Essence Cafe

Solid coffee - first staple of any café, get the coffee right.
For a shopping centre café, it has quite a lot of food options available - all look remarkably fresh.
The chicken avocado and the orange/almond cake were super tasty.

Nice little spot - definitely great to kick the feet up and a take a break during a shop.

Love this place ! So refreshing to find a cafe that takes its coffee brew seriously, something you don't often find in a cafe situated inside a shopping mall, though admittedly Stockland at Balgowlah is quite a glam mall. I've had breakfast and lunch here and both times my food was excellent, the French toast was great, as it was made the right way, with brioche. The staff make you feel welcome, and my daughter would like to be able to have the yummy macarons they sell every day of her life ! Great spot.

They make a light coffee that is very tasty. Lots of little treats like cupcakes. And the best part is they make two sizes of cupcakes so little kids can enjoy the mini ones.