This machine makes consistent, yummy coffee. All of the features make sense and it looks sleek AF as well.
There is a small learning curve to overcome for beginner baristas.

The machine was great while it worked. It stopped dispensing the correct amount of water for the espresso 14 months after purchase. To be fair Breville arranged for this to be looked at under warranty and it was repaired (3 weeks without the machine). Less than 6 months later it’s doing exactly the same thing and it’s going to cost me $100 to have it looked at, with parts and labour on top of that and at least another 3 weeks without a machine. Always cleaned and descaled on time.
If I had written this review a year earlier (before the failures) It would have been A 4 star review
It appears that Breville don’t routinely review the reviews like other companies so it might be time to buy something that lasts longer than 12 months.

Bought Barists Express in January 2020, and very happy yet. You have to train a bit with milk frother but then you make barists level coffee. Very happy with it at the moment, save on daily 2 coffee shops cups

We purchased our breville barista machine in February and have found it easy to use. We no longer have to purchase coffee out and during lock down it's been a god send! It is a bit noisy when frothing the milk but I would still buy another one.

Great coffee, some trial and error required. Heaps better than other more expensive machines. Our machine is getting smashed at the moment due to working from home. It’s never let us down. Need to play with the settings each time you get different beans. Be good if it could fit keep cups easier. When it dies will be buying another one for sure, maybe not in black as it does get scratched after awhile.

Get it

This coffee machine makes exactly the same coffee as you would get in a good cafe. and it takes literally no skill at all! Easy to clean on a day to day basis. can't fault it at all.

Initially, the unit seems like a good bit of kit and it is (if you can put up with inconsistent grind amounts and water leaks) ... until it breaks.
The repair process and times are absolutely ludicrous as is the support you receive. I strongly encourage looking elsewhere if you want a product that comes with any reasonable support from the manufacturer.

Breville- please work on your hold times. 3 hours isn’t good enough.

Have been unable to get consistent good coffee from this machine checked online and tried different grinds and brands The machine works as described by maybe too fiddly to just make a quick coffee will go to high end pod machine as I know they work better are quicker cleaner and less frustrating

So happy with this - the at home lattes are amazing and I love how easy it is to
Use, definitely worth the money - buy it if you want perfect coffee and not much maintenance

Easy to clean
Easy to use
Always reliable
Products are easily accessible
Have had ours for 3 years and it’s still going strong
Customer service has always had great tips as well!
Makes an amazing cup or coffee

Happy with the machine I bought on April but still waiting for Mother’s Day bonus items which was supposed to be dispatched by Breville within 28 business day. I have rung breville support but don’t have the answer yet. It’s nearing 2 months and still waiting...

Machine is nice the only negative I have found so far is steam lever which is tight to turn.

Great coffee machine have it for 3 years no problem with it makes great coffee love it. I using a lot never have a problem. I bought in good guys was good price and quality product

Don't waste your money on this product. The grinder button (which gets pressed for 5 seconds a day) stopped working after 2 years. They referred me to a technician who wanted a shocking $160 to replace a button. Breville don't respond to emails, even after raising the issue with fair trading, and any attempt at a resolution via phone call was met with passive-aggressive staff. Fair trading helped to resolve this after 6 weeks without a coffee machine. There are loads of great coffee machines on the market! For a $650 machine, you would expect it to last more than 2 years.

We are coffee snobs but this machine has delivered more than expected. It takes quite a bit of trial and error - three weeks in our case - to get the perfect cup but regular study of instructions pays dividends and using quality fresh beans. Biggest problem is getting the coffee hot enough but that has been overcome. We use 10 grind setting for great colour and flavour.

Purchased this coffee machine 3 years ago.
Had to have the pump repaired within the first 12 months.
I really can't recall a time it has worked to it's proper capacity.
Issues with pump and solonoids again. I'm lucky to get 5 drips of coffee from each cycle.
Such a waste. Seems like they don't make products to last anymore however I would expect it to last more than 3 years.

Hot fresh smelling coffee in the morning is just a must. Have had this machine for some years now and this is the second Breville one i've had. First one i was slack in cleaning it but this one i am religious on the cleaning schedule and it is lasting so much longer. Highly recommend this product and would buy a Breville again.

Everything about this machine was great except the steam wand! It really let it down. After turning it on to steam, it takes at least 20 seconds for anything to happen then water starts pouring out the end before a light trickle of steam builds up to what I would call medium pressure. Not ideal.

The quality that comes from this machine is stunning. Whilst flavour can be matched by some high end automatic machines, other aspects such as texture and oils are much more noticeable from the coffee produced by this machine.

Everything about this machine just screams success and proper engineering to me, I can't quite fault it.