Greg's Espresso Bar

Very good toast, though a bit salty for our taste, service is good and staff wearing Santa costume really add pints for the Christmas! Also appreciate that they open on Christmas Eve!

Easily the best coffee for a 30km radius. Friendly and down to earth service. They know their base and they know who they are. Don't bother with the Bondi Wannabes down the street. Greg's Espresso is the only option in the Hunter

I was hoping that this place would at least do decent coffee as not many places actually do batch brew coffee. They use the same blend for both espresso and batch. Was hoping they would have had some single origin offerings. I am sure it will work fine in your lattes with syrups. The ice chocolate my partner got was in a cool see through can though. Tasted pretty ordinary but it was a unique novelty. All the food sounded nice, but it is all pre-made toasties and burritos that they just whack under the grill to toast. It was hot and was made quickly. The breakfast burrito had unusual flavour and texture and weird pockets of saltiness. My partner had the devils in the bechamel. Lordy the devil certainly made this one. Ham with bechamel sauce and a homemade tomato relish. Overall it was very salty, the bechamel sauce had a weird tasting herb in it, it tasted like tarragon. The relish tasted like it was made with under ripe tomatoes that were flavour less and slightly vegetal. If only everything tasted as good as it looked. Very disappointed as a whole.

While staying in Cessnock recently, we decided to give Greg’s Espresso Bar a try, especially when we saw the queue waiting on the street - always a good sign! I ordered the pesto chicken toasted sandwich and didn’t regret it. The pesto was rich and flavourful without being overpowering, the poached chicken was beautifully tender and the bread was toasted to perfection. My husband had the Greggy roll and thoroughly enjoyed it. We loved this breakfast so much we went again the next morning. I had the same delicious sandwich, while my husband opted for the breakfast burrito this time. Again, he highly recommended it. He also loved the coffee. Would come back here frequently if we lived nearby.

Was passing through town, needed a coffee break. Came across this little Espresso bar just of the main street, had a few people waiting out on street or sitting at tables, so we thought if the locals wait for coffee, then let's give it a try. Friendly team member took order through open window, a young waiter was bringing customers out their morning fixes and handing over with a friendly hello. Great coffee, glad we stopped in.