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French-inflected Melbourne brunch icon — duck confit Benedict, mille-feuille toast, top coffee.
Melbourne's best brunch
From Hardware Societe's French-kissed eggs Benedict to Cafe Larome's katsu don in Footscray, 15 brunch spots that justify the weekend queue across Melbourne.
French-inflected Melbourne brunch icon — duck confit Benedict, mille-feuille toast, top coffee.
A heritage power station turned Melbourne's most photographed brunch spot, famed for chilli eggs.
Richmond's buzzy Church Street brunch icon — inventive cafe plates, standout coffee, ever-present queues.
Coburg's heritage-prison brunch cafe, famous for elaborate plating and increasingly polarising reviews.
Carlton cult brunch cafe blending Asian flavours into eggs benny, duck congee and udon dishes.
Melbourne's Asian-fusion brunch icon serving chilli crab omelette in a heritage exchange building.
East Melbourne's dependable brunch anchor: open kitchen, allergy-aware staff, and next-level hollandaise.
Bridge Road brunch favourite loved for chilli scrambled eggs and consistently excellent flat whites.
Family-run Albert Park cafe with Baghdad eggs, burritos, standout coffee and a dog-friendly backyard
Pink-fronted Coburg brunch cafe known for chicken waffles and steak sandwiches
Fitzroy North's family-run cafe pouring what regulars call Melbourne's best coffee daily.
Mediterranean cafe inside a home decor shop, loved for avo on toast with pomegranate molasses.
Riverside Warrandyte cafe blending Persian specialties like Havish with hearty weekend brunch.
Hampton Street's sunny, dog-friendly brunch cafe, loved for pulled pork benedict and top coffee.
Footscray Japanese cafe known for tonkatsu sets, matcha drinks, katsu don and truffle fries
The Curator is the voice behind the Lowdown, Curateria's read on where Melbourne is eating, drawn from the reviews we track.