Specialty coffee in Mermaid Beach, Gold Coast — open from 5:30am, seven days a week.

Q: What time does Relaxed Espresso open?

Relaxed Espresso opens at 5:30am every day and serves until 1:00pm, seven days a week including weekends. It is one of the earliest coffee opens on the Gold Coast.

Q: What coffee beans do you use?

Relaxed Espresso brews Therefore Coffee Roasters on a La Marzocco espresso machine, serving espresso, long black, flat white, latte, cappuccino, piccolo, mocha, filter, matcha and chai.

Q: Is Relaxed Espresso dog friendly?

Yes. The concrete bench and outdoor tables are dog friendly and well-behaved dogs are welcome any time we are open.

Q: Do you do food and breakfast?

Yes. Toasted sandwiches on The Bread Social sourdough including beef brisket, chicken pesto, chorizo, ham and cheese and a vegetarian option, plus Dad's bacon and egg roll on weekends and fresh pastries daily.

Q: Do you take bookings?

No bookings — it is a small room, so walk in. Takeaway is quick even at peak times.

Specialty coffee Mermaid Beach, Gold Coast 5:30am – 1:00pm · 7 days Est. 2025

Relaxed Espresso interior — the concrete bench, steel tables and framed film prints in moody light

The idea

Peak hour, without the panic. A concrete room on the Gold Coast Highway where the coffee is serious — and nothing else is.

Relaxed Espresso is a small specialty coffee shop at 3/2460 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach — the strip between Nobby Beach and Broadbeach. We open at 5:30am for the dawn patrol, the early shift and anyone who likes their morning quiet, and we pour Therefore Coffee Roasters through a La Marzocco until 1pm, seven days a week. Takeaway is the norm, the bench seating is dog friendly, and the toasted sandwiches are built on Bread Social sourdough.

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The space

Fit-out by Studio Build

Stainless steel tables along the concrete bench under framed film prints — **The bench**Poured concrete

The La Marzocco espresso machine with R-branded cups under the group heads — **The machine**La Marzocco

A takeaway tray of coffees on a brushed steel table against white brick — **The tables**Brushed steel

Brekky burger and iced coffee handed over the counter — **The food**Brekky burger

A local relaxing with a coffee on the concrete bench under the film prints — **The regulars**No rush

A Whittaker's Mont Blanc shake in a branded Relaxed cup on a steel table — **The shakes**Whittaker's collab

Iced long blacks lined up in branded Relaxed Espresso cups

Therefore

The coffee

Specialty coffee, roasted down the road

Therefore Coffee Roasters, poured as espresso, flat whites, long blacks and the iced drinks Mermaid Beach queues for.

Every cup runs on beans from Therefore Coffee Roasters — chosen because Josh knows the roaster by name, not from a sales deck. Strong espresso, silky flat whites, and a rotation of iced drinks that earn their queue.

RoasterTherefore Coffee Roasters
House signatureChocolate Coconut Iced Long Black
The collabWhittaker's Mont Blanc
MilkFull cream · oat · almond · soy

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The brekky burger held up against the white brick wall

The food

Toasted sandwiches & breakfast

Pressed on Bread Social sourdough — plus Dad's bacon and egg roll on weekends.

Toasted sandwiches on Bread Social sourdough — from 12-hour beef brisket to chorizo with chilli jam. Pastries land in the cabinet each morning, and weekends bring Dad's bacon and egg roll.

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“I just wanted it to feel like my house. People walk in, see me, and immediately feel like they're in my space.”

Josh Key — owner, Relaxed Espresso

Good to know

Common questions

What time does Relaxed Espresso open?

We open at 5:30am every day and serve until 1:00pm, seven days a week including weekends. It's one of the earliest coffee opens on the Gold Coast — built for dawn patrol surfers, early-shift tradies and anyone starting before sunrise.

Where is Relaxed Espresso?

3/2460 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach QLD 4218 — between Cantina and The Raspberry Room tattoo studio, a few minutes from Nobby Beach and Broadbeach. Look for the black R on the glass. Full directions and parking.

What coffee beans do you use?

We brew Therefore Coffee Roasters on a La Marzocco espresso machine. Espresso, long black, flat white, latte, cappuccino, piccolo, mocha and filter, plus matcha and chai. Alternative milks, decaf and extra shots are $1.

Is Relaxed Espresso dog friendly?

Yes — the concrete bench and outdoor tables are dog friendly, and well-behaved dogs are welcome any time we're open.

Do you do food and breakfast?

Yes. Toasted sandwiches on The Bread Social sourdough — beef brisket, chicken pesto, chorizo, ham and cheese, and a vego option — plus Dad's bacon and egg roll on weekends and fresh pastries daily. See the full menu and prices.

Do you take bookings?

No bookings — it's a small room, so just walk in. Takeaway is quick even at peak. For anything else, the fastest way to reach us is a DM on Instagram.

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Find us on the Gold Coast Highway

3/2460 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach. From first light till 1pm, seven days a week.

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