The Banksia Nursery Cafe is a beautiful little place to grab a bite. It is set amongst the Banksia…read moreNursery and there are plenty of beautiful plants and greenery to feast your eyes on. Most popular for lunch, the cafe is open for breakfast and afternoon tea as well and has hearty warm meals that complement the surrounds perfectly. They have typical cafe menu items with sandwiches, quiches and salads for sale.I like to go there for a coffee and catch up with friends. The service is relaxed and friendly although when it is busy the staff can get a bit frazzled. Rather than be short with customers however they are more likely to give you a quick smile as they rush red faced off to the next table so it is totally fine. I can definitely recommend that you check it out. In any case it's a good spot to rest after a morning spent lugging your plants around at the nursery!

This restaurant served the best Matcha Latte and Latte. The…read moreraisin toast tasted so yummy and it goes well with the Coffee and price is so reasonable. This is the cheapest coffee price that you can find in Victoria. The lunch menu on weekend is tasty too especially Roast Pork and Cream cauliflower.

If I'm feeling a bit lazy, or I've parked closer to the supermarket than I normally would, or I'm…read moreshopping with my wife, I like to stop for a coffee at Red Fig Tree Café. The atmosphere is, well, a reflection of the rest of the shopping centre and not the result of anything the shop itself has done. It's really fairly nondescript, but it's a hell of a lot better than it's surroundings. There's a fair bit of seating available, and it generally isn't that big a deal if you sit down with a loaded trolley next to your table. Coffee here is alright. It's never been awful, and occasionally been really good, but usually it's just average. The people who run the shop are nice enough. Bottom line is that it's convenient and generally alright.

Really nice new place for Sri Lankan food. Local little place with warmth and yummy hoppers!…read more There's also a bar on the side, serving cocktails, wine, beer and tequila shots^^ Has a great family feel to it and has plenty of parking just a 1 min walk up the path. Highly recommend it if enjoy Sri Lankan food!

This place was absolutely packed when I came in here to meet a friend - clearly a local favourite…read more It's nice family-friendly suburban cafe with cheery staff and a love for coffee. Not far from the beach either. Unfortunately on this occasion I didn't try the coffee, but I did have a nice fresh squeezed OJ. There's a classic cafe menu on offer with pancakes, egg dishes and sandwiches etc. I tried the corn fritters with avocado, slab bacon and hommus. The addition of hommus was perplexing and didn't work at all with the dish, so I kind of ate around it - devouring the tasty thick bacon and smashed avocado. They're all set for looking after kids, with colouring in on-hand, a kids menu, and happy to cater for any little fuss pots. It was a bit loud for a meeting place, but definitely a good spot for brunch with the family.

This place is usually complete with people spilling out the seams sipping lattes and waiting for a…read moretable where green smoothies and pancakes can promptly be consumed. The Saturday morning I ventured here for breakfast was surprisingly quiet, no problem nabbing a table (in fact there were many) and coffee landed before we had time to warm the seat. Being a new resident to Bayside, I'm just beginning to realise that the 9.30 crowd you might see in an outer CBD cafe for weekend breakfast is instead replaced with bay front joggers with prams and dogs enjoying the sun and fresh air. I'll take this with pleasure if every brunch date begins with a piccolo within minutes of arriving! Black Squirrel is one of the best performing (read: always busy) cafes on Sandringham's Bay Road strip. Interiors are pretty cool, a sorts of funky which borders on mainstream "cool", complete with rough part-exposed brick and all. The coffee they spit out for their many patrons is key to their success, a great coffee from the very first sip. Breakfast for me was the eccentric on the list of veggie options where normally I'd jump straight to poached eggs on sourdough. Definitely try the kale and goats cheese dumplings, served with a base smear of passion fruit yoghurt (the odd hook that drew me in!) and some classic pretty looking green bits on top. Vegie patties are notoriously hard to 'cook through' and while these kale dumplings seemed a bit wet inside, the flavour was fantastic and the hits of goats cheese a highlight within a crisp coating. I can also report from my sources that the smashed avo and herb convo on sourdough was also pretty ace. Give Black Squirrel a shot if visiting the bay or still cautious of the big kid on the block. Getting there at the right time to instantaneously feed your caffeine and food desire is recommended.

This family-owned restaurant is suburban hidden gem that serves AMAZING fried dumplings, probably…read morethe best we've ever had in Melbourne. They are so crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside, it's like the ultimate flavour bomb. They also sell their spicy homemade chilli oil which goes really well with their dumplings. Excellent food and reasonable pricing, we would highly recommend for you to try this restaurant out if you're ever in the area. This place will be our go-to for dumplings in the future!

This has to be one of the best dumpling places locally without travelling to China Town or Clayton…read more Located opposite Moorabbin Train Station in a service road look out for the green sign outside next door to the fish and chip shop ATMOSPHERE Comfy seating and catering to large or small groups the decor is very modern Chinese with wenge colored timbers features and brown leather dining chairs. The restaurant is long which helps minimize the noise from tables. We have only dined in once and have used their take away service on numerous occasions SERVICE The service is efficient and friendly. The girls are always smiling and helpful in making your way through the very large menu. FOOD AND DRINKS Dumplings, Noodle or Rice dishes? That is your first challenge! The menu is filled with tasty suggestions under these headings with many vegetarian items. We always have dumplings, our favourites being the steamed veg or fried chicken and prawn dumpling. The dumplings in Won Ton soups is very satisfying. For main our favourites have been the Mapo Tofu rice dish, deep fried tofu, French beans with spicy pork is a winner and shanghai crispy style duck is scoffed in seconds by our group THE ROUND UP This is comfort food at its best and ideal for take away on a cold Melbourne evening. Good value with dumplings around $9 per 15pcs, mains varying from $10 to $15 mark

Except no frills and just totally delicious food. Penang looks like nothing and if you didn't know…read morebetter, you'd just walk past. I'm a fan of the laksa lemak. A delicious mix that makes me wonder how many hours it will be on the treadmill to run off. A big fan, that goes back as much as possible. Cash only.

The chefs vermicelli is spot on if you like fried noodles with seafood. BYO is welcome @ $0.80/head…read morewhy not! Cash only folks.

Best food. Best service. A St Kilda institution…read more Hot tip is you can can order a half serve of a lot of the dishes, meaning you can try more delicious things

After time in the 100F heat, I was just planning on a nice glass of wine in a cool environment…read more The staff were so lovely (excellent wine guidance) and the wine (and food) so divine I stayed much longer than intended! Highly recommend everything I enjoyed: Oysters (with a perfect mignonette) Kingfish crudo (I did run out of jalapeño slices because I included them in each bite - was delicious even without) And the surprise was how amazing the Cos salad was - for any Americans, Cos seems to be heart of romaine - the combination of the goat feta, fresh mint, fresh peas, red onion... all WITH the Chalmers Pecorino 2021 was just incredible. To a person the staff were so welcoming and were clearly passionate about the excellent fare - I have logged this in my travel diary as a place I must return to on my next visit!

"Tucked away" in a lonesome part of Brighton - as far as cafes and stores go - is The Little Ox…read more It's in an area much more conducive to finding good parking, and has a nice, welcoming feeling to it on the inside. I came here today on a warm, sunny day, and they have a big outdoor seating area, and plenty of room on the inside, with big wide open windows to make you feel part of the outside still. They have a great all day menu full of your favourites, and a good selection for lunch. Admittedly, I really only ordered a salmon Eggs Benny, which yes, is something I can make at home, but it was still presented well and these things always taste better when someone else makes it for you (though I would have had a side of butter with mine if I knew how dry the toast was going to be). I had a Mango Smoothie too, and that was nice, though the passionfruit inside it, almost overtook in flavour. Everyone at my table LOVED their coffees, and their burger and Ruebin sandwich were apparently great too. Overall this was a great lunch outing. I can't really fault it at all. All well priced and everything tasted good and was presented nicely. I had been wanting to come here for a while now, so I'm glad I finally got the chance and would highly recommend it.

This hidden gem is the kind of place that you have to be told about otherwise you would have no…read moreidea that it existed. The food here is amazing, fantastic kitchen. Sometimes I find the need to talk to the people in the kitchen and tell them how satisfied I am. I have seen on TV a lot lately the use of micro herbs but never actually eaten somewhere that put them on my dish, I got that fancy schmancy treatment here. I didn't actually need it, but it did look nice. On my way out I fell for my temptation and brought the best meringue that I have eaten in my entire life. Just before being put into the over to cook a shot of coffee was poured into the mix and swirled around. So chewy in the middle. Perfect.