Ape Cafe

Stopped in here traveling through the area and what a lovely find! Delicious food, scrumptious coffee and such sweet friendly staff. Well priced and generous portion.

This cafe sits on the busy Grand Parade, across the lights from Sans Souci and the luxuriant pines nestled in the grassed park. The scrambled eggs are silky smooth and delightfully yellow, with slices of sourdough toast And a hot chocolate is hot, rich and tasty. There's even this morning's papers to read. Do drop in and try a small bite, it's a nice break. Traffic can be noisy.

I've had coffee at Ape Café several times, but never eaten there. Today I had Canadian Breakfast, and it was simply fantastic! From the presentation (I'll post a picture...unfortunately, I took the picture after I started eating, but you'll understand), to the quality of the food and service. They have Toby's Estate beans, but their coffee is better than the one served at Toby's Place on Broadway. Don't miss Ape Café! 😉👍🏻

Awesome coffee, a proper smoked salmon bagel and really lovely staff. The water view was the icing on the cake. Highly recommended that you try this place.

Ape Cafe (formerly Blackbird) is an interesting spot right on the main road, ideally located for food / drinks and then a walk along the waterfront. The ingredients of the food were definitely high quality, though the dishes themselves lacked much effort at aesthetics or presentation in my opinion. They were expensive, albeit not much different to the rest of the immediate area, but good enough that I didn't feel ripped off. The coffee was delicious, and the latte art impressive. This definitely brought up the overall rating. Some staff were friendly, but some clearly distracted. On arrival we asked for a highchair from one of the ladies behind the counter, and after 5 minutes standing around holding our baby we then asked one of the other servers and he brought it straight out. I'll give the original member of staff the benefit of the doubt that they simply misheard or misunderstood the request. Speaking of mishearing, if you choose a table outside be prepared for noise! They're the best ones for those of us with prams, as the inside is a bit tight, but you are basically sat next to a busy multilane road, so VERY noisy (obviously this is no fault of the restaurant). Inside looked lovely and well decorated so I'd like to try inside next time, albeit without a pram. They also have a bar seating area overlooking the road / water which I think would be great when dining alone.