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Melbourne's Best Cafes


When you start discussing coffee as if it were a wine you know your appreciation of coffee has moved to a new level. Luckily Melbourne has many cafes where you can happily have those conversations.

If this sounds like you, clearly you've been inspired, moved by the bean, as it were.

If it doesn't, don't fret - it's never too late to become a card carrying member of the coffee loving cafe fraternity.

It won't be long until you go to a cafe and afterwards tell your friends you asked "for a seasonal blend espresso that combined Brazilian Barreiro, Costa Rican Herbazu and the inexplicably-named San Franciso Tecuamburro hailing not from the Golden Gate city, but rather Guatemala."

When you do, you really are getting serious. Just like our Citysearch reviewers. If you're not sure where to get your next fix, relax for they've done the, er, hard work for you.

Whether you're after a siphon, a latte, a single origin bean or a pour over, you'll find some love in this list of cafes.

These cafes take their coffee seriously, they are inspired to bring the best to you. Just don't ask the barista to add a dash of caramel syrup. You'll no doubt be run out of town by your new-found coffee mafia friends faster than you can say "Ethiopian Yirgacheffe".

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A Minor Place

103 Albion Street, Brunswick
-37.76159 144.96958

A favourite with locals, A Minor Place serves up great food, great coffee and a buzzing vibe

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $6.50 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Batch espresso

Shop 1/320 carlisle Street, Balaclava
-37.86899348 144.9954085

The kiwis serve up a supreme coffee with hearty food and kooky charm on Carlisle Street's Batch Espresso

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $5.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Brood Box

8 Rankins Lane, Melbourne
-37.81387790234659 144.96212661266327

The city’s fusion of art with caffeine blossoms inside a van

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Brother Baba Budan

359 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
-37.8135457542045 144.962195679545

Melbourne’s best coffee? Maybe. Melbourne’s best ceiling? Without doubt.

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Brunetti Ristorante

194-204 Faraday Street, Carlton
-37.79871766 144.9676915

In the style of a Roman pasticceria, Brunetti is part of the Carlton tradition

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $28.00 // Cuisine: Italian

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Campos Coffee

144 Elgin Street, Carlton
-37.7971022886458 144.969770908356

Sydney upstart Campos Coffee is about to throw a cat amongst the Melbourne pigeons with a passionate dedication for perfect coffee

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Sweets/Cakes

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De Clieu

187 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
-37.805951 144.980831

From De Clieu to you in just three hundred years

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Dead Man Espresso

35 Market Street, South Melbourne
-37.82905870855876 144.9604395031929

Dead Man Espresso is a Nordic inspired haven of simple, stylish design and rich, tasty coffee.

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Di Bella Coffee Roasting Warehouse

19-21 Leveson Street, North Melbourne
-37.8044574529715 144.950868710876

North Melbourne’s wondrous coffee warehouse lives up to its strong reputation

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Friends Of Mine

506 Swan Street, Richmond
-37.8269941752476 145.009183287621

This new Richmond cafe actually feels like an old friend. Relaxed, with great coffee, an organic-based menu and inventive presentation, it’s no surprise that it’s become a ‘must-go’ spot in just three months. Popular with all sorts, from urban Cool Kids to suburban Ladies Who Lunch and Village Gays, you’ll have to wait for a table, but it’s worth it.

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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The Galleon Cafe

9 carlisle Street, St Kilda
-37.86693076 144.9791936

The crusty old Galleon is a shipwrecked pirates' idea of heaven, with awesome coffee and deliciously hearty breakfasts

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $16.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Growers Espresso

332 St. Georges Road, Fitzroy North
-37.779885 144.986909

A quiet and easy local cafe that takes its coffee seriously

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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La Paloma

259 Albert Street, Brunswick
-37.76883038595408 144.96246993541718

A much loved local that lives up to the hype

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $6.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Market Lane Coffee

Shop 13 Prahran Market, 163 Commercial Road (Entrance on Elizabeth Street ), South Yarra
-37.8464640607706 144.99210566282272

Market Lane Coffee sources and roast the finest beans from across the globe, and serves it up in a perfect cup at Prahran Market

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Monk Bodhi Dharma

Rear 202 Carlisle Street, Balaclava
-37.8684268474055 144.990852400661

More hidden than Shangri La, Monk Bodhi Dharma is a beautiful caffeine heaven on Earth well worth seeking out

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Mr Tulk

State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street Walk, Melbourne
-37.82312193 144.976202

All library annexes should have an espresso machine!

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $7.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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North Cafeteria

717 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North
-37.78809039285691 144.97185699641705

A confident and impressive café that's serving up some of the best coffee in town.

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Outpost Café

9 Yarra Street, South Yarra
-37.837519 144.992965

The cult of St Ali offers a new place for regular worship

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Padre Coffee - South Melbourne

Stall 33, South Melbourne Market, Coventry Street, South Melbourne
-37.8327437940155 144.956892952323

A rich dose of tasty caffeine is served up from Padre Coffee’s pride of place position at the heart of South Melbourne Market.

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Padre Coffee - Brunswick East

438 Lygon Street, Brunswick East
-37.7641858217263 144.973214864731

Selling all things coffee, including freshly roasted beans, green beans, barista lessons, equipment and accoutrement, Padre is a caffeine addict's idea of heaven.

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Park Lane

387 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne
-37.83648059412353 144.96236331760883

A dinky little haunt with funky tunes hand in hand with top notch coffee, Park Lane is onto a winner

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Pope Joan

77 - 79 Nicholson Street, Brunswick East
-37.7747997226979 144.978771060705

In among the auto-electricians and spare part wholesalers is this little gem where the name of the game is quality and service

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Proud Mary

172 Oxford Street, Collingwood
-37.8021697055194 144.985078275204

There’s a lot for Mary to be proud of

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Ray's Cafe

332 Victoria Street, Brunswick
-37.76707002336263 144.96106445789337

A café that packs the locals in and keeps them coming back

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $7.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Sensory Lab

David Jones, 297 Little Collins St, Melbourne
-37.81474773138902 144.96516220271587

Worship the great god coffee in this bethel of the bean

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Seven Seeds

106-114 Berkeley Street, Carlton
-37.802891 144.959132

In the back streets of Carlton, Seven Seeds is well worth the trek.

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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St Ali

12-18 Yarra Place, South Melbourne
-37.831389580926 144.960359036922

A kooky barn full of character tucked down a South Melbourne side street, St Ali is a haven of good coffee with beans roasted nearby

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Asian

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Switchboard

Ground Floor, Manchester Unity Building 220 Collins Street, Melbourne
-37.8151275499914 144.96611841022968

Patch yourself in to the caffeinated nerve centre

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Three Bags Full

Cnr Nicholson Street and Mollison Street, Abbotsford
-37.80715730645775 144.99654337763786

Three Bags Full is the best thing to hit Abbotsford in many years

Category: Restaurants // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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Wall Two 80

280 Carlisle Street, St Kilda
-37.868389 144.9902585

Wall Two 80 serves up awesome coffee in a cool and quirky environment, all without appearing to try too hard

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $10.00 // Cuisine: Modern Australian

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