65 Degrees Cafe

One of the café up the top part of CBD. Quiet little café, coffee was fine. BUT (this is a big but) there are heaps of fruit flies around us, on the wall. One of my pet hate is having insects around me hen I am eating/​drinking.
Not sure if I will be coming back her based on the flies…

A friendly little café, good food and service with a smile. Coffee was pretty average for me though.

Solid back up option if you miss breakfast time at Trunk on the next block. 65 has all day breakfast and serves up a-​ok hotcakes ($ 14.5) and eggs & toast ($ 8), and a bold cup of coffee. Personally thought the eggs & toast were the better value.

I’ve been waiting to visit this place for some time now.
65 Degrees has been sitting as the last café I had left to visit from the Good Café Guide that scored ⁵⁄₅ coffee beans for some time now. I had a shattering moment last Thursday when I came here on my way to Melbourne Uni only to discover it was closed. Thanks Unilocal!,lying to me with the open hours, had to change that. Anyway, I got to visit it here today with a mate and found it was worth the wait. It was probably not quite as good as I was expecting, but that just means it didn’t blow my mind. It was still a very, very good coffee. I loved the décor of the place, especially the chairs. The staff were nice and friendly. I’ve also found that cafés that keep up to date with the coffee culture are always interesting. What I mean is that this place had their Good Café Guide books lying around and magazines on Australian coffee and what not. It just gave me something good to read as I sat there enjoying the coffee. I really like this place, probably not my favourite in the city, but definitely worthy of another visit.

With hints of caramel that dance along the back of your tongue and set a twinkle in your eye, 65 Degrees certainly impresses when it comes to coffee, and I’m sure will soon be inundated by folk at nearby universities frustrated by sub-​standard, over-​priced caffeination-​stations.
Unfortunately, the food let the place down a little. A reasonably priced corn-​fritters with relish ($ 15.50) and your choose of 3 sides (avo, bacon and salmon for me) came out with a soggy napkin wrapped around cutlery, on an RSL style plate (and with matching presentation), with the fritters tasting like floury pancakes with canned-​corn added. Staff were busy attending to the 9am suit-​rush so service was a little mechanical — however when you consider the time and inner-​city location, it’s no more than could be expected.
Verdict: I’d certainly come back for a coffee, but would make sure I’d eaten first.

Need a quality coffee in ten seconds? Come here. They move at warp speed.

If you want great coffee, come here. Sensational. I can’t speak for the food as I have never enough time to stay for it. Free Trade beans roasted on site. One of my best places for coffee.

The fact that a venue listed ‘award winning barista’ on a giant shiny plaque on their front window is (to be frank) really unnecessary. Why? Because trust me, i have received better coffee from a pop up coffee stand.
I did stop in and stroll past after a gym session and needed a caffeine hit to get me through my study session so i popped in and grabbed a latte to go.
I won’t say it was bad, but it wasn’t good either. It just lacked the hit i was actually chasing, it tasted like a watered down caffeine drinks for kids. The service was pretty mediocre as well.

The window display is dedicated to advertising the fact that 65 Degrees makes amazing coffee. There’s one about the award winning barista, then one about a «God Shot» (whatever that is) and something telling you it won a 5 bean rating from the Coffee Guide.
For Melbourne, a city that knows its coffee, if it’s that good why does 65 Degrees need to plaster the fact all over the windows? Why not, oh I don’t know, let the shots do the talking?
Maybe it’s the location. Maybe it’s because (from what I suspect from my fellow reviewer) the quality isn’t consistent. Maybe it’s because if you’re not going for the coffee then there isn’t much to keep you there.
I like the latte art. Or rather, I like that my long mac comes with art. Very pretty!

This bog-​standard café up on Exhibition Street serves up the usual sandwiches and lunch fare to people working in the office blocks nearby.
The 65 degrees is reference to the correct temperature for making a good coffee, and they have signs in the window declaring their baristas to be award-​wining. As such, I expected a good coffee. I didn’t get one… It wasn’t warm enough for my liking (it was completely cold before I was even half-​done) and it just tasted a bit ‘eh’ — like nothing much at all. Very disappointing.
I can’t comment on the food as I didn’t try it, but based on the coffee and the overall vibe here, I wouldn’t bother. Very disappointing.