Chilli crisp in Gold Coast
Emerging
The earliest cafe post or review we have is from 15 Sep 2026, less than four months ago.
Fewer than 5 Gold Coast cafes have it, or the first cafe post or review we have is under 120 days old, or creators are posting it before any cafe has it. It also covers anything on a small share of cafes that is holding steady.
The stages run Emerging, Rising, Peaking, Mainstream, Fading. A trend can skip a stage or move back.
8Gold Coast cafe menus list it
150Gold Coast searches in Oct 2026
Crunchy chilli oil full of fried chilli, garlic and shallot, spooned over eggs, toast and noodles.
Is chilli crisp still growing in Gold Coast?
It's emerging: early days yet.
About Gold Coast's figures
This is a small sample: 338 Gold Coast cafes with an Instagram post or a menu in the last 90 days, so a few cafes can move a figure.
Gold Coast searches a month
Jan 2026
Searches up by half on Dec 2024.
Sep 2026
First Gold Coast cafe post or review in our data.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Gold Coast compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Gold Coast's share of Australia's searches
3%Aug to Oct 2026Up from 2% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).Cafes posting it
Per 1,000 cafes that posted that month, in Gold Coast.Of the cafes in Gold Coast that posted anything that month, how many posted chilli crisp, per 1,000 of them.
It is a share, not a count, so it does not grow just because we follow more cafes. It only grows when more of the cafes we follow take it up.
The month in progress shows here once it is complete, so a part month never reads as a drop. A month with too few cafes posting is left out.
6.3 per 1,000 in Oct 2026
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Gold Coast.
8 cafe menus
We started reading cafe menus in late 2026. Cafes adding and dropping it each month show here once the first whole month of menu reads is in.
Gold Coast, Australia and the world
Searches in Oct 2026, circles sized to match.
What chilli crisp goes on
Every cafe menu that names chilli crisp is sorted into one kind of dish by its words: a burger, a toastie and a wrap are all "burgers, sandwiches & wraps".
Each shop counts once, under the dish we list it for below, so a cafe with chilli crisp on several dishes shows under one of them.
The usual price is the middle price of those menus, with a chain's price counted once so one chain can't set it, shown when at least three cafes list a price.
- Toast, eggs & brunch plates6 cafes
Tornado Eggs
- Burgers, sandwiches & wraps1 cafe
Tropical spiced chicken sandwich
- Other dishes1 cafe
What it's paired with
Cafes whose menu line names it alongside chilli crisp
- Eggs5
One dish can name several, so these overlap.
Where to get chilli crisp in Gold Coast
8 Gold Coast cafes have it on their menus.
8 cafes, A to Z
- Blackboard VarsityPrice not on the menu
- Cabukee Speciality CoffeePrice not on the menu
- Cafe JuniePrice not on the menu
- Leaf Cafe & Co BroadbeachPrice not on the menu
- LuJo’s cafePrice not on the menu
- Palm Springs BurleighPrice not on the menu
- Scout Coffee$23
- Sunnyboy EspressoPrice not on the menu
Gold Coast cafes with Chilli crisp on their menus or in their posts.
How chilli crisp spread across Gold Coast
7suburbs with cafes posting it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is the Gold Coast cafes with a post or customer review of it that month; Nov 2026 is not over yet, so its bar is so far.
6 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Chilli crisp Gold Coast FAQs
Chilli crisp is on 8 Gold Coast cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 7 Gold Coast suburbs, while Gold Coast searches for it rose 100% (Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025).
What is chilli crisp?
Crunchy chilli oil full of fried chilli, garlic and shallot, spooned over eggs, toast and noodles. In all our data to 15 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 8 Gold Coast cafes across 7 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 8 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu.
What do cafes put chilli crisp on?
Across 8 cafe menus in Gold Coast that list chilli crisp as of 15 Nov 2026, the most common dishes are toast, eggs & brunch plates (6 cafes) and burgers, sandwiches & wraps (1 cafe).
Where can I get chilli crisp in Gold Coast?
It is on 8 Gold Coast cafe menus right now, including Scout Coffee in Labrador, Blackboard Varsity in Varsity Lakes, Cabukee Speciality Coffee in Carrara and Cafe Junie in Carrara. The "Where to get one" list on this page has every one, with the price where the menu gives one, links to the menu or post, and directions. Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.
What else is chilli crisp called?
Gold Coast cafes also sell chilli crisp as "crispy chilli oil". The Froth counts every one of these names as the same trend, from cafes' own posts and menus.
Where in Australia is chilli crisp biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Adelaide cafes: 3% against Gold Coast's 2.4%, over the last 90 days.
Is chilli crisp getting more popular in Gold Coast?
It is early days. The Froth rates chilli crisp as Emerging as of 15 Nov 2026: the earliest cafe post or review we have is from 15 Sep 2026, less than four months ago. In the 90 days to 15 Nov 2026, 2.4% of the Gold Coast cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Gold Coast searches for it were up 100% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
How many people search for chilli crisp in Gold Coast?
There were 150 searches for chilli crisp in Gold Coast in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 50 searches (Sep 2025) to 150 (Sep 2026). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Gold Coast.
When did chilli crisp first show up in Gold Coast cafes?
The earliest Gold Coast cafe post or customer review about chilli crisp that The Froth has is from 15 Sep 2026. We only see what we collect, so that is when we first saw it, not when it started: it may have been sold earlier, here or elsewhere.
How does The Froth count this?
A cafe counts for chilli crisp from the first public post or customer review we found about it, the cafe's own post or a customer's, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with an Instagram post or a current menu in the same 90 days, a chain counting once. A change compares the same cafes in the last 90 days with the 90 before, only among cafes we have followed through both, so newly added cafes never look like growth. The 90 days end on the latest day with cafe posts or reviews (15 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Gold Coast with all of a trend's names added up. Captions stay private; we only link to public posts. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.