Corner Store Cafe

Top notch, the smashed avo 2 ways was amazing. Service was great, atmosphere was great — would recommend sitting outside. Coffee was good, not amazing but good enough. Will def go back.

Omg. We shared the scrambled eggs and the Belgian waffles, I don’t think I’ve ever been so satisfied and happy at the end of a breakfast before. The waffles come with a shard of pie crust… Pie crust! Who thinks of that? Take the pie crust and dip it into the ice cream, incredible.

Great local café with relaxed vibes & yummy food.
I had a late lunch here on a Monday afternoon so it wasn’t too busy.
Food was yummy & drinks were good. We had a Lamb Curry & a chicken salad.
Pleasant service — I’d come back for sure :)

Finding myself in an unknown area on a Saturday morning with an empty stomach, of course I am going to go to the Unilocal family for a recommendation.
As usual, the family never fails to provide a decent rec!
My first impression of the café is fantastic, I love the design of the indoor/​outdoor seating area and the herb garden.
Next up is service which was friendly, attentive and quick — all the things you want!
Then onto the food — anywhere that has dishes that are a bit out of the ordinary is already tops in my book. We opted for the smashed avo (two ways) which was delicious and perfectly balanced with all the added flavours. Husband had the huge nachos with poached eggs. This was a massive meal, very meaty with a little spice and super tasty.
Coffees were sublime with a delicious caramel flavour.
With a cute set up for quick take sways, fresh produce and flowers as well as heaters and blankets for the cooler Brisbane days (all 6 weeks of them!!) the team here have really thought of everything.

Savoury Lamb Mince is my go to on this great menu! Coffee is perfectly brewed and staff is attentive. Although we did get a bad vibe from the manager as she yelled at one f the employees right in front of us… Felt sorry for the young guy.

After over a year of seeing the place and meaning to go we finally made it for breakfast. Cosy atmosphere on a lovely Sunday morning. Hubby ordered the corned beef hash which was good and I ordered the cauliflower gratin which was also very nice. Generous portions and the poached eggs on both plates were cooked extremely well (perfectly runny on the inside). The only thing that was slightly disappointing was the coffee which tasted over extracted (evidenced by the leftover grind in the bottom of our cups). Overall great little place for a bite to eat!

Toowong is only just finding it’s feet when it comes to funky places to eat, but Corner Stone is way ahead of it’s time. Tucked away in the back streets you wouldn’t even know it was there; but on a Saturday and Sunday morning it is bustling with activity and after 8am you will often find a queue of people waiting to be seated.
Corner Stone has great staff, awesome coffee and a breakfast menu with a few items that might surprise you. I tried the quinoa tabouhli and was pleasantly surprised at how awesome it was! They also have a spaghetti dish served with a poached egg as a breakfast item. Not sure if it’s my thing, but interesting none the less.
Overall Corner Stone definitely has impressed me, and it could totally hold its own in a busier precinct such as New Farm or Paddington. Yay, Toowong! Upping the food game, I love it!

Tuesday morning around 9:30. It’s looking busy. Walk up. Get a table straight away and order a milkshake. Small chat with my friend for a minute or two. Boom, the best vanilla milkshake you could ask for on a hot morning arrives right on cue. Order Belgian waffles with strawberries and ice cream, great decision I’m thinking. Probably 8 minutes later, they arrive, and they’re glorious.
Not joking, the ice cream tasted like melted butter on pancakes with a vanilla aftertaste. Not sure if that’s a real flavour, but that’s what I tasted and I’m sticking to it. I’m sold on this place now and the coffee that my friend ordered looked good, but I’ll have to order one next time to make sure for myself.
In hindsight, I wish I took a photo of my meal, but it didn’t stand a chance as soon as I saw it.

SO GOOD
Hands down one of the best brekkys of my life. Zucchini and full fritter the size of a large phone/​small tablet covered in perfectly poached eggs, crazy good tzatziki and a pile of salmon that probably cost the $ 18 I paid for the meal. Could hardly finish it there was so much food, but it was so damn tasty I couldn’t not! Cam had waffles with bacon icecream. He is floating on clouds.
2 meals, a shake and a frappé for $ 50 flat. Insane. So much value. I love you, corner store!

Firstly I am reviewing on the food at this place not the coffee, cause I don’t drink it.
The store itself is vibrant and just a great place to sit down and eat your breakky. Theres a garden out back and a lot of seating. The staff are really friendly.
I had the enchiladas my friend had the steak, egg and potato hash both really good. Under $ 20 for a decent breakfast meal of quality isnt too bad.
I have heard that they do serve really good coffees though, when one of the male tall baristas is there.

I’ve just finished one of the best breakfasts I’ve eaten. Chilli con carne Quesadilla with potato, Manchego cheese, guacamole, poached eggs & jalapeño aioli. It was recommended by my friend I was eating with and It really was a brilliant dish. Awesome just crispy Quesadilla with perfect eggs and the quac and aioli finished it off beautifully. The coffee was good, add to that great friendly service and you have a shit hot café.
We were watching all the other food being served and every plate looked amazing. I will be straight here next time in town and will struggle whether to choose the same dish or sample something else.

I have been 3 times in the last week for breakfast and lunch. I can’t get enough.
Coffee — try the unsweetened cold drip with no milk, in this weather.
Breakfast — Han Chao is a great spicy rice alternative if you are sick of bready breakfasts. Smashed peas if you are looking to really fill up.
Lunch — both fish tacos and sand crab bruschetta were delish.
The layout of this place is odd, but in a great way. Sit outside on a cushion and look up through the high ceilings to the tall trees.
Barista and kitchen men are hipsters and cute. Lady waiters run around smiling and serving in summer dresses, if you’re in to that sort of thing.
Look out for cyclists, taking up seats, sipping on coffee and water.

For it’s price and location, The Corner Store has it sorted! Their coffee is amazing (However, sometimes the rotation of their beans can be a strange shock) and the food is unbelievably delicious! Everything about this place is crafted perfectly! Highly recommend for a relaxing coffee or family lunch/​breakfast!

I was impressed with the open air setting and service here. The food was fresh and clean across the 3 meals I saw served to our table.
The coffee was above average. I can’t recall what single origin I had but there was some character in the long black I had. Well extracted. Beans probably a week or so off roast date. Impressive for a non coffee-​centric café to be honest.
I was a big fan of the tunes playing here, was a mirror of the library on my phone almost. Alt-​J, Tame Impala, all pretty cruisey stuff… The outdoor area was really appreciated on a high 20’s, breezy, sunny Brisbane day.
As said earlier all the meals used top notch, fresh produce and were well sized. I had a burger but there were options here that would fit into all but the strictest of dieters meal plans. There were a good deal of people in athletic/​gym attire here as a result.
Service was really friendly and efficient. We were in and out relatively quickly. All in all a solid experience for all 3 on our table. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend for breakfast, brunch or lunch if you are in the area.

The true beauty is in the building. An old Queenslander done up and a great two tier extension on the side with amazing tables and great character. The staff are exceptionally friendly and the coffee meets and exceeds any bean hunters expectations. The food is in a class of its own with a well crafted menu to satisfy all with great options like the ‘sautéed mushroom’ that was my first experience of this place and it put me into a food coma of glorious taste. Make sure you try their fresh juice and get a lovely side of sour dough from the on site bakery. Definitely one for any foodie or cycling fanatic with great bike accessibility and storage. If you want to appreciate what Brisbane has to offer this is the place to be.

Great set up with home fresh veggie patch out the back. Food is delicious at any time of the day.
The vibe is awesome, relaxed but stylish with your back patio feel.
Good coffee and you can take home some amazing fruit loaf from the miniature bakery.

When friends arranged for a group breakfast at Corner Store on the weekend, I was delighted, because it’s been on my to-​do list for ages.
I can’t even begin to tell you what an awesome brunch our group of ten had there (bookings are readily accepted for big groups). The menu isn’t enormous but it packs a delicious punch — I had the corned beef hash with fried eggs and jalapeño aioli, and it almost blew my face off, it was that good. Paired with the delicious house blend coffee that was so sublime I had two, and the fact that I was suffering food envy over my brunchmates’ meals EVEN THOUGH mine was already incredible enough…
We were seated down the back near the herb garden (dramatically revealed when the big white sail-​shade was rolled up around midday) and it couldn’t have been more pleasant. Quite a late brunch meant that while it was buzzing when we came in at 11am on a Sunday, in another hour or so the pace had dropped off and around a third of the tables were readily available.
Also, a table of the most attractive people I’ve ever seen (not talking about our table, surprisingly enough) had us fairly captivated for at least half of our time at the Corner Store. I’m told it’s where The Beautiful People can be found on a fairly regular basis, so wear your mirrored sunglasses and maybe a drool bucket. For the view AND the food.
I would love to give the Corner Store Café five stars, but the fact that their breakfast menu only runs until midday on a weekend (11am on weekdays) is like a dagger in my weekend sleep-​in soul.

My husband apologised to me and declared that the breakfast quesadilla was the best thing that has happened to his life thus far. One of the best breakfasts I’ve ever had. Kind of reminds me of Tyranny of Distance in Melbourne but even out performed that excellent place.
I cannot recommend Corner Store enough! YUMMM NOM NOM NOM

Corner Store Café is an old corner store, revamped and turned into a funky looking café in Toowong. The female staff are all super gorgeous, trendy looking hipsters, and there is ample seating outside in the undercover area. Don’t get me wrong, the girls were all very lovely, though some were a little scatter-​brained.
We went for lunch on a Monday, and it was full. I can only imagine this place is super busy on weekends too. However, the service was good and food came out pretty quickly for such a busy service.
The menu is not that big, instead they just keep it quite simple with breakfast and lunch menu fitting on a single page. We ordered the Moroccon lamb salad and the Chilled prawn asian salad — both were about $ 16 – 18. My sister-​in-​law has been before and highly rated the Bacon Cheeseburger.
They also serve a cold press coffee for $ 5, which you can order sweetened or unsweetened. Cold press is the latest fad it seems, I’ve noticed a lot of places are starting to do it, which pleases me to no end.
Both the drinks and food menu on the website are out of date, we had different menus while in the café today. The breakfast menu looked really delicious so I think we’ll be back here again soon!

I’m a massive fan of little cafes that are nestled into side streets and places that are tucked away unassumingly along a busy area. The Corner Store Café is just that: hiding in plain sight along Sylvan Road. You can tell it’s been renovated from an old-​school cottage and that only exaggerates its charm. My roommate took me to The Corner Store Café and their coffee was superb. I’m not overly hard to please with most things, but I know how I like my coffee. This quirky little place delivers in that department. A really smooth flat white from here brightened my day. Although a little limited, their cuisine is also very easy on the palate. The chicken salad with haloumi I will recommend in a heartbeat!
It’s very quaint, the staff are friendly and quirky (thank you to the girl who complimented my ASOS bag), and the setting was absolutely lovely for a warm spring day. They have a lovely little garden just behind the outdoor seating area where I’m told they grow their own herbs and veggies. Cute! Ask or have a peek at their counter to see their selection of sweeter items. Last coffee orders are taken at about quarter to three for any of you long-​lunchers.
Open 7 days. 7am to 3pm.