Senso Coffee + Kitchen — Restaurant in Joondalup

Sensational! I don’t always feel compelled to write a review, but when a place is as good as Senso, the word needs to be spread.

I had the “Complicated Avo Smash on Sourdough” with added bacon and a large Soy Long Macchiato (topped up) and wasn’t expecting to be dazzled (shopping centre cafe in the suburbs) but holy moley!!

The coffee is on par with some of the best I’ve had and I used to work as a Barista in inner city Sydney, so have high standards and great coffee knowledge. The temperature was perfect and the chocolate notes from the beans shone through. They use Toby’s Estate Wooloomooloo Blend which is a 100% arabica dark roast - right up my alley on the flavour spectrum. I had to tell the owner how impressed I was, and I had a second before I moved on.

The breakfast was impeccable. Tasty tomatoes that were rich in flavour, smooth ripe avocado and exceptionally good quality sourdough. Topped with cracked pepper, it was a true delight!

Their tables and chairs are sturdy (no wobbly tables here) and comfortable, which is an added bonus.

I highly recommend Senso - I will most certainly...

I have had a couple of really nice coffees here in the past. Last time I got a coffee to go and ordered beautiful looking pastry too. They asked if I’d like it warmed up, to which I said yes thinking they put it in a toaster oven or something. Annoyingly I didn’t realise until I had left that they had clearly just nuked it in the microwave! So this gorgeous, layered pain au chocolate was now a soft, chewy, squishy mess.. a far cry from its former self. Please don’t put pastry’s in a microwave!! It’s sacrilege! Anyone ordering, just get...

Sep2023 My healthy Buddha bowl gone very wrong. Burnt vegetables are not acceptable. Staff was kind enough to redo the dish . Standard of food has dropped since it first opened.

Updated on 5 nov 2023

I’ve updated the review to 4 star. Returned for lunch today and ordered your signature Bangkok pasta and carbonara. Glad the original standard is back! New chef and crew are...