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When your building café closes, your tenants notice immediately.
We install fully-staffed, pop-up retail cafés with La Marzocco machines, specialty coffee, and flexible terms so your building amenity never drops.
No Capital Required.
No Service Gap.
A Complete Café In Less Than A Week.
A pop-up retail café is a short-term, fully equipped coffee solution for commercial buildings.
When a vendor leaves or a lease gap appears, we step in with a ready-to-run café.
It keeps your staff and tenants supported with a premium café experience, without the operational complexity.
We cover all major Australian cities, and our pop-up retail cafe Melbourne and pop-up retail cafe Sydney services are the turn-key solution your building needs.
Submit an enquiry online and connect with our team to discuss your building’s needs.
We tailor a short-term retail café solution and share a clear, digital proposal with you.
Once approved, your pop-up café is activated quickly with a clean, professional setup.
We check in regularly to gather feedback and remove our set up at the end of the term.
Our pop-up retail cafe service is built around zero-capital activation. You don't fund equipment, fit-out, or staffing, and the revenue-share model scales with foot traffic.
We take care of everything, from setup and service, to pack-down and removal:
"Coffee On Cue has helped bring the space to life with a top-notch experience and brew."
Shaun Rogers | Director, Workplace Change & Communications | JLL
"A real benchmark for workplace coffee. The fit-out and coffee bar looks amazing"
Barry Moore | Managing Director | La Marzocco Australia
"The baristas are the greatest value add; they're lovely & greet us in a beautiful manner."
Kara Collins | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead | JLL
Enhance your pop-up retail café with a fresh, daily-delivered grab-and-go menu packed with options like healthy sandwiches and salads to energising snacks and premium drinks.
Every item is prepared by trusted local partners and designed to suit busy commercial buildings.
And we handle everything from stocking, rotation, replenishment and daily delivery, creating a complete café experience without adding operational load to your team.
Our pop-up retail cafés are built with sustainability in mind, from ethical sourcing to waste-reduction systems that minimise your building’s environmental footprint.
Through reusable packaging, responsible supply chains and our partnership with Go Zero Waste, we create a service that’s cleaner, smarter and aligned with your organisation’s sustainability goals.
Whether your pop-up runs for weeks or months, we support a greener service at every stage.
Our tech-enabled ecosystem, powered by Square, gives you a clear line of sight over your pop-up café’s performance, covering sales trends and product demand to sustainability impact and ROI.
With real-time dashboards, POS integrations and simple digital workflows, you get a seamless service on the ground and powerful insights behind the scenes.
It’s a smarter, more transparent way to operate a pop-up café inside your building.
We offer flexible terms to suit your building’s needs, from a few weeks to several months. We’ll work with you to find a duration that supports your tenant experience and operational goals.
Once site details are confirmed, we can typically install and activate your pop-up café within 3–7 business days. Our setup is designed for minimal disruption to your lobby or concourse.
None. We supply the full café setup, including carts, La Marzocco machines, grinders, refrigeration, consumables and POS. All we require is access to basic power and water where available.
We agree on a minimum hourly, daily or weekly revenue target. All takings through the till contribute toward that minimum. If sales fall short, you simply top up the difference. This ensures predictable cost control with complete transparency.
Absolutely. Our grab-and-go menu includes vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free options, alongside a wide range of fresh daily SKUs. We’ll tailor the menu mix based on your building profile.
Yes. We take care of all machine maintenance, daily cleaning and ongoing servicing throughout the pop-up term, ensuring a consistently high-quality service.
You’ll receive clear and transparent reporting on sales, foot traffic, consumption patterns, product trends and sustainability metrics, helping you measure engagement and ROI across the pop-up period.
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