Hot honey in Gold Coast
Emerging
It is on a small share of cafes (7.7% in the last 90 days) and holding steady.
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.
19Gold Coast cafe menus list it
480Gold Coast searches in Oct 2026
Honey with chilli through it, drizzled over fried chicken, halloumi, pizza and toast.
Is hot honey 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
Mar 2025
Searches up by half on Dec 2024.
Feb 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 2026Down from 4% 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 hot honey, 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.
25 per 1,000 in Oct 2026
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Gold Coast.
19 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 hot honey goes on
Every cafe menu that names hot honey 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 hot honey 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.
- Snacks & sides6 cafesUsually $10.99 ·
Four Cheese + Hot Honey
- Fried chicken plates3 cafes
Hot honey chicken
- Toast, eggs & brunch plates3 cafes
Folded Egg
- Burgers, sandwiches & wraps2 cafes
Hot honey chicken burger
- Pita, flatbread & focaccia1 cafe
Brekkie burrito
- Salads & bowls1 cafe
Salad, Hot Honey & Toasted
- Waffles, bakes & sweets1 cafe
Karaage Chicken Waffles
- Other dishes2 cafes
What it's paired with
Cafes whose menu line names it alongside hot honey
- Chicken6
- Halloumi3
- Cheese2
One dish can name several, so these overlap.
Where to get hot honey in Gold Coast
28 Gold Coast cafes: 19 on their menus, 9 from posts.
What it costs
The usual price on each kind of dish, in Gold Coast
- Snacks & sides$10.99$9.04$13.40
Bars share one scale, $9.04 to $13.40: the band is where most cafes sit, the dot the usual price.
Showing 10 of 28 cafes, A to Z
- Andonis Cafe & Bar, Ormeau Hills$10.99
- Arika Pool Bar and TerracePrice not on the menu
- Base Coffee Kitchen BarPrice not on the menu
- Bean Surfing Cafe$8.55
- Cabukee Speciality Coffee$22.50
- Cafe BiaggiUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Cafe Swole$15
- Castaway Coffee BarPrice not on the menu
- ConKaBarPrice not on the menu
- Currumbin RSLUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
Gold Coast cafes with Hot honey on their menus or in their posts.
How hot honey spread across Gold Coast
18suburbs 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.
8 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Hot honey Gold Coast FAQs
Hot honey is on 19 Gold Coast cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 18 Gold Coast suburbs.
What is hot honey?
Honey with chilli through it, drizzled over fried chicken, halloumi, pizza and toast. In all our data to 15 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 29 Gold Coast cafes across 18 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 28 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.
What do cafes put hot honey on?
Across 19 cafe menus in Gold Coast that list hot honey as of 15 Nov 2026, the most common dishes are snacks & sides (6 cafes), fried chicken plates (3 cafes) and toast, eggs & brunch plates (3 cafes). It is most often paired with chicken and halloumi.
How much is a hot honey side in Gold Coast?
The usual price of a hot honey side in Gold Coast is $10.99 as of 15 Nov 2026, and most cafes charge between $9.04 and $13.40, from 3 cafes that list a price (a chain counted once). Prices differ a lot from one kind of dish to another, so this page gives the usual price for each rather than one average.
Where can I get hot honey in Gold Coast?
It is on 19 Gold Coast cafe menus right now, including Bean Surfing Cafe in Palm Beach, Andonis Cafe & Bar, Ormeau Hills in Ormeau Hills, Sonder Broadbeach in Broadbeach and Cafe Swole in Broadbeach. 9 more cafes have posted it, though it is not on their current menu. 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.
Is hot honey getting more popular in Gold Coast?
It is early days. The Froth rates hot honey as Emerging as of 15 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (7.7% in the last 90 days) and holding steady. In the 90 days to 15 Nov 2026, 7.7% of the Gold Coast cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Among the 450 cafes we have followed through both periods, 2 of the same cafes had it, against none in the 90 days before. Gold Coast searches for it were up 22% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
Where in Australia is hot honey biggest?
Of the cities The Froth reads, Gold Coast has it at the biggest share of cafes: 7.7% of Gold Coast cafes in the last 90 days, against 7.1% in Darwin and 4.9% in Canberra.
How many people search for hot honey in Gold Coast?
There were 480 searches for hot honey 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 170 searches (Dec 2024) to 1,600 (Mar 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Gold Coast.
When did hot honey first show up in Gold Coast cafes?
The earliest Gold Coast cafe post or customer review about hot honey that The Froth has is from 14 Feb 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 hot honey 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.