Clandestino Roasters

Shinyi Lee

tl; dr: Amazing coffee, but why are the staff and patrons maskless? 5 stars for coffee but 1 for mask compliance This was one of my absolute favourite coffee spots in Australia, w/ creative, tasty, ethical, fair trade beans and fabulous coffee. I come here every time I'm up in Noosa, both to buy beans and have great coffee. They also offer growlers to take away their cold brew coffee, which uses seasonal beans. If you're interested, give their coffee flight a go, which showcases thoughtfully prepared and different types and styles of beans available at the time; I always manage to discover something new. The food is a bit more so-so, with the menu leaning towards the healthy side, and this time because it only came out after quite a long wait of 20 minutes, and then only after an enquiry (though I understand that there may be staffing issues, my companion's average croque monsieur came out quite quickly), but mostly because the brown rice nasi goreng that I got was rather meh. My biggest problem with the venue though, is the absolute non-compliance with COVID safe mask wearing requirements. Every hospo venue is currently complaining about staff absentees due to illness or because of being close contacts and also drop in patronages because of COVID, so why not step up the prevention of the spread of virus among both staff and customers with wearing of masks? No one expects hospitality and retail staff to police check ins and vaccination status; that's unfair, but what a venue /can/ control is the behaviour of their own staff, and /none/ of them were wearing masks, or wearing it properly. As a healthcare worker, this irresponsibility makes me incredibly angry. If I can work 8+ hours in full PPE while dealing with patients, surely something like proper mask wearing isn't that much of a chore?

Noel Gao

Thank you Abs, Barb and the team for the impeccable service and the greatest coffee. Ordered Geisha and other beans, they have shipped out the Geisha on its own to ensure the freshness! I appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Diana Jenner

Clandestine Cafe, Extremely delicious and Healthy options as well, hard to choose everything looks fantastic, the staff are attentive and helpful. Highly recommended.