Best Cafes in Richmond

Bridge Road's demise as a retail destination was a blow for shoppers, but if you're the kind of person who prefers brunch, things have turned out for the best. The strip is now home to a number of outstanding cafes. Plenty of others are scattered along Swan Street and throughout the back streets, from slick newcomers to homely classics. These are our favourites.

Fifty Acres

Simplicity and class are the hallmarks of this cafe.

65 Bridge Road
Richmond VIC 3121

Touchwood

120 seats and a huge menu to match. This is one seriously ambitious cafe.

480 Bridge Road
Richmond VIC 3121

Reunion and Co

It’s designed to feel like your lounge room. But you could never make food this good at home.

472 Bridge Road
Richmond VIC 3121

Jethro Canteen

Camel-milk lattes and bowls of crickets. This isn't your average cafe.

385-389 Burnley Street
Richmond VIC 3121

Top Paddock

A local landmark from Melbourne cafe royalty.

658 Church Street
Richmond VIC 3121

Mayday

Coffee is the focus at this spot from Axil Coffee Roasters, but the menu is no B-team.

410 Bridge Road
Richmond VIC 3121

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Hector’s Deli

A classic sandwich shop with elevated ingredients and credentials.

94 Buckingham Street
Richmond VIC 3121

Penny for Pound

Cruffins, strawberry-cheesecake croissants and stunning petit gateaux in a matching petite shopfront.

Rear 410 Bridge Road
Richmond VIC 3121

Maker Fine Coffee

At this “cellar door” for coffee you can taste up to five single-origin brews in a single visit.

47 North Street
Richmond VIC 3121

Pillar of Salt

As solid as the immovable pillar in the middle of the seating area.

541 Church Street
Richmond VIC

Friends of Mine

An all-day every-day cafe with a solid list of brunch cocktails.

506 Swan Street
Richmond VIC

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Veneziano Coffee Roasters

Enter for superb single origin and filter, or invest in a $10 shot of espresso.

16-18 River Street
Richmond VIC 3121

Laneway Greens Richmond

The all-day, all-week canteen trying to change fast food in Australia.

101/103 Swan Street
Richmond VIC 3121

Fargo and Co.

From 11am on Sundays, this bar puts on bottomless prosecco and Mimosas, plus breakfast goodies such as granola with yoghurt sorbet; and corn croquettes with flaked confit salmon.

216 Swan Street
Richmond VIC 3121

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