Dandelion & Driftwood Institutional Cafe Bar

What Dandelion & Driftwood Institutional Cafe Bar does

Dandelion & Driftwood Pty Ltd operates a single licensed cafe and function venue at 20 Doncaster Street, Hendra (Brisbane, Queensland), trading as Dandelion & Driftwood or D&D. The business was founded in 2010 and runs a Tuesday-to-Sunday daytime service (8:00am to 3:00pm, closed public holidays) centred on an all-day breakfast and lunch menu, a multi-tier high tea offering (D&D High Tea, Sparkling, Collet Art Deco Champagne, and Bridgerton), and a private dining function space — the Cecil Ernest Room — seating 8-14 guests under structured minimum-spend terms. Casual walk-in service is offered in the outdoor Tea Garden and Front Verandah with QR-code ordering and payment through third-party platforms Grayza and Mr Yum.

The underlying technology stack is intentionally light: a Wix-hosted commercial website, an online booking system, the Grayza and Mr Yum QR-ordering integrations for outdoor seating, and a small e-commerce pantry shop. There is no proprietary software, no mobile app, and no AI/ML capability disclosed. Revenue is generated across five streams: dine-in food and beverage, function and private dining bookings (with minimum spends and booking guarantees), prepaid high tea experiences, the online pantry shop (specialty hot chocolates, marshmallows, and the award-winning Grainger Raspberry Jam), and ancillary fees (cakeage at A$3.50/person, takeaway tray packaging at A$1/person). Card surcharges and a 10% weekend surcharge apply.

Customer base is fragmented and consumer-only, comprising walk-in diners, casual QR-ordering guests, prepaid high tea patrons, and private function bookers in the Brisbane area. The business is independently owned with no institutional investors, no parent company, and no disclosed management team. Distribution is single-channel domestically (Australia), with no wholesale, no franchise, and no second location. Its awards history (Melbourne Fine Food Awards Silver 2014 and 2015; Australian Food Awards Bronze 2019) is tied to a single SKU — The Grainger Raspberry Jam — rather than the broader business.

Name

Dandelion & Driftwood Institutional Cafe Bar

Legal name

Dandelion & Driftwood Pty Ltd

Website

https://dandeliondriftwood.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dandelion & Driftwood is an independently owned licensed cafe and function venue in Hendra, Brisbane, offering high tea, all-day dining, and private events for individual consumers and small-group occasion bookers in the local market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Café and Hospitality Services

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Limited-Service Restaurants (722513)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Farm-to-Table & Contemporary American Restaurants (THAFACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Breakfast & Brunch Fast Casual (THAFABAL), Drop-Off Catering & Boxed Meals (HSACAGAB)

Keywords

• Café and high tea
• Private dining events
• Specialty coffee retail
• Function venue hire
• Artisan pantry products

Headquarters

HQ city

Brisbane, Qld

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Food & Beverage: Revenue from serving food and beverages to dine-in customers at the licensed cafe. The venue offers all-day menus, high teas, and specialty coffee and tea selections. Weekend surcharge of 10% applies.
2. Function & Private Dining Bookings: Revenue from private dining room bookings (Cecil Ernest) with minimum spend requirements. Additional revenue from booking guarantees and extended time purchases.
3. High Tea Bookings: Full payment required at time of booking for high tea experiences. Various tiers available including Sparkling and Collet Art Deco Champagne options.
4. Online Pantry Shop: Direct-to-consumer sales of specialty food products including hot chocolates, marshmallows, and jams through the online shop.
5. Cakeage & Additional Services: Cakeage fee of $3.50 per person for celebratory cakes brought on premises. Takeaway packaging available for high tea leftovers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dandelion & Driftwood is a licensed cafe and function venue in Hendra, Brisbane, serving all-day breakfast and lunch menus, multiple tiers of high tea experiences (D&D, Sparkling, Collet Art Deco Champagne, Bridgerton), a private dining room (Cecil Ernest) for 8-14 guests, function/event hosting across multiple spaces, and a small online pantry shop for specialty food products such as hot chocolates, marshmallows, and award-winning jam.

Product overview

Dandelion & Driftwood is a licensed cafe and institutional bar offering high tea services and all-day dining. The core offerings include multiple High Tea varieties (D&D High Tea, Sparkling High Tea, Collet Art Deco Champagne High Tea, Bridgerton High Tea), breakfast and lunch menus, and boxed takeaway high teas. The business operates the Cecil Ernest Private Dining Room for private events (8-14 guests) and provides function/event hosting across multiple spaces. The D&D Pantry is an online shop selling specialty food products including hot chocolates, marshmallows, and jams. Walk-in casual dining is available in outdoor spaces (Tea Garden and Front Verandah) with QR code ordering through Mr Yum and Grayza.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High Tea Service Traditional high tea service served on shared tiered stands with hot beverages included per person, available in four tiers (standard D&D, Sparkling, Collet Art Deco Champagne, Bridgerton). Targeted at celebratory occasions and group bookings.
• Breakfast and Lunch Menu All-day dine-in menu featuring breakfast and lunch options with a variety of dishes, served in indoor dining, Tea Garden, and Front Verandah spaces. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 8:00am to 3:00pm. Weekend surcharge of 10% applies.
• Boxed High Teas Takeaway high tea packages featuring the same high tea elements in portable packaging, allowing customers to enjoy the experience at home.
• Cecil Ernest Private Dining Room Private dining space accommodating 8-14 guests seated over one long table. Features gold privacy screening, air conditioning, bifold door access, and dedicated wait staff. Two-hour dining experience with $300 weekday / $400 weekend minimum spend and additional time available at $100 per hour.
• D&D Pantry (Online Shop) Online shop selling specialty food products including Single Origin Peruvian Hot Chocolate ($16.50), French Mint Chocolate Powder ($16.50), Sicilian Orange Chocolate Powder ($16.50), Exquisite Marshmallows ($12.00), and the award-winning Grainger Raspberry Jam 370g ($9.95).
• Gift Vouchers Gift vouchers available for online purchase, usable toward dining experiences at Dandelion & Driftwood.
• Walk-in Casual Dining Casual walk-in dining available in outdoor spaces including the dog-friendly Tea Garden and Front Verandah, with QR code ordering via Mr Yum and Grayza Service for self-serve table ordering and payment.
• Functions and Events Hosting Private event hosting across multiple spaces including the Cecil Ernest Private Dining Room, D&D Dining Room Rear, Dining Room with Tea Garden, and Venue Space. Features specialty coffee, tea offerings, and espresso martinis.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• St ALi Coffee Roasters: Australian specialty coffee roaster and cafe operator with multiple sites across Melbourne and Sydney. Comparable on specialty coffee positioning and cafe operations, but operates in different geographies and at greater scale.
• Bronte Coffee: Brisbane-based specialty coffee roaster and cafe operating small-format venues across Brisbane suburbs. Comparable on specialty coffee positioning and suburban Brisbane cafe model, though without the high tea / function layer.
• Social Brew Cafe: Brisbane-based specialty coffee and brunch cafe with multiple suburban locations. Comparable on Brisbane suburban cafe market, breakfast/brunch positioning, and specialty coffee focus.

Direct peers

• The Grounds of Alexandria: Sydney-based cafe, restaurant, and event venue combining specialty coffee, all-day dining, and private function spaces with strong concept branding. Most comparable direct peer to Dandelion & Driftwood's cafe-plus-private-events model with a distinctive lifestyle brand identity.
• The Tea Room — QVB Sydney: Heritage high tea venue inside Sydney's Queen Victoria Building offering tiered high tea service with all-day bookings. Closest comparable on the high tea product line and tiered pricing structure (standard/sparkling/champagne options).
• The Tea Cosy: Melbourne-based boutique high tea cafe offering traditional and themed high tea experiences in a small-venue format. Closely comparable on boutique high tea positioning, tiered offerings, and cafe-only operating model.
• Miss Jones Cafe: Brisbane-based licensed cafe offering breakfast, lunch, and high tea service with private event capabilities. Direct geographic and concept peer operating in the same Brisbane market with a similar high-tea-plus-cafe proposition.

Broad incumbents

• The Coffee Club: Australia's largest specialty cafe chain with hundreds of locations across Australia and overseas. Comparable on cafe/all-day-breakfast positioning, but operates at vastly larger scale as a chain incumbent rather than a single-venue boutique.
• The Windsor Hotel Melbourne — High Tea: Long-established Melbourne heritage hotel offering traditional afternoon high tea service. Comparable product offering (multi-tier high tea with full table service) but operates as part of a broader hotel business, making it a broad incumbent rather than a direct competitor.
• The Langham Melbourne — Afternoon Tea: Luxury Melbourne hotel offering a signature high tea service. Comparable on tiered high tea product offering with champagne/sparkling tiers, but operates as part of a luxury hotel with significantly larger resources and price point.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xinstagram.com/dandeliondriftwood
• Facebookfacebook.com/dandelion.driftwood
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dandelion-&-driftwood

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