The Botanical Cafe

A masterclass in how to not make quality coffee. Bulk milk jugs overflowing from excessive steaming, caked on dry milk on the steam wand, group handles or jugs not cleaned between use. Given this, coffee was as expected - terrible. Sweet snack was worse. Hard, cold (possibly still frozen), dry croissant. Staff offered to “warm up” which was a burst in the microwave making it oily, sloppy and still hard and dry in parts. Clearly this place capitalises on its monopoly status as the only cafe in the park by offering terrible food and coffee with sloppy service. Bring your own food and, please Council, bring in some competition!

A pleasant place to meet. Central CBD, but with attractive scenery and views of the Swan River to South Perth (with the relaxing pleasure of Kings Park). Choice of alfresco or dine-in. Plenty of seating, convenient parking at rear, good strong coffee. Delicious sausage roll (one of the best I have ever tasted) perfect fries - great coffee and a refreshing freshly squeezed water melon and apple juice. Excellent service. Polite and patient staff. Tables cleaned continually too.

Lovely location and friendly service, spoilt by average expensive food. We ordered two chicken parmys and two drinks plus 1 water for $69!!! for lunch. The chicken was small and tasted fishy!!! the chips where excellent, the slaw was not even a slaw, just cabbage, some beans and alot of mayonnaise, and didn't seem fresh (see pic). Really disappointed but who knows if they read reviews, as one from a month ago suggested that the place be cleaned of cobwebs and it wasn't very clean at all.. Please improve your standards here, otherwise you waste a great opportunity to make a great name for yourself!!!

Beautiful scenery, views and atmosphere. You are defiantly coming for the view…. the food is average and expensive. The barista seemed to be under a lot of pressure… could use some extra help during peak times with over 30min wait for coffee. Bustling atmosphere on the weekends. I recommend getting a takeaway drink and going for a walk through kings park.

Someone told me the coffee here is good. I stopped by to try it. The long Macchiato was a bit smoother and the taste was alright. They used Gravity coffee beans. The beans originate from various countries as labelled: Brazil, India, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras and Papua New Guinea. What impressed me the most was the unique decoration of the indoor seating area. This morning the Kings Park temperature was about 15 Deg C. This cafe has a lot of heaters to generate warm air for the seating area. I like this beautiful cafe. Certainly another good cafe for gatherings. Cheers! (2021-08)