In The Annex

It’s a cute little café in Glebe with friendly service but the food was average and it’s expensive for what it is. They don’t accept card payments but have an ATM onsite.

Our experience wasn’t all that great
They forgot to put in our food order so we were sitting around for about 40 minutes, coffee all gone
The breakie burrito was supposed to have scrambled eggs, avocado, rice and beans with jalapeño in a aoili sauce. However, what we got was scrambled eggs with cannolini beans, coleslaw? and jalapeño. Such a weird combination. At $ 12 it was a little expensive.
However the proximity to my home and their fancy coffees makes me want to give it another go. I love the interior — Really kitschy, french rustic bistro. Water served in various bottles, at one point I thought someone was drinking absolut vodka!
Cronuts for $ 5

It is unusual for me to feel the need to review a café on the first sitting, but today I feel that desire. Whether or not it was influenced by being my first stop for coffee this morning or just a damn fine experience, I am really happy that I ended up here.
Started off with a batch brew made with Nicaraguan single origin from Sample Coffee Roasters. It was much darker than I would normally expect from Sample, but with this darkness came a really nice body and slight english breakfast finish. Unfortunately as the coffee was getting on a bit, many of the florals had flown, but what was left was still a very enjoyable start to the day.
But then when the Umami long black came out, the aroma almost had me salivating. A robust and smooth body, it had a perfect balance highlighted with light florals and light winey back end to make it all worthwhile. Basically… yum.
So if you are in the area and want a great coffee, this seems like a great option. Oh… and they do food… :-)
Coffee: Umami
Passion: ⁸⁄₁₀
Crema: ⁹⁄₁₀

So my breakfast burrito was good as was my coffee. My girlfriend had the Nicoise Salad which she said was «alright». It was a unique café but it wasn’t exactly comfortable due to its size. They played the entire «In Rainbows» album over the speakers while we were there so that was a definite plus but my big gripe is that, if you don’t have any plans to stop at the University then don’t even attempt to stop at The Annex. It is in the middle of nowhere.

I should firstly say that I don’t drink coffee or tea so unfortunately my review cannot comment on those things.
In the annex is one of many new ‘hipster’ cafés (jam jars instead of glassware is a dead giveaway) that have been opening recently everywhere. Whilst the interior is beautiful, for me this is a place that you will either love (my housemate swears by their coffee and breakfast burrito) or be indifferent towards.
Unfortunately, I’m in the latter category.
I should start by saying I’m a fairly simple soul — I look for good food that is reasonably priced when I eat out. While the Annex does do good food, their menu is very very limited (as they don’t really have a kitchen to cook anything). Last time I went there were literally only one or two things I would consider ordering off it. Admittedly that was the Xmas menu, but I still remember it being like that before as well.
Coupled with the limited options some of the food can be on the more expensive side (for what you get).
If you like coffee I think you will probably love this place, if you’re like me then you could be a bit indifferent to the whole thing and find yourself thinking about the $ 5 burgers next door…