So how's your father? Well they take your favourite caffeinated drink here very seriously. This busy coffee shop and roaster has helpful, knowledgeable staff at the previously unloved end of Lygon st that's getting more interesting all the time. A casual vibe, small tables for 2 people mixed with communal tables. White walls, sky lights, easy listening music at a good volume and plenty of papers. My macchiato had a choice between 2 single origin beans (Colombia and Ethiopia). Was well ground with a good consistency, smooth, but a touch over roasted for my palate. This is not a brunch place, as they don't pretend to have much in the way of food. There's a few savoury tarts, croissants and muffins but it's the coffee that people come here for. I had a breakfast tart which was flaky and buttery. I devoured it in about 30 seconds. Good place to meet your Dad for a cup of joe plus the sparkling water is a nice touch. read more

Padre Coffee - Breakfast tart - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Brunswick East, VIC

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Always friendly service and great coffee and chai. Staff here get to know customers by name and aren't just out for a quick sale to get you in and out the door. Tasty pastries, too! read more

If you are serious about coffee then let me introduce you to the guys at the East Brunswick Collective (Padre as it is also known). They too are serious about coffee. In fact so much so that they have done away with the sourdough bread, smoked salmon and rocket salads to concentrate solely on roasting and serving up their own unique blends of coffee. And apart from a few titbits of fresh bakery delights they have delivered daily - coffee is indeed all they serve. If you want to find Melbourne's best coffee then I think you will be hard pressed to walk past Padres. Just make sure that you don't make this mistake as, like so many cafes in Melbourne, it is badly sign posted and very small. So much so that I am pretty sure that the confused people walking up and down the Brunswick end of Lygon St are either in search of the perfect coffee or are named Angela (from the local homeless shelter). read more

Padre Coffee - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Brunswick East, VIC

Nice place for a coffee on the East Brunswick part of Lygon Street. Spacious, fairy busy, cool tunes playing and most of all: great coffee (they roast their own beans). Not sure if they sell food other than muffins and cupcakes and I couldn't go past the small carrot cake on offer. I made the right decision as it was very good and not sickly sweet. Perfect. read more

Padre Coffee - Carrot cake and coffee. The way everyday should be. - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Brunswick East, VIC

Probably the best coffee around Brunswick, always consistently good. Great service, the staff are always super friendly. Not much of a food range but they make some pretty rocking classic sandwiches. read more

Padre Coffee - Long black - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Brunswick East, VIC

Part of a Melbourne Coffee Collective to which its mythology escapes me, Padre is found beyond a hairdresser and small time fruit merchant, both of which make the most of this. Those inside are split between rushing for a takeaway before the tram gets here (stop is just outside), taking up most of the standing room, and a rather secluded backspace where those with the luxury of time sit, eat, and enjoy. The coffee is great - your expect it to be - with the barristas swapping tales of new technologies (apparently some coffee machines come with USB inputs to save settings for different coffees). The pasty selection is delivered early, so I've only seen it done so once. The sugary delicacies are a wonderful supplement to the coffee, and to those that can afford the time I highly recommend a light meal out the back. read more

Padre Coffee - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Brunswick East, VIC

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This branch of Padre Coffee is called the Brunswick East Project, and it's arrival has been a real blessing for coffee lovers of the northern suburbs. Calling the cafe a project is quite apt seeing that the baristas here are on a constant quest to roast and refine their way through an ever growing range of seasonal beans and brewing techniques, then cataloguing their finds to expand on their library of roast information. Needless to say, the coffee you'll be served here will be amongst the best in Melbourne. The cafe can be quite cramped in the front room when there are customers queueing for their brew, and as there are only a few seats in this room, at most times, you will find at least a few customers standing about waiting. I find waiting here most challenging what with the tray of pastries, friands and muffins at the paying counter. I usually end up buying a friand or the breakfast tart, and I never regret it. The back room is a really lovely space to enjoy many cups of coffee and read the papers. On your way out, pick up a bag of freshly roasted single origin to take home with you. read more

Padre Coffee - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Brunswick East, VIC

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It says "no bloggers" on the door, so I am writing this review from home... far from the luscious smell of coffee roasting. This is a coffee shop, nothing more nothing less... Don't come here expecting some sort of gourmet eggs or pancakes for breakfast. You won't find them here. There are collection of muffins and other small treats but don't be fooled, coffee is the hero here. I don't know if they even serve tea (not that I am in the little bit interested in leaves in hot water) So, head north on the tram, get off just before the end of Lygon St and enjoy some of the best coffee around... and then take a bag of fresh beans home to enjoy for the rest of the week! read more

Love getting my caffeine fix at Padre! The service is awesome and the coffee tastes great. I love how Chelsea makes an effort to remember everyone's names. The only thing that could take this place to a 5-star rating for me would be wifi! There aren't many work spaces around this bit of Lygon, so it would really be awesome to be able to settle in with my laptop and a coffee to get some work done. Maybe they just want to keep the customer traffic moving, which is fair because you should see how much business they get on weekends! read more

A bit overatted. The coffee is okay, but hardly the best in Melbourne. This is pretty disappointing given that they don't make any food in house. The staff are generally nice but the place still has a bit of a clinical vibe. They stock some nice coffee paraphanelia and if you want some coffee for brewing at home I'd say buy it here, but if you want a consistently great barista coffee you'd be much better off heading to Sesame n Soul across the road! read more

The best coffee on this end of Brunswick, if not even in all of Melbourne! I pass this place frequently on my way home and not once has it failed to deliver outstanding coffee, great service by the staff and good non pretentious atmosphere. They also offer a small, but great, selection of sandwiches, cakes and juice. This is not a typical breakfast or brunch spot like most places, the coffee playes the center role here. But oh my is it worth it! read more

A fantastic coffee shop. It really goes beyond coffee shop for me as this place really introduced me and gave me an education to coffee. I started out at Campos in Sydney and firmly believe that Padre continued my coffee tutelage. Always consistent and delicious I have loved their slow expansion through melbourne while not selling out and retaining their same delicious passion to their craft. A handy spot to buy coffee gear as well as you can find much of what you need for aeropress, chemex's, pour overs, hand grinders, electric grinders, etc. All in all a great coffee institution of melbourne read more

Perfect location on the tram stop and on the way to school drop off ;) padre just got better with new addition of lunch menu, courtyard seatings, and a mini shop for all your coffee needs, with long windows that looks straight into their new on site brewery. Bliss me Padre, Bliss me. read more

Living in Melbourne, with its strong café culture, you find yourself drinking a nerve-shredding amount of coffee. In fact it can all be a little bit bourgeois groundhog day. White walls, wooden floors, just a smidgen of vintage furniture and a hell of a lot of dukkah? If you've been to one of Fitzroy or Brunswick's many cafés you've been to them all. The best way for café's to distinguish themselves from the rest? Excellent coffee. Padre Coffee/The Brunswick East Project both roasts and makes just about the best coffee I've tried in Melbourne and boy are these guys serious about it. Selling a range of coffee making equipment and premium coffee making tools - I'm talking $100 tamps - alongside pastries and some damn fine coffee, Padre is hard to beat. My recommendation? One of Padre's amazing flat whites with one of their buttery, sweet almost croissants. Bliss. Offering 'up to 15 single origins' in their shops and experimenting with a mixture of brewing techniques and equipment 'in search of the holy grail of coffee', these guys certainly put the hard - brewing - yards in. If you love exceptional coffee you'll love Padre. It really is that simple. read more

Top coffee. Good muffins too. Easy to miss on the footpath. read more

I used to live around the corner from Brunswick East Project and boy do I miss it! The coffee is amazing and on a visit since I've moved away, I noticed they now serve quesadillas for lunch... Yum! I popped in recently to buy an Aeropress for home and got nothing short of lovely service from a very knowledgable staff member who made the whole experience fun. I'll definitely be back next time I'm in the north! read more

Without a doubt the best coffee in Brunswick (East), perhaps even the best coffee in the whole city. Casual, yet stylish place with a lot of small tables for two people, but also bigger for groups or to work on. Coffee is excellent, with more types of brewing than I understand. They also serve small appetisers and cakes, which are very good. Favourite coffee place in Brunswick! read more

People please! This place is WAY OVERRATED!! Not only is this the tiniest menu I have ever seen the coffee lacked body and flavour! I sat down an was totally ignored and then realised that the handsome gentleman who sat beside 5 minutes later was pounced upon by the waitress! Don't waste your time if you want a decent hot cooked meal as you won't get it here! #sorrynotsorry! read more

Ordered coffee and sandwich (for $16!!!). They forgot about my coffee. The cafe was virtually empty. Asked if they had wifi and was told "yes but it's not open to the public". Sigh. read more

Extremely good coffee. Amazing breakfast tarts. Not much more needs to be said. Oh, there is one thing. Gabriel P nailed it when he talked about the bad signposting - I was one of those confused people pacing up and down Lygon St trying to find this damn place. Blink and you'll miss it. Do trust your iPhone, as this joint does exist at the very place Google Maps is telling you! read more

They have reusable cups on sale for when you wanna get a take away and when I purchased on the coffee was on the house which was nice. Coffee also taste good. read more

Great coffee, really good savoury muffin and credible escargot. The gentrification continues apace

The coffee beans are excellent - you can choose from 10-12 varieties, and the chef makes great muffins. But every time I have orered a coffee here, it's been lukewarm. Even when I ask for extra hot, it's barely drinkable. I'm a black coffee lover & it has to scalding. Also not a fan of grunge catering with heavy, chipped chinware. I will buy beans from now on, and some of those muffins, & brew my own at home. read more

Easily my go-to spot for a great cup of coffee to start the day. Seriously some of the nicest baristas too, the kind that remember your name. I usually get a cup and a pastry takeaway but the cafe also has a relaxed atmosphere if you're looking to sit down, read the news, or people watch through the large windows at the front. Very cool that the Brunswick East Project is where Padre Coffee originated and that they still roast coffee here. Nice to see that they've expanded. read more