The Best Coffee in Melbourne’s CBD
The word “saturated” doesn't even begin to describe the CBD’s density of cafes. But not all coffee is brewed equal. Whether you work next to Southern Cross Station or up the Paris End of Collins Street, we've narrowed down the choices for you. Go on, get that morning started.
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Patricia
Good coffee with no fanfare.
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Traveller
This tiny Seven Seeds-owned cafe caters to workers on the move in Crossley Street.
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Brother Baba Budan
Another pillar in the Seven Seeds coffee empire - with lots of seats.
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Everyday Midtown
A Collingwood coffee favourite in the CBD.
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Market Lane Coffee Queen Street
Enjoy one of Melbourne’s favourite coffee haunts in the historic Mercat Cross Hotel building at Queen Victoria Market. Go for high-quality espresso and filter coffee in the al fresco area, or take a bag of its beans to go.
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Market Lane Coffee Collins Street
An elegant spot for lingering over a fine coffee.
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Market Lane Coffee Victoria Street
This iteration of the Market Lane cafe constellation brings the same winning combination: great coffee, quick-and-tasty snacks, plus plenty of beans and accessories to take home with you.
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Industry Beans Lt. Collins
With an all-white fit-out and a sleek under-counter coffee machine, Industry Beans’s first satellite cafe sets forth with its own identity.
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Dukes Coffee Roasters
A coffee roastery and cafe with an environmental conscience.
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Axil Coffee Roasters Flinders Lane
Stylish, standing-room-only coffee from award-winning powerhouse Axil.
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Axil Coffee Roasters Bourke Street
The eighth outpost for Axil specialty coffee roasters – this time with full kitchen service.
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No Vacancy Gallery and Cafe
A multi-use venture combining a cafe, gallery and regular workshops.
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Sensory Lab
A cellar door for coffee.
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Liminal
This sea of olive leather, grey velvet and art deco touches is not your everyday foyer cafe. On the menu: French flatbreads you can fold up like a taco, and salads with porchetta or rotisserie chicken.
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Vacation Melbourne
A tiny, light-filled space with a touch of Miami Vice from the founders of Pillar of Salt, Touchwood and Barry.
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Kit Espresso
From a spacious warehouse in Brunswick to 12 square metres in the CBD.
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The League of Honest Coffee
Excellent coffee from Padre.
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Bench Coffee Co
At Bench Coffee’s CBD flagship, stop in for an espresso at the sleek standing bar or grab a latte and rich, bite-sized dacquoise (in flavours such as matcha, black sesame and vanilla-sea salt) to go. It’s by the same team as nearby katsu sando bar Saint Dreux.
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Manchester Press
If you’re yearning for New York, this coffee and bagel specialist might help.
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Drystore Espresso
A tiny coffee shop below Seamstress.
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Tom Thumb
A petit Flinders Lane espresso bar from two old hands.
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Hardware Societe Katherine Place
The well-loved laneway institution has expanded beyond brunch. It’s now offering French cocktails, wine on tap and elevated Euro snacks in a 250-square metre space.
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Workshop Brothers CBD
Specialty coffee and Doughboys doughnuts. Enough said.
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Operator25
A food-driven cafe located on the heritage site of Melbourne’s first telephone exchange company.
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Little Rogue
A small laneway cafe where work from aspiring artists adorns the walls.
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First Love Coffee
A slick specialty coffee bar by the Rustica Team. Pop by for a smooth locally roasted brew and a grab-and-go egg-and-bacon roll, then take in the peach-terracotta terrazzo and striking green marble of the pretty room.
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St Ali & the Queen
A cafe by day and cocktail bar by night, from one of Melbourne’s top coffee roasters. Come early for brunch or later for coffee-spiked cocktails, Victorian wines and snacky plates (think roasted bone marrow on toast).
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Maker Coffee Little Collins
This family-run spot has a big focus on single-origin brews. Stop in for a grab-and-go coffee and pastry, or nab a stool facing the barista station and soak up the morning.
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