Excelsior Jones - Ashfield

Cafés, Coffee, Gluten Free
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Excelsior Jones

Excelsior Jones
4.2 / 5 (3023 reviews)

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Excelsior restaurant used to be known for its excellent coffee beans but recently switched to a more generic brand, resulting in average coffee at best. Despite this, the staff worked hard to accommodate customers during bad weather, providing a noisy yet happy atmosphere. However, some customers were disappointed with changes to the menu and removal of popular dishes. Despite these setbacks, reviews praised the food quality, service, and unique offerings such as soy chai lattes and beef sandwiches. Overall, while some felt the cafe was losing its charm, others still considered it a great spot for delicious food and coffee in a convenient neighborhood location.

Last update: 17.01.2026 from: thewhereto

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★ 4.2 / 5 from 3023 reviews
nathan-j-bird6
10.11.2023

Best place ever!!!!! Wish I could have their food everyday. Staff are friendly and food is delicous. I recommend this place to everyone. The new owners are especially nice and their son is an absolute gem. Always bearing a smile! Going to this cafe has become part of my daily routine because of the cheap, delicous food that I can enjoy for every meal. 5 stars

lux-king-e
10.11.2023

I have been going to this cafe for over 3 years and I can definitely admit that the new owners and staff improved the cafe 10 times better, very polite and friendly cafe, very good food and coffee. All over if anything this place is doing much better with the new owners. Before hand owners were never there, customer service was very bad, waitresses rude, food always delayed, customers were never looked after.

s-student784
10.11.2023

Staff/owner lied about change of ownership, it’s not the same people as it used to be! Used to be a regular here before covid, seems to have been taken over by thai or maybe Malaysian/hk partnership. Menu looks similar but totally different, made us sick and couldn’t finish. Coffee undrinkable. High speed electronic dance music played loud, staff pushy to order more, very sorry to see this place slide so far down in service and standards. Lady who seems to be a part owner/head waitress said it’s still the same owner as before, nothing changed. After eating and paying the bill the chef approached and said he’s the new owner in front of her and asked how the food is. She was pretty embarrassed/annoyed to be caught out. Wouldn’t ever eat anything here again, even the water seemed bad! Can’t imagine they’ll survivor much more than 3 months

thewhereto
01.02.2024

The name Exclesior Jones might sound reminiscent of the knights of medieval times but it infact takes its name from the previous names of the streets at the cafe’s junction. This is a light filled corner cafe in Ashfield which is a cool spot that feels eclectic with its grid style mod art on the exterior walls and colourful indoor mural. There’s plenty of indoor and outdoor space and it’s great to hear that the cafe does online reservations so can feel confident you won’t need to wait in line for hours.

thesecondbite
01.02.2024

7/10<br/ <br/ Momofuku Bowl<br/ Autumn Fritters<br/ <br/ The dishes at Excelsior Jones tasted really good and the coffee is a must get. Would have loved for it to be a little less heavy on the oil as it did sit a bit heavy in my stomach afterwards but the flavour on both dishes is definitely worth the visit and return

FAQ

The place provides you a selection of gluten-free meals.

The eatery also provides suitable seating for its smallest guests in the form of high chairs.

The restaurant and its premises are wheelchair accessible and thus usable with a wheelchair or physical limitations.

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