Coffylosophy

The other day a stranger approaches me on Hutt Street and says «Hey, you like coffee? This is the place to go to…»
Well if a stranger felt like sharing the good news, then indeed I was obligated to check the place out.
Coffylosophy is indeed a great place to go to for a fine brewed bean and joins the ranks of Adelaide’s specialty boutique coffee houses, where beverage becomes and art. The café offer a variety of methods to enjoy your coffee from straight forward espresso to cold drip and a range of fancy glassware reminiscent of a mad scientists laboratory.
The knowledgable staff and high quality of food and drink make this little place definitely worth a venture into. Heck, venture in a couple of times and I guarantee you will see faces you saw last time, this place has a loyal following of regulars, and I have just become one of them!

The website looks beautiful, however the place is quite average when you see it in person. It’s incredibly tiny and loud.
The service is great but the coffee is not.

Just had the worst experience here. Ordered coffee from a lovely female server then stood waiting whilst barista/​manager sat chatting to another guy even after she indicated I was waiting. Waited almost 5 mins whilst he sat a metre away laughing and chatting to a mate! He had no interest in customers and I will never be back!

Dwarfed by it’s large neighbour this little café packs a punch when it comes to the beverage and dessert selection.
The iced coffee was larger than life and delicious while my more unassuming late was pretty good too.
The beef sanga (any sandwich with an egg is a sanga in my eyes) wasn’t as good as what you would expect for a lofty 14 dollars, you’d maybe expect steak strips instead of colesish beef bits, or rocket or some other on-​the-​button hipster trend food chucked in there. But the cheesecake saved it for us, beautifully plated and verrrry good!
Might pop back, this side of the city is where it’s at! Would be great for coffee dates and pit stops.

First time, walked in and felt the main coffee guy was a grump, unwelcoming… Girls were nice but had him to contend with… I thought he lacked the people skills necessary to make this place something special… Had a pour over which was great but the whole experience was a bit lack lustre… maybe he was having a bad day…
It’s important to have the right mix of soft skills in hospitality, for me this was missing today…

Just what I needed this afternoon. Friendly barista made a delish fresh juice accompanied by an orange and poppyseed cake. I couldn’t come to Coffylosophy without having a coffee so I had a soy latte and it was very good. I’ll absolutely be back.

This is a funky cool place! It has that — «am I sitting in a library drinking excellent coffee without permission??» — feeling. Except, your not — because thats just funky wallpaper.
Its a quaint, quirky nook, that you could accidentally walk past if you aren’t paying attention. But, please do pay attention. There are well trained barista’s here, and they have well groomed facial hair. Theres a small outdoor area, and lets face it, in these warming days, those are sought after. It can be a bit on the noisy side, but wait a second, and the traffic quickly moves on.
They don’t just create excellent coffee, they serve some yummoliscious grub for your tukka time, from simple sangas to fancy treats. Have a gander and strike up a chin wag with an employee or two. Nothing like getting the inside knowledge of whats hot and whats hotter there!
Found in the heart of the Hutt «cool factor» Street, its a quick stroll to parklands or beautiful shady streets. So try and park further away (you’ll have longer to park for if you aren’t so close — shun the 1hr car park and take your legs for a stroll!).
A great meeting spot for those middle of the afternoons that you are trying to fill. And a fancy named place that is so fancy I can almost no say it without busting a sweat over it. Coffeeoffthelossophy? Coffyhypothesis? Coffylosophy… yes!

I’ve never been to Coffylosophy before until today, I hard heard good things and seen good reviews, I only had a coffee which tasted foot, not burnt and the service was friendly.
Their menu was quite extensive for the size of the place, you could get meals as well as crepes which is always nice given my favourite crêpe place is on the other side of the city.
I will have to return another time to try more of their options, they also have options available that I haven’t seen before like siphoned coffee, as well as the standard options as well as drip coffee.
Service was quite warm and friendly and we didn’t have to wait long before the first few drinks started to arrive at our table, the outside sitting area is quite nice for Hutt Street too, very nice on a mild afternoon for a relaxing drink or two.

Yep, this is a coffee shop, with individualized service, character, popcorn macaroons?! And, well, great coffee. I fell into conversation easily and quickly when I walked in. It felt like I was a regular immediately. They also do all day breakfast. Winning

Coff… Coffa…Collywof…Coffylof…Coffylosophy! Phew, think I need a good coffee brew after that tongue tied effort in trying to pronounce and even write the name!
I’ve only ordered takeaway coffee from here so far and both have been strong, smooth and creamy, just the way I like it! Seriously good coffee.
I did anticipate on having breakfast one morning there but they weren’t ready for orders at the time.
I don’t really know much about the other types of brewing methods, would love to when I have time to ask the staff and perhaps they can enlighten me what each of the ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ type contraptions do.
Staff have always been well presented and friendly.
The name? I think will always leave me tongue tied. Watch this space for an updated review.

Service with a plus on a busy Sunday morning!
I was in a rush on my way back to the car after an hours walk, nicked in and hope to get a coffee on the run, waited just a couple of seconds and decided to leave, but was convinced that I’ll get my take away coffee in 2 seconds flat!
Wow! That’s service, he’s determined not to loose any customers and for that, I’ll def come back again! well done boys, that’s the way to go, every customer who walks in is just as important as any, quick smart attention, am impressed and happy.

These guys need to sort their shit out.
In some ways they are close to four stars, but it feels like they don’t really get it (café experience) so probably won’t get there.
I have been confused by the experience and hard to work out where they are at. Concluded they don’t know where they are either.
They are trying to give a fancy quality-​coffee image that doesn’t gel. My espresso was not objectionable… but far from something to be proud of. My partner’s giant chilli hot chocolate was pretty good, though a bit too spicey– they apologised for it when they served it. Not sure why not tone it down to begin with. Nearly good! But not quite there.
My partner’s banana bread was pretty ace, but my egg on toast had a flavorless poached egg, stale bread, non descript bacon and was dominated by salsa that tasted like cheap tomato sauce. The baby spinach was good.
In hindsight, the food matched the reasonable prices, or at least was in that ball park (reminded us of UR café, which I do like), but unlike others these guys are projecting an image that is much fancier.
There are a fair list of small, odd foibles… Not problems but i think indicative. Like serving water in take away cups. (Why?)
The staff are nice and genuine, but other than that there’s little reason to come here instead of Cibo directly opposite. The one thing I can think of would be a Sunday brunch with a mum who doesn’t know any better, but would take in the fancy image (and not stretch the wallet).
As they iron out the niggles they will probably approach a three, but I can’t see them deserving four stars without an overhaul and realignment.

I drive down Hutt st often and it took me a while to decipher the name. They have Veneziano coffee. Several different brewing methods including cold drip, siphon, pour over and regular espresso.
Definitely worth checking out for a good coffee and friendly service.

Don’t judge them on the name. I’m sure someone thought it was a hilarious pun-​a-​licious idea to call this place something incredibly hard to pronounce and spell.
I was so relieved when I saw a true independent coffee shop opened on Hutt St that I could support with my daily coffee and working from home procrastination habit without guilt.
They do a range of coffee types (pour overs, cold drip and your standard espresso). All the fancy coffee machines are out on show but I don’t know how many people actually order the fancy stuffs.
I haven’t eaten from the lunch or brekkie menu here but I have enjoyed their energy balls from the cabinet (those peanut butter goji things are the perfect snack) and enjoyed their «I can’t believe it’s a vegan brownie» vegan brownie.
I’ve been holding off on this review since I went here the first week they opened, and these guys now consistently deserve the 4 star rating I’m giving them. The service is always friendly and the coffee is damn consistently smooth (take away and dine in) — more to come once I have dined in!