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How we read reviews →Kilsyth's artisan hideaway. specialty coffee, house-made pastries and leisurely French-inspired brunch.
Calm, quiet and elegantly styled. classical background music, spotlessly clean surfaces and the warm smell of freshly baked goods. The pace is intentionally unhurried; this is a place to linger over exceptional coffee and artisan pastries, not to rush through.
House-baked pastries and cakes by skilled owner-operators (described as artisans); bespoke birthday and celebration cakes made to order; specialty coffee beans prepared with careful technique; located inside Churinga Village shopping centre with ample free parking.
French-influenced pastry technique is evident throughout. hazelnut financier, pistachio financier, artisan cake-making. from owner-operators clearly trained in classical methods. One reviewer with a French mother notes it surpasses her mother's baking.
Coffee is well-priced at $4.50-$7.20, brunch portions are generous, and the artisan baking quality represents notable value for the skill involved. Not a budget café but very reasonable for what is delivered relative to Melbourne's inner-city equivalents.
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