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Short Black Coffee

88 Terralong Street, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia

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5.66.1Coffee5.3Atmosphere4.9Service

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  • 7.8

    7 reviews  ·  1 month ago

    I got a mocha here...and it is to die for - good coffee with melted chocolate around the inside of the cup...amazing! So good that I know of at least two other businesses who have copied this idea in Kiama, but Short Black were the first.

    1 Skinny Mocha

  • 2.8

    2 reviews  ·  1 month ago

    We seated ourselves, after 10 minutes grabbed a young ladies attention, proceeded to order a flat white as I was the only coffee drinker,a coke,chocolate milkshake, and 3 bacon and eggs. Well 20 minutes later the coke arrived followed by the coffee 10 minutes later. Meanwhile we waited for the... Read more

  • 5.5

    66 reviews  ·  6 months ago

    Had a very pleasant piccolo made by "grumpy smurf", who I am actually starting to warm to. Basic service could have easily improved by offering water.

  • 6.8

    40 reviews  ·  10 months ago

    Cafe on the main street of Kiama. Coffee was very good. Not a bold blend but pulled perfectly. Not bitter and a nice aftertaste. Milk was perfect temperature. Using La Zumba blend which I had never heard of but is decent enough.

  • 6.3

    16 reviews  ·  10 months ago

    Given the number of coffee outlets in the main street, it's surprising that this unassuming cafe has the best coffee of them...its not the absolute best coffee though, I'd still go around the corner and find a cafe serving Daily Grind.

  • 6.5

    8 reviews  ·  9 months ago

    Smooth tasty coffee with nice lingering aftertaste.

  • 1.0

    1 review  ·  5 months ago

    Owner was very rude and had a terrible attitude.

    While waiting for a table inside I asked the owner for some menus, and was told we had to wait to be seated to get a menu, or we could go outside and look at the menu in the window. We decided to wait.
    After a table cleared we... Read more

  • 3.8

    66 reviews  ·  8 months ago

    Positives
    - Nice sunny outdoor seating and table service.
    - Flat white, although very weak, was not burnt or bitter and the milk was well stratched with a bit of art.

    Negatives
    - ordered a double ristretto which was responded with "A what?
    - DR was... Read more

    1 Flat White, 2 Ristrettos

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Name Short Black Coffee
Address 88 Terralong Street, Kiama, NSW, Australia