Engine Room Espresso 6017

Engine Room Espresso 6017 is a small specialty coffee spot on Walters Drive in the Osborne Park business district, run by the same people behind the North Perth original. It is a hole-in-the-wall built for quick, high-quality coffee with a full kitchen behind it, and dogs are handled outside at the footpath seating while the tradies and office crews queue inside.

The dog setup

The footprint is compact, so dogs stay in the outdoor front and side seating rather than indoors. It suits a calm dog sitting with you while you wait on an order, and staff have a reputation for being welcoming. A water bowl is often out, but bring your own to be sure, and no dog menu is advertised.

The menu

The focus is specialty coffee with a house blend and single-origin options, backed by bacon and egg muffins, wraps, toasties, salads, pastries and homemade muffins, plus rotating daily specials and a catering run for the local businesses. There is a text-ahead order service, which is handy when you are juggling a lead and a lid. Hours are 6:30am to 2pm Monday to Friday, closed weekends.

Getting there and parking

It sits at 92 Walters Drive, reachable via Hector Street and Scarborough Beach Road. Street parking runs along Walters Drive but gets competitive through the peak morning business hours, so the 6:30am opening is your easiest window.

Close by with the dogs

For a proper leg-stretch after coffee, Waggle Tails is the local dog park in the same suburb, and Robinson Reserve over the border in Tuart Hill gives you wide grassy room for an on-lead walk. If you are working a cafe circuit, The Perfect Peach Cafe and Kinky Lizard Cafe Osborne Park are other dog-accommodating stops nearby.

Max: Texted the order ahead, rolled up and the bacon and egg muffin was ready before the leash was even off. Weekday-morning coffee done properly.