Review Essence Coffee - Neutral Bay

Long time lover of Whah Whah coffee (and the lovely team who are always so friendly!) now they have stepped up to offer a gorgeous selection of fresh sandwiches! Just what Neutral Bay and the broader Sydney community needs! Flavours are bold, fresh and really well balanced and the servings are perfectly sized for lunch. If you’re a lover of a good sami, absolutely make the trip to Whah Whah!

Had a fantastic lunch here. This is what Neutral bay and Mosman were crying out for. Well priced, quality food with a friendly face. Wish you guys all the very best !

Great friendly team and great coffee. Love my morning chats with the crew!

I’ve been getting my coffee at Essence Coffee for years. Every fortnight because that’s when I see my shrink in Neutral Bay. However today (30/9/2021) when I went to get my coffee at Essence I was surprised to see that Essence Coffee has gone and now it’s been replaced by a new Coffee Shop called Whah Whah. The interior has changed in that they have moved the expresso machine from the deep rear (it’s a very narrow coffee space, which was part of its charm). However Covid 2921 has made the modifications required to push coffee. Anyway I decided to give Whah Whah the benefit of my coffee coin . The coffee crew has changed including the barista. New management I guess means new crew. The clientele doesn’t seem to have changed, lots of beautiful fit people wearing tight as anything pants expressing that positive, health and happy demeanour reminiscent of the suburb’s upper middle class. Beautiful people, small fluffy dogs, gorgeous mums’ pushing those ergonomic prams stopping on their daily exercise route for coffee. I’ve never seen so many fit, healthy, attractive people bunched together on a narrow sidewalk at the same time. Essence coffee had hundreds of regular customers who enjoyed the great coffee and tasty muffins and savoury treats. So much customer loyalty built by their online ordering. The amount of times BMW’s, Mercedes’ and Range Rover’s would illegally stop outside Essence Coffee as a employee would dash out with freshly brewed coffee. Lawyers, doctors and high end business managers got their morning start with fantastic coffee from Essence Coffee. Will Whah Whah have the same pull? Time will tell. The coffee I had was good. Up to scratch with the former coffee dealers. I also picked up a raspberry and banana muffin which Whah Whah has sourced from Essence Coffee’s muffin dealers. Coffee was good. Staff still settling in to the vibe but from first contact Whah Whah could be here to stay.

Amazing sandwiches and coffee, lovely people as well. Will definitely be back.

Excellent coffee, delicious muffins and cookies, friendly and caring staff. Matt and Alex are lovely and we wouldn’t get our coffee and morning chat from anyone else!!!

Coffee, service, food and staff are worth travelling all the way from Crows Nest for. Love your work team. Please open a cafe in Crows Nest.

My favourite coffee shop in the neighbourhood - consistently delicious coffee and lovely staff!

Consistently great coffee. Fantastic service and friendly staff.

Lovely people, yummy smashie and ham cheese toast, strongly recommended!!!

Hands down best coffee I've ever had. Timely service with banter and a smile.

Best coffee, best banana bread and best muffins on the Lower North Shore

What a sweet place� Nice coffee.

❤️ Great coffee and team.. And loving the hey you ease of ordering! (Just need to add reward card option onto hey you app for loyalty!)

Best coffee in Sydney. Great service high standard of quality. Don't think about it, just do it.

Best coffee in Neutral Bay!! Fabulous friendly staff make this place buzz!

Discovered this morning. Will be back. Fantastic coffee and tidy beards.

Excellent coffee! My only negative is that when someone orders a cappuccino it's usually because they want the choc sprinkles on top - please give me sprinkles next time.

About 2 years ago I gave this place a bad review, I don't think it changed hands since then but I started going back about a year ago and I have to agree with the comment bellow:<br/><br/>"These guys really have their shit together"<br/><br/>For the past year Reliably good coffee and nice bunch of people, Thanks a heap for your efforts!

Fantastic little coffee shop. We love the take home beans in the zip lock bag. Can't believe it took so long to find this place when it was right under our noses the whole time.<br/>These guys really have their shit together.

Fantastic. Up there with my top 5 spots in Sydney. The take-home beans are great as well. Coffee flavour very well balanced and (almost) strong enough to remind me of Melbourne.

Matt. Very average coffee, very slow service even though I was the only customer last Friday morning, come on guys a long wait for a take away coffee just not on.

Dan makes an absolute killer piccolo..... Check it out. Grab a biscuit as well while you're there.

Smile and flat white. Great little local coffee shop . smiling David and Richard and the girls , always consistent quality coffee and great sandwiches , the brownies to die for <br/>must try !!!!!!