jaques coffee plantation

wonderful place to eat out fantastic lunch and the staff were very warm and friendly, beautiful gardens and nice and shady.They also have helicopter rides that pick you up from there and take you on a scenic tour of mareeba and surrounding districts

Advertised closing time is 5 p.m. We drove the five km from the highway along the backroads to the farm and arrived at 1615. A young Asian girl was sitting outside the shop with a young blonde man - she looked up and blithely announced "we decided to close at 4 today. Sorry."Cannot comment on the quality of the coffee, but I would rank customer service and staff commitment at zero. My advice would be to save yourself the drive off the highway and go to somewhere that cares. The replies I form the Manager that I have read above only served to reinforce my opinion.

Popped by for a cappuccino on the way back to cairns. Really was the loveliest coffee and nicely presented. Lovely little cafe area & garden looking out to the coffee plantation. Ladies at front counter were friendly and welcoming. Very well behaved

Bonnie was an amazing wealth of knowledge with a fantastic commentary and very helpful with the questions we asked. Showing us the coffee plants and explaining it all to us in a very friendly and good manner. It was the best coffee we have had in a long while. We thought that it was fantastic the Coffee Plantation helps out International travellers to extend their visa by working on the farm and helping out to learn new skills and enjoy our country for a little longer. Thankyou :)

This is excellent value. The $15 admission fee includes a coffee audiovisual presentation, tour of the plantation and tasting of coffee liquors. Very interesting presentation about the introduction of coffee to Australia. Lunch purchased in the coffee shop was surprisingly nice for this type of venue. Bonnie is very knowledgeable and helpful.

If you are having a bad day, go take it out somewhere else, Go back to where you came from and dont visit north queensland again. I see you have reviewed other fantastic local businesses in the area with similar highly negative reviews, with comments such as animal cruelty, etc. I have personally visited these other attractions as well and your comments and ratings are simply not true or justified.

Jaques was a real surprise. We drove down the road thinking we were going nowhere but when we got there we undercover parking, great coffee and lunch. tours of the plantation by Segway, microlight or gyro flight. Buy your coffee to take home or order on line and have it delivered to you at home. Excellent day thanks.

What agreat time we had at Jaques coffee plantation, they can make a coffee all right and a really good one. But add in a segway tour of the plantation and you have a wonderful place to visit. We didnt do any of the other air trips, we just had too much fun on the segways. Robert was brilliant in showing the three of us how they handled, the features and was very patient working with us, then off on a brilliant tour around their place. Could not recommend it more highly

We visited Jacques coffee farm after spending the morning at the coffee museum in Mareeba. Although we went specifically to find out about how coffee is grown and harvested, we were tempted into also taking advantage of the microlight and gyrocopter flights piloted by the owner and his son. That following the excellent fish and chip lunch in the cafe rounded off an excellent day.The story of how the family coped with a range of set backs which would have finished most people off is a real example of true pioneering spirit and that alone would have made our visit worthwhile.

Worth a visit. The flat whites we ordered were excellent with the most marvellous coffee taste that left a long lasting and smooth taste on the edge of our taste buds as my friend described it. Superb coffee. Even the Chocolate macadamia round cake and Tiramisu with scoops of vanilla ice cream and cream were a real treat in the scorching heat. Although maybe a little room with aircon and a few chairs might help in the summer seasons especially when it is 36 degrees like it was the day we visited. Otherwise it was an unforgettable visit.

Beautiful surroundings, kids love the water feature, pleasant and the best salt and pepper squid. Nice to go for a quiet meal or coffee, friendly, quick service and not crowded.

I must admit, I use Jaques coffee at home, I buy it locally, so before I went there I knew I loved the coffee. So there's my disclaimer.I took my family, wife 3 girls under 5 and my wife's sister. We spent the morning at the Yungaburra markets and went to Jaques to have a coffee, some food and check out how it all works.The coffee was superb, so good I had two. Neither my wife or her sister are what I would call "aficionados" but they marvelled at the taste and both described this to be the finest coffee they had in a long while.The food was nice too. I rate good chips (fries for my American friends), these were good chips. No sauce needed, just lightly salted and devoured. The BLT was very nice too.So then we did the tour, a very knowledgable lady takes us around back, shows us some equipment then takes us all on a bus ride with a recording played back over loud speaker. The recording is a bit over the top. Don't get me wrong, I love a story about people beating the odds. This was more about the government and how the screwed the Jaques family, not once but twice. If this was the last I heard about this then I probably wouldn't have raised it, but then we had a movie to watch.The air-conditioned movie theatre on site is a nice touch but is just a rehash of what we just heard on the bus, but with pictures. Now this movie was low budget, I can accept that, but this movie went into more details about how the government and bank drove the Jaques from their land with bad economic principles and incompetence. Overall I still enjoyed my time at the Jaques plantation, so much so that I still gave it 5 stars, mainly for the coffee, which is really why you want to go. But please, if someone from the Jaques family reads this, tell your story (which we want to hear), but do it in an uplifting way, because at present it comes across just bitter.

Called in today 7 November 2014, with my wife and friends whilst touring the area. Lovely tranquil setting amongst acres of open space. The staff were extremely friendly and welcoming. And the coffee was as one would expect, exceptional. We all had coffee and cake, the cake arrived with Ice Cream and on the side of our coffee cups there was a chocolate coated coffee bean, very tasty too. All in all a great place to stop for a coffee or even a full meal, a quick look at their menu showed an extensive list of meals, all at reasonable prices. There are a number of tours available on the plantation. A novel one is a Segway Tour, or there's always the Microlight. Highly Recommended?

We called here around 2pm for coffee and cake. We declined the plantation tour and placed our orders for long black, latte and two Flatt whites. Also chose Tiramaso, Almond & Blueberry Cheesecake and Chocolate Tart, these were $6.50, which we thought were excellent value. Coffees were fantastic, good strength and hot. Cakes were amazing, came with ice cream and a swirl of cream. Coffees came with a chocolate covered coffee bean. All served with a smile. We will be back.

Best coffee my wife has ever had and I took a 1 hr microlight flight. Rob the pilot was great and they made my wife feel very welcome while she waited. Prices for the flight was far cheaper than the microlight flights offered in Port Douglas. Can't recommend highly enough!!