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How we read reviews →Melbourne's ube-obsessed Filipino café serving purple desserts, sisig and adobo bowls.
Bright, purple-accented modern café with a spacious indoor-outdoor courtyard near Carlton Gardens. reviewers describe it as cosy and aesthetic, though it can feel cramped and busy at peak times.
Extensive ube dessert cabinet (cakes, cheesecakes, lattes); QR-code ordering; large outdoor courtyard seating; modern reinterpretations of classic Filipino dishes.
Mixed reviewer sentiment. most praise it as a genuine, elevated take on Filipino flavours, but some Filipino reviewers found dishes like sisig and empanada fell short of traditional authenticity.
Mixed. several reviewers flag it as pricey for portion size (small iced ube lattes and modest adobo servings drew criticism), while others feel serves are generous and worth the price.
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