me. Highly recommended!!!!!!
Have my morning coffee and macaroon every day and it's awesome. The staff are fast and super friendly and always serve with a smile I recommend this place to everyone
Sweets on offer are amazing and taste great, tad overpriced to visit everyday but great for a special occasion.
Coffee looks great but admittedly doesn't taste that great.
Still it's a comfortable place and comfy seating.
We went there for my birthday and ordered the High Tea. It was delicious and loved trying their different sandwiches and desserts. The service was fantastic. Upon leaving I was pleasantly surprised with a bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates (on the house). Wow what a wonderful surprise. We had the best time. Recommend it to all my friends and family.
Great little dessert/treat café in Westfield Carindale, but also have one at Indooroopilly. Had the high tea, which is pretty good value for money. Maybe too many sweet treats, but can you really complain?All the desserts were fresh and super tasty. Coffee is good too. Great to relax and have a nice treat after a long day shopping!
The Invisible Food Critic
+4.5
I always had a sweet tooth and this place definitely hit the spot! Had the Caramelized Banana Crunch Waffle and it was delicious!! Would had been better if the pastry on top was little more crunchier that would have the perfect balance with all the elements in this dessert! Well done!!
Love the hot chocolate and the desserts always look amazing. Try to meet up here with friends especially mothers group as it is pram friendly located just outside the lift and kids stores! Can't wait to have high tea here
Great coffee!!! Love the fruit toast and macarons ❤️ service is fantastic and store presentation is beautiful!
I like it. First time i looked at the menu i thought it a bit overpriced and it may well be. but - the croque monsieur was delicious, yummy bechamel sauce with tasty cheese. i've had he scones a couple of time,now they are more like rock cakes than fluffy scones like my mum makes- but they are great with the clotted cream and good jam. tea is hot, good quality and a refill is great if you are sitting around for a catch up. good place for grandparents, comfy seats, near a lift, i can recommend it
AMAZING ~!. Beautiful n very tasty desserts ! friendly services , will definitely come back ~! no more Max Brenner or San Churros for me !!
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A touch pricey, but worth it.. Passiontree Velvet combines the English tea house, Parisian patisserie, and Belgian chocolatier to bring out the best of the three worlds. The atmosphere will be less obvious, as it is situated in an 'open-air' shopfront, unlike its older sister, having a building to itself. Nevertheless, its staff and the decor do their best to provide you a higher quality atmosphere. There are some classics from Passion Tree, with a fair few items unique to Velvet.
I ordered the Millefeuille and a selection of macarons on my first visit, and the Duchess Full High Tea and Parisian on my second.
The Millefeuille is a touch hard to break into, which is understandable, considering that it needs to retain its shape. The pastry is not flavoured much save for the dusting of icing sugar. The vanilla cream has the right amount of sweetness, and rounds of a lovely pastry. Don't worry too much about the crumbs falling onto the table - the serving plate will catch all of that.
The macarons have a bit of size consistency issues, but flavour makes up for it. The blackberry macaron retains the tartness of the berry, with the ginger macaron containing pieces of crystallised ginger and having a gingernut flavour. The aroma and flavour of passionfruit are well developed in its namesake macaron, and last but not least the strangest flavour of macaron to date, the basil macaron, doesn't taste too much like a plant, but the flavour is there (probably for the more adventurous of you out there).
Both the Duchess High Tea and Parisian feature different items from the menu: Ribbon sandwiches (Cucumber, Smoked salmon, Ham, and Egg & alfalfa), scone with jam and cream, and assorted pastries for the Duchess High Tea, and Madeleine, Tiramisu, Macaron tart and Chocolate choux (profiterole) for the Parisian. As I'm partial to desserts, they taste absolutely devine.
Living up to its name, the prices are obviously higher compared to Passion Tree, but it pays off because of the amount of love put into the foods. Extras such as cream and Ice-cream are available for the pastries at an additional charge, the same for drinks (mug size/extra shot/syrups).
All in all, Velvet is something you'd definitely want to experience not just by yourself but with friends as well.
I agree with the review below with regard to the prices being a little high for the cakes here but they do look wonderful! I tried the coffee & it was quite good, well poured & good strength. One of the better coffees I have had in this shopping centre. I was kept waiting a fair while however & they were not busy
26/2/16 Return visit for a perfectly poured & presented coffee. The flavor & strength were spot on thanks
I recently had the pleasure of trying out Passiontree Velvet with a couple of lovely ladies. They opened just a few weeks ago at Westfield Carindale and can be found infront of JB Hi Fi. It's a branch off of the original Passiontree dessert cafe in the city however, they differ where
There are macarons in all the colours of the pastel rainbow as well sponge, chocolate and crème anglaise fancies, elegant ganache and mousse creations, scones and of course, chocolate truffles. PT Velvet offers a range of High Teas to enjoy with friends and family such as the classic Devonshire (scones, jam & cream), The Duchess (scones, sandwiches and dainties) and the Ch
I'm really glad that there is a macaron vendor accessible to me. I know that perhaps macarons aren't as trendy as they once were but for me, it's always been about the taste. They are so yummy! The macarons from Passiontree were as good as any I've tried. They don't come in any crazy outlandish flavours but if you, like I, are happy with the generics, then these will be sure to please.
Little Monster loves the macarons at their sister shop Passion Tree in the CBD :) Passiontree Velvet is located on the second floor at the Glasshouse of Westfield Carindale, I love the catchy blue and white decor and it feels so calm and tranquil.
The sweets are wonderful and definitely worth trying. Staff is generally friendly. My ice chocolate, however, arrived in a very plain plastic cup and tastes blend - the chocolate milkshake has more chocolatey taste.
We enjoyed high tea at Carindale today. We were very impressed with the attentive and friendly staff, especially when they went out of there way to accommodate dietary requirements. The high tea was enjoyable and we particularly liked the array of sweets on offer. Would definitely visit Passiontree Velvet again, and I think it is a great addition to Carindale shopping centre.
I have always passed by Passiontree and thought I should try it out. So glad I did stop recently, the staff are excellent, very warm and friendly. Passiontree is very clean and tidy with plenty of tables - their long banquet seat is a popular spot. Choosing from their extensive cake selection was my only difficultly as everything looks delicious, they offer gluten free cake options and a coffee and cake deal for $10. I can recommend their fruit scones! Despite it's open air location - it's actually a very pleasant place to sit, relax and unwind. I will certainly stop in again on my next shopping trip to Carindale Mall.
My family bought the Picasso cake from Passiontree Velvet for my sister's birthday and it was amazing! We left buying a cake until the last minute and luckily they sell stunning cakes in store. The cake was absolutely beautiful, incredible quality and gorgeously decorated. It was a big hit with all my friends and family and we would definitely recommend their cakes to everyone!
Great coffee, friendly service. Food is really good and there is a cabinet full of amazing looking sweets and delicious macarons. Reasonably priced too. Never had a bad experience here. Coffee and cake deal $10
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