Bean Bar

I went to the Bean Bar at 9.30am in the morning before a meeting. The shop itself is a nice small café area that has several small leather booth seats, decent sized tables and comfy wooden chairs.
Service was friendly and attentive. I was third in queue however waited less than one minute. The pricing was really good too with a small (yet decent size) hot chocolate being $ 3.50.
When my hot chocolate was served, which just happened to be within about four minutes of ordering, it was the perfect temperature. It had the right balance of chocolate flavor and milk. There were also newspapers scattered around the place for reading, however as I had company, I didn’t need to use them.
The price, speed and service was definitely impressive for a coffee shop. I know the Bean Bar quality varies from franchise to franchise, however I was really impressed with this store. It isn’t too difficult to spot, which is a good thing too.

Not all Bean Bars are created equally … it really depends on the franchise owner. This one in James Place is great, with a small seating area on the edge of a busy food court. It’s a bit of calm amongst the chaos (though it does sometimes get very busy here!).
Good range of cakes and lunch wraps (though not as large a selection as the Central Market Bean Bar, which is my favourite), but great if you’re not too fussy with what is left over in the lunchtime rush.
Apparently you can use your smart phone app to order in advance here too (as with all Bean Bars) — although I haven’t tried this yet, my partner swears by it when she’s in a hurry ;)

I hadn’t heard of Bean Bar before, as I live in Melbourne, but I hope that they do open a few places closer to my home, based on my experiences here.
Adelaide is lucky to have so many good places for coffee, and this is another place to add to the list. In fact, it’s getting harder and harder to find a really bad coffee in Adelaide, and that’s a good thing.
The cappuccinos I’ve had here have been invariably excellent. Beautiful flavour, no burned milk, the right ratio of milk froth and coffee, it’s all good. The service has been good, too. Very fast for a coffee place.