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Prior is a sophisticated addition to High Street. Inside, it's a grand 130-seat space full of warm hues and natural materials. For food, a former Maha chef is plating up salted chocolate crumpets with custard berries; cheesy polenta with wild mushrooms; and heirloom tomato and goat's curd salads.
This Canberra-based coffee roaster has made a real name for itself on the east coast. Visit this outpost and you’ll understand why. At any time, there are at least 20 outstanding coffees listed on its “freezer menu”.
A classic sandwich shop with elevated ingredients and credentials.
This 90-seater in an old warehouse channels Brooklyn and Berlin. Inside, find scrambled eggs with smoked butter, peas and broad beans, and egg and bacon rolls with Sriracha mayo and smoked mozzarella.
Serving up Scotch eggs, French toast and chicken cacciatore to take home for dinner.
This is one of the cafe's that's responsible for elevating chef-prepared breakfasts and brunches to the same level of respect as lunches and dinners. And, even after changing hands a few years back, it's still one of the best places in town or a morning meal.
Even though it opened back in 2009, this cafe and roastery is still one of the most popular cafes in Brunswick. The interiors are spacious, with comfortable chairs and cosy booths. And the food is adventurous, but it won't veer too far away from anyone's comfort zones. The coffee is, predictably, excellent.
At this beachy brunch and lunch spot – from the duo that brought us Moby – you'll find a range of creative but approachable dishes. It's all set within a light-washed, coral-accented space with room for plenty of people.
A day at Foxey’s Hangout is as laidback and easygoing as the wine it produces. It’s set on a spacious estate with an open kitchen, cosy dining room and sunny outdoor deck. The varied share plate-focused menu is a good match for the easy-drinking wines here.
A spot from the team behind some of the city’s biggest cafe hits. They’re making brunches with damper, Vegemite, Kakadu plums, wattle-seed bacon and Milo mascarpone.
The team behind Kettle Black and Top Paddock go beyond cafes with this CBD spot inspired by hotel hospitality.
The owner of this cafe trained directly under Yotam Ottolenghi, and the influence shows. There's a Middle Eastern influence in many dishes and the servings are hearty. Plus, at lunchtime there's a killer range of sandwiches.
From the team behind Congress and Future Future, this cafe, grocer and wine bar is serving cacio e pepe eggs in the morning and locally made charcuterie by night, in a room full of mid-century design flourishes.
An all-day eatery worth visiting for the interior alone.
Sustainability, simplicity and even transportability are the guiding principles of this Footscray cafe. On the menu you'll find Asian-inflected classic brunch dishes, with a strong roster of single origin coffees to choose from to drink.
This is much more than a bakery. Sure, the bread's great and so are the sweets. But what you really want to do is stay here for a meal. The brunch menu – whose past dishes have included mascarpone pancakes and chicken-liver pâté on brioche – is just too good not to try.
This all-day diner serves the goods any time you need.
This cafe and roasting house is one of Melbourne's most established brunch spots. But even after all these years, it's still at the very front of the pack. Dishes are still delicious and creative, the coffee's still great and the space is still slick.
This spot comes to us courtesy of a well-oiled cafe machine. And they've taken their tried-and-true classic formula to Elwood, with great success. Enter for inventive, generous brunches; great coffee; and an elegant fit-out that lets in plenty of light.
This Richmond diner serves hearty Middle Eastern fare, including massive salads and big roasts. Upstairs, it's all about the lush rooftop, which serves vegetarian-friendly snacks and cocktails.
Outstanding coffee hidden in the back streets.
Coffee roasted in a big warehouse with a wide-ranging breakfast menu – you've seen it before, but these brothers do it with notable flair. Although the Industry Beans empire has expanded to other parts of Melbourne and even interstate, the original is still our favourite.
A local landmark from Melbourne cafe royalty.
A tiny brick cubby serving up breakfast, lunch and the occasional dinner. The menu here is completely vegetarian and no eggs are used, too. If you think it's not brunch without eggs, then think again – after a couple of bites of whatever you've ordered, you won't even know they're gone.
A bright and breezy daytime diner from the team behind Left Field, Plain Sailing and Tall Timber. You'll find light and bright interiors, terrazzo floors and plenty of timber. On the menu: a globe-trotting line-up of brunch favourites.
Japanese-inspired dishes in a modern space replete with marble tabletops and beige leather booths.
Drinking is encouraged at this Barbie-pink daytime disco.
This buzzing, industrial-chic spot is one of the area's most popular spots for brunch, for good reason. The coffee's great and the dishes – which aren't as revolutionary as they were when Auction Rooms first opened – are well-executed.
Vegetarian for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
From the team behind Small Axe Kitchen, this spot has a seven-metre terrazzo bar and floor-to-ceiling shelves stocked with Italian cold cuts, cheeses, pickles and take-home meals such as gluten-free lasagne.
Edible flowers? Not at this back-to-basics spot.
A short drive from Geelong, chefs here start the day with meditation, then head out to pick produce they’ll turn into house-made pies, breakfast gnocchi and nourishing bowls of farm greens.
A neighbourhood specialty coffee shop and eatery in the backstreets of Thornbury.
This farm-to-table diner serves home-style roast chook, tomato and burrata tarts, and Turkish delight milkshakes. And it’s located on the roof of the ultimate anti-mega-mall.
It’s attractive enough, but this cafe is less about flashy Instagram-ready food and more about simple things done well.
A solid contender for the title of best bread in Melbourne.
Fancy katsu sandos and high-quality coffee are the draws at this takeaway-driven spot inside the St. Collins Lane food court.
Settle in at this spacious warehouse eatery – formerly an old denim factory – and order the fiery chili eggs, a roast-chicken roll with stuffing and gravy, or a breakfast pavlova.
The Carlton North cafe is now takeaway-only, serving Turkish-style fried chicken sandwiches, more varieties of flaky borek than ever before, and syrupy choc-hazelnut baklava.
A good Japanese cafe with a twist that's perfect for busy city lunch folk.
A slick eatery serving bagels and brioche from 7.30am, and $2 oysters later on.
Fresh bean curd turned into creative lunches since 1982.
The Sydney bakery's St Kilda shop sells “Australia’s most Instagrammed dessert”, as well as savoury pastries such as a ratatouille danish and an asparagus and ‘nduja number with a spicy kick.
A low-key neighbourhood cafe with unique decor and great play options for kids.
The second outpost for Melbourne's most revered croissants. Expect to queue for at least 15 minutes, if not longer.
Put down the supermarket stuff, these small batch sourdough crumpets are the real deal.
Mac’n’cheese pies, banana and custard pancake pies, and rhubarb and liquorice dessert pies in a tiny shop that takes cues from Alice in Wonderland.
Inside this tiny cafe there’s specialty coffee and seriously good old-school Jaffles.
A clubby and convivial space with an all-day, British-leaning brunch menu. And yes, the famous Reuben has survived the move from Brunswick East.
Honest cafe fare and homemade relish for the road.
