The Lab Cafe

This has only recently opened in the Edgecliff centre. My initial thought was ‘not another café’, but the owner of this one is so friendly and chatty that all those thoughts were banished from my mind. His coffees are delicious — piping hot, very velvety and made from excellent quality coffee beans.
The thing I liked most about this tiny coffee shop — so small it’s easy to miss — is the way they’ve got the art of the takeaway down to a T. This isn’t a place for relaxation, but somewhere to grab a top quality coffee on your way to the bus/​train station. Even the muffins (which are fabulously fresh and come in an intriguing array of flavours, by the way) are geared towards grabbing-​and-​running. They are individually packaged in little paper pouches — great for maintaining freshness and also so they can be easily taken without messing about with tongs, napkins etc. This is a wonderful new edition to Edgecliff’s coffee scene and definitely my takeaway-​coffee-​shop of choice.