ayo where the best coffee on campus?? asking for a friend 
I'm sure Coffee will be able to help you with this soon enough.
Some brief thoughts (my memory is already a little rusty haha):
Taste BaguetteIf you polled all of Monash's students, I reckon Taste Baguette would come out on top. Personally, I think I went there four times in four years. It's the one on the ground floor of Menzies - you can either eat (drink) in, or take away (for takeaway, you order on the inside of Menzies). Why did I barely go there? a) The queues always seemed horrendously long to me; b) I never worked out exactly how to order hahaha; c) when I wanted coffee, I generally wanted to go for a bit of a walk, so Menzies was sort of... too close. But yeah, this one is extremely popular. Don't expect them to get your name right, though. (The coffee itself in my experience was pretty good.)
Artichoke & WhitebaitOpposite Meeting Point in Campus Centre. This was my go-to for 2015 and 2016, so I guess would be my recommendation overall. Honestly, I couldn't really tell you why - I just liked it most haha.
Meeting PointAlso in Campus Centre. I used (2013 to 2014) to go here when I had no idea what I was doing. I initially went there because the line was the shortest, but there was probably a reason for that. Like, the coffee isn't
bad; I just prefer coffee from elsewhere on campus. I don't really drink hot chocolate, but apparently Meeting Point is excellent for your warm chocolately needs. The soy is a little hit and miss.
The DenThe Den makes me sort of sad, because it used to be under the Matheson Library (hence the name) - probably until some time in 2016. It's much better now IMO (in terms of location, facilities
and coffee quality), but I sort of miss its original iteration. Definitely would recommend. Also a good place to chill with your laptop and catch up on work.
WholefoodsCoffee is well and truly passable but nothing to write home about in my experience. Cheap food, so if you're looking for a very affordable lunch/coffee combination, this is probably your place.
Grafali's Coffee RoastersReminds me a bit of chain coffee you find in rural Victorian towns for some reason (that's not a criticism; it just tastes slightly different). They have the option of some pretty freakin' huge sizes, which is good if you're an idiot like me and always buy the largest size out of habit (irrespective of actual coffee needs). It's in Campus Centre, basically on the other side to Meeting Point/Artichoke.
Church of Secular Coffee/St. Ali'sThe coffee is okay, but I tended to avoid it; it was way too loud, slightly out of the way (for me, at least), and tended to be pretty busy. I know that some people love it, though.
Cinque LireI can't pretend to know much about Cinque Lire as I only frequented it a few times. Perhaps others could contribute, here.
SaporoWayyyyy up the back of campus (in New Horizons). It has a more sophisticated feel to me, which is sort of cool. And the building is really funky; I recommend checking it out, even if you don't have classes or any other reason to go there. The coffee was good, but I felt slightly claustrophobic at times. 100% worth checking out, though.
Hargrave-Andrew LibraryThey used to have back in the day some food options sort of under HAL (i.e. on ground level, before you go up the stairs). It's been under reconstruction for a fair while, but I've heard on the grapevine that there's now a coffee place there, and that it's good. Maybe you (or your friend
) could try it out on my behalf!
This could be particularly good if you happen to be around the Science area of campus a lot.
I'm also acutely aware that there are a few others places I've not yet mentioned, but this post is getting way longer than anticipated, so I might come back later on haha.
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