Every venue in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafe & Bakery guide

June 25, 2025
6:32 am

From specialty coffee shops to cult sandwich spots, here are the best places to start your day in Melbourne.

We’ve divided our guide, presented by T2, into 10 categories including food, all-rounders, bakeries, sandwich shops, sweets and treats, tea, icons, coffee, family-friendly and matcha and speciality drinks, so you can find exactly what you’re looking for.

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Ophelia’s savoury buckwheat galette (top right).Chege Mbuthi

Food

Amara Coffee, Seddon
Arlo, Elwood
Athos, Strathmore
Chiaki, Collingwood
HK Cafe, Melbourne
Little Z, Bentleigh
Maria, Upwey
Moon Mart, South Melbourne
Operator San, Melbourne
Ophelia Westgarth, Northcote
Roslyn Thai Cafe, West Melbourne
Sana Coffee, Cheltenham
Shamiat, Northcote
Suupaa, Cremorne
Terror Twilight, Collingwood

Outside Morning Market’s Prahran outpost.Parker Blain

The all-rounders

Elster, Elsternwick
Florian, Carlton North
Four Kilo Fish, Hawthorn
Ima Asa Yoru, Brunswick
JollyGood Diner, Collingwood
Morning Market, Fitzroy and Prahran
Napier Quarter, Fitzroy
Ondo, Melbourne
Smith & Deli, Collingwood
Sunhands, Carlton
Via Porta, Mont Albert
Walrus, Brunswick

Zelda croissants, crowned Melbourne’s best.

Best bakeries

Bakemono, Melbourne
Baker Bleu, multiple locations
Bread Club, North Melbourne and Albert Park
Candied Bakery, Spotswood
Core Roasters, Brunswick East
Dua Bakehouse, Collingwood
Falco, Collingwood
Hector’s Bakery, Richmond
Iris the Bakery, Brunswick
Small Batch, North Melbourne
The Flour House, Hampton and Highett
To Be Frank, Collingwood and Brunswick East
Wild Life Bakery, Brunswick East
Zelda Bakery, Ripponlea

The Bologna with mortadella, stracciatella, pickled peppers and olives at Stefanino Panino.Justin McManus

Sandwich shops

Applehead Deli, Mentone
Ca Com, Richmond
Hector’s Deli, multiple locations
Marko’s Schnitzel, Moorabbin
Masses Bagels, Fitzroy
Phuoc Thanh, multiple locations
Rocco’s Deli, Yarraville
Ruben’s Deli, Armadale
Stefanino Panino, Collingwood
Zita’s Focaccia, South Yarra

A selection of goodies from West Melbourne’s The Flour.

Treats

Amann Patisserie, Carlton North
Baker of Things, Richmond
Bloomwood, Melbourne
Holy Sugar, Northcote
Lulu & Me, Collingwood
Monforte Viennoiserie, Carlton North
Penny for Pound, Richmond and Moorabbin
Sebastian Kakigori, Melbourne
Siora Tiramisu, Glen Iris
Tarts Anon, Collingwood
The Flour, West Melbourne
Tori’s, Melbourne

All of the teas at Tea Drop are available to purchase for home, and are brewed before your eyes at South Melbourne Market.

Tea

Brunetti Classico on Lygon Street, Carlton.Mike Baker

Iconic cafes and bakeries

Coffee

Calere Coffee, Fitzroy
Craftwork Roasting Co., Eltham
Disciple & Kohi No Deshi, Brunswick
Everyday Coffee, Collingwood
Foremost Coffee, Melbourne
Gojo Ethiopian Cafe,
Manta Ray Coffee Roasters
Market Lane, multiple locations
Path, North Melbourne
Rosso Coffee Experience, North Melbourne
Rumble Coffee Roasters, Kensington
Saazaa Coffee, Ringwood
Secondipity Roasters, Collingwood
Tone Coffee, Prahran
279 Victoria St, West Melbourne

Family-friendly

All matcha is whisked by hand at Matcha Kobo.

Matcha and specialty drinks

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