Blip Espresso

Blip Espresso is a small hole-in-the-wall specialty coffee spot at 9 Jingeri Street, Redland Bay, running early and closing after lunch. For dog owners it is a quick, casual stop: the footpath seating is compact, so your dog sits right beside your table rather than ranging about, which suits a social dog happy to stay close at your feet.

The dog setup

Dogs are welcome at the outdoor footpath tables while owners sit inside the strip's indoor section. Staff have a welcoming reputation with pets and water is usually on hand, but the space is tight, so bring your own bowl if your dog is fussy and keep the lead short while others squeeze past. If the two or three kerbside seats are taken, it is a takeaway-and-walk kind of place.

Worth knowing

The coffee is the draw: smooth specialty espresso and matcha, with locally made cookies, pastries and toasties alongside. Reviewers mention the passionate owner and the family-friendly feel. Hours run from 6am on weekdays (7am weekends) to roughly 12:30pm, with an extra half hour to 1pm on Friday to Sunday, so plan a morning visit rather than an afternoon one.

Getting there and parking

Jingeri Street sits back from the Redland Bay foreshore a few minutes away, with free on-site and street parking at the shops and a wheelchair-accessible entrance. Jingeri Park is across the road for a green stretch before or after coffee.

Close by with the dogs

For a proper run first, Redland City Council's fenced options nearby include Main Street Park in the Moogurrapum Creek corridor and Point Talburpin Dog Park down towards the foreshore. The Jack Gordon Pathway makes an easy leashed add-on, and The Park Social Redland Bay is the bigger sit-down option if Blip has run out of room.

More of the area's dog-friendly venues are on the Redland Bay destination page, with the state list in the QLD cafes index.