Drinks
Review: Cheeky Chinos
Cheeky Chino’s is a space where families can indulge in Melbourne’s Cafe culture at its best. Great coffee. Great food. Great decor. Fancy babycino’s and a cute kid’s menu and an amazing, staffed kid’s play space that will have you wishing you were the toddler. I adore the banana bread with poached pear, pistachio crust...
Review: Gardiner and Field
One of Armadale’s newest additions is Gardiner and Field. Gorgeous simple fit out, modest breakfast and lunch menu with a few interesting additions like the quinoa and pumpkin fritters with hummus on flatbread ($16), or the baked strawberry and raspberry tortillas ($14). What stood out for us here though, was the coffee. Flavoursome, not too...
Review: Lamaro’s
We love Gastropubs that are relaxed but not unrefined (and award winning). The menu at Lamaro’s was very impressive, lots of wonderful things to choose from like the Crispy Szechuan duck with orange blossom caramel ($35) and Yellowfin Tuna Tartare with avocado (pictured), spanner crab mayonnaise and baby shiso ($23). The meals are filling and...
Review: Royal Mail Hotel
The Royal Mail Hotel truly is a unique culinary destination. It pairs elegance with understated simplicity perfectly, allowing the purity and philosophy of the food to speak for itself. The service is outstanding, the staff are wonderfully intuitive and knowledgable, and the food is worth the hike. We loved the duck with calamari and the...
Review: Fonda
Fonda’s Rockling Fish Taco’s Fonda has been one of our fondest Richmond eats for quite some time. It’s small and tidy and yes everyone’s caught on so it’s teeming with people at all eating hours but it is worth the wait. While you wait for your name to be called from the list, the lane...
Batch Espresso
FEATURED IN OUR MELBOURNE FOR CONSCIOUS FOODIES GUIDE Perhaps I’m biased, but Batch Espresso is a cut above the rest – a consistent over performer that sticks to great food, great coffee, great service and nothing more. Their menu is updated seasonally, which can be sad if you’ve grown attached to one dish in particular. There...
Review: Zappa’s
Zappa’s has been a solid South Melbourne go-to for almost 10 years. Specialising in the breakfast and lunch trade, you can always rely on them for a great coffee and filling snacks, like toasties and pastries, as well sandwiches, pides and baguettes. Their signature dish however, are their Gnocchi. Whether you try the meat ragu...
Review: Omar and the Marvellous Coffee Bird
Omar and the Marvellous Coffee Bird is a cute little cafe’ and coffee roastery nesting on the other side of Nepean Highway. A popular destination for lycra clad cyclists on weekends, Omar specialises in coffee, roasting their own beans on site. They have many sweets and treats available at their front counter and a...
Review: Naked for Satan
Wanted: A devilish mouthful late at night? Found: At Naked for Satan. $2 morsels Saturday nights ’til 1am! Think Cauli-cheese and prawns, tortilla and aioli or grilled vegetables and salad with balsamic glaze and more – all topped on tasty toast! And you can wash them all down with some of their house infused vodkas....
