Ion is the kind of destination establishment that most dream of. I have frequented over a hundred good coffee shops in the last 40 years in Brisbane and double this overseas and I would place Ion in the top ten in terms of coffee quality. It is consistently extracted perfectly and delivered at just the right temperature. Ion has several excellent baristas and all the wait staff are a credit to the establishment. The food is good, portions are generous without being wasteful and there is enough whimsy on the menu without being pretentious. I recommend a Ristretto to verify my comments about the coffee and am quite partial to the Sour dough with avo, chorizo and crispy bacon for breakfast. For evenings, it is hard to go past the wood-fired pizzas or the signature ribs. Custom is the best indicator of quality and Ion is very often full of satisfied ones. If you travelled 45 minutes to sample ion, you'd be pleased you did.
Remember visiting this cafe for breakfast when it was under different management. Tried it again for breakfast recently, we sat on the pet friendly deck & ordered corn fritters with avocado salsa. Fritters were ok but needed spice for my taste, a little bland. Enjoyed the salsa & double shot flat whites very good
The food and atmosphere of the café is lovely. You can feed a family of 4 with 2 pizzas made in their pizza oven. The coffee is good too. Will definitely be going back.
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