Strauss

Strauss is a family-owned café listed in Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, with a focus on carefully made coffee, fresh food and friendly service. The café uses fair-trade beans from coffee-growing regions around the world, roasted locally, and serves coffee made with its Strauss House Blend alongside single-origin beans that are rotated weekly. Flat whites, lattes, long blacks and espressos are part of the offering, complemented by a broader drinks menu. Strauss is also licensed.

Food is prepared in an open kitchen, giving diners a view of the team at work. The menu changes with the seasons and centres on locally sourced produce, with breakfast, pastries, sweet treats and wholesome lunch available for dining in or takeaway. The website describes the food as homemade, including roast meats, condiments and granola, with the kitchen open until 2pm on weekdays. Strauss also produces its own range of gourmet goods, including tomato chutney, chilli jam, pickles, blueberry jam, raspberry jam and marmalade.

The atmosphere is designed as a quieter break from the pace of the city: a place to gather your thoughts over coffee, catch up with friends or settle in for a meal. Its site describes the café as a welcoming refuge, with an emphasis on personal service and repeat customers. That makes it suitable for a solo coffee, a relaxed catch-up, or an intimate meal with friends and family. The venue also operates as a private function space outside regular café service for occasions, launches, networking and small meals.

Strauss is owned and operated by Brad Jewell, who moved into the café after a 20-year career in corporate catering. His approach brings together an interest in coffee, food and hospitality, with a commitment to buying fresh and directly from local businesses and farmers where possible. For visitors seeking a café with an open-kitchen feel, seasonal food and a considered coffee program, Strauss offers more than a quick takeaway stop.