Gone Awol Cafe

Aptly named Gone AWOL sits in Barracks St, just near Anglesea Barracks, Hobart’s Defence Centre. The cafe is small and cosy with breakfast bar and a quiet dining room. Service was quick and friendly. Coffee was good and the food was simple, and straightforward. It’s nothing gourmet but for a quick lunch or coffee it hits the spot. Just don’t stay away from work for too long - they might think you have gone AWOL...

One of the best cafes in Hobart easily if not the best. Wonderful staff who treat you with kindness and are always going above and beyond for customer experience. They do some fantastic hot drinks and have a large range of breakfast and lunch menu items. Recommend eating in if you can since they have a downstairs sitting area. So plenty of room to have a nice social catch up with a friend or two!

I used to come to this Cafe frequently on my way to work. I was always happy with my coffee quickly assembled by the muscles man who previously worked there. Unfortunately, since the new owners, I haven’t had the pleasure and ease of the past experiences. It seems like a complete and utter shambles in there. The first time I went in post new ownership, they gave my latte to the wrong person and they didn’t realise and ended up waiting there for 15 minutes. I wanted to give them a second chance as I only thought it fair, as I was quite annoyed. But I write this damning review as I walked away the second time coffeeless and late to work…