Hummingbird cafe Rockhampton — Restaurant in Queensland

Hummingbird is where Rockhampton’s main characters gather. Walked in and everyone looked like they’d just left a Sex and the City reboot - linen, heels, and expensive perfume in the air. The place is effortlessly stylish, like it knows it’s the prettiest café in town. The owner - dark-haired, elegant, clearly running her dream - was floating around like a proud stage mum, and it shows. Staff were polite and switched-on; our waiter deserves a pay rise and maybe a podcast. The food? Mostly great. Caesar salad = tasty but a bit too lemon-happy. My iced matcha? Tragic. Watery, green disappointment. But the hot drinks slap, so redemption achieved. My date’s French toast was unreal, and the cabinet sweets were fresh and addictive. Yes, it’s pricey, but you’re buying the vibe - good service, better people-watching, and the smug satisfaction of pretending you live in a city with a Mecca. Best café in...

Four stars for the delicious toasted Italian sandwich that was more than enough for us both, and the yum Home made Anzac biscuit follow up. Nice little cafe and busy non stop. Staff also cheery, helpful, and made us feel welcome. They look great in their hummingbird shirts and dusky pink aprons. Hummingbird cake sells out regularly we are told. Only disappointment was the usual problem we find, but worse. Mugs of black coffee barely 3/4 full. We order a jug of hot water each with our coffee regularly everywhere, it’s endemic. This time it took 2 each. Normal two shot sized mugs, and yes it makes it a little weaker coffee unless the cafe is more proactive with that fine level of balance. Very few are. The end product coffee, extra water and all was good, but it lost this cafe...

Have to be truthful, this was not our first plan for lunch... We ended up here due to out first place closing early. Similarly, though, we had to rush some of this meal as they also closed earlier than expected. However, the food we did get was delicious & despite one ingredient being sold out, they still went above & beyond to make sure we had what we wanted as close as possible. The vibes here are probably as expected in a large, but kind of quiet city. It lacked a little something but was not unpleasant or bad, it just felt a little flat but perhaps this was simply our bad timing arriving close to when they closed their doors.

If you want some cheaper & still delicious food, with a welcome you will be warmed by then this...