Pablo & Rusty’s Espresso Bar

I drive past this place a lot but it always seems to be after hours. Today as the boy and i had the day off we seized the opportunity and off we went amongst the 2 wheeled lycra clad locals.
We ordered to eat in, I ordered a skim cap in a mug and the smashed avo with a poached egg, the boy ordered a chocolate milkshake and a Spaniard toastie. The wait wasn’t long however we received our drinks in takeaway cups (where was my mug?) I had heard great things about the coffee here so as i took my first sip i was anticipating a brain exploding experience however i received a mouthful of lukewarm mediocre coffee. Then came the food, the spaniard toastie was a toasted cheese sandwich with chorizo sausage and the smashed avo was 2 pieces of sourdough with avo, tomato and feta which i added a poached egg to.
The food. while the toastie was delicious i was a little disappointed with the smashed avo. The name of the dish was smashed avo so here i was expecting a substantial amount of avocado however what i got was a small scraping of avocado on both pieces of bread which was over powered by the amount of feta.
While the experience wasn’t all bad i will make sure i ask for a hot extra strong coffee next time!

Great coffee! A gem in a really bleh area. I also had a meat pie — nothing great to speak of and definitely over priced. But the coffee! Do try!