I've dined at North & Eight three times now & I've been impressed by the food on each visit…read more It's true there is limited parking directly outside (it's on a main road) but there is plenty available just a very short walk away. On my first visit I enjoyed the veggie fritters, they were super tasty & very filling. It was hard to not opt for them again on my next visit. Instead I tried the polenta chips & mushroom ragout, it looked interesting but tasted fabulous with a nice zingy tomato relish. On my most recent dining experience I had the Korean fried chicken burger with a side of polenta chips & this did not disappoint either. Moist chicken, a slightly aromatic slaw & a lovely brioche bun. The polenta chips came with a hint of tomato relish. I was a little disappointed that as an extra side dish I only received 3 polenta chips but I needn't have feared as coupled with the burger my tummy was left sufficiently full. I've observed many dishes leaving the kitchen & they all look delicious. I'll be sure to try their poached chicken salad on my next visit, which will no doubt be soon. North & Eight have a variety of cakes, muffins & pastries as well as yummy ButterBings. So if you have any space left after your main course you can thrown in an extra treat to satisfy your sweet tooth. The coffee is good in my opinion, there are a number of teas on offer & also there take on the freak shake. North & Eight I believe offers fresh, tasty food that is reasonably priced. Generally an abundance of staff means that service is prompt. A nice fresh fit out makes for a great dining experience overall!!!

My man and I are very lucky to live a few hundred meters from the doors of North and Eight. With…read morequeues out the door a regular Saturday occurrence, this place is equally good takeaway as they are eat in. Pop in for a hit of coffee on a Sunday morning, when the dose from the Nespresso machine is just not cutting the mustard. Indulge in their Asian-influenced brunch menu when you've had one too many cocktails the night before, and your go to seeds / kale / superfoods will never satiate your hunger (then it's the Korean fried chicken open waffle you want). Service is always attentive, and it feels like the staff are all from the same family - descendants of immigrants, aiming to slap lashings of flavour onto bland breakfast staples, whilst delivering portions the size of your head. Good coffee, lovely Scandi-esque atmosphere and certainly worth the wait / struggle with parking / children, to eat there. You will leave feeling satisfied and ready to pop in the next time there's no queue out the front.

Great coffee, great food and great staff! This small espresso café does breakfast and lunch and…read moredraws a good crowd. We come here regularly and Lorenzo never fails to pop over to our table and say hello. The menu is a manageable length with a few options for each of the classic Italian dishes - pasta, soup, risotto etc. The breakfast fare includes all the regulars - eggs, BLT & museli.

C and I have enjoyed their cream filled cakes and biscotti but we have always taken away. Their…read morebiscotti are beautiful. I notice that they are keeping up with trends and now have a selection of macaroons. They also have large traditional square Italian pizza slices, I haven't tried these - I suppose they will reheat them in the oven. You can have coffee and cake at the shop. There is a couple of tables and chairs in this tiled cake shop and with the large windows it would be good for people watching as the cake shop is on the corner of Sydney Road and Munro Street.

"...FABULOUS AUTHENTIC ITALIAN PASTICCERIA..."…read more I don't get to Sydney Road often, but when I do...like today...I must get cakes at TRIVELLI PASTICCERIA in Coburg.... There are 3 MUST HAVES..!! 1. Ricotta Pasticci - beautiful creamy ricotta filling inside a multi-layered crisp light pastry dusted with icing sugar 2. Cannoli - we love the custard filled ones - especially the vanilla custard ones - and the shells are always fresh, and always crisp 3. Gemelli - large Italian ring doughnuts - these are just so unbelievably good - they're fried in an olive oil blend and lightly sugared - they have a wonderful texture, fabulous aroma and gorgeous flavour - just so delicious, both warm and cold. Anyway the cakes here are not a cheap eat..they're quite special..and their price reflects this..today I bought 4 gemelli, 8 canolli and 2 pasticci - $50 exactly..but WOW..worth every single cent.. It's an old-fashioned..traditional type Italian cake shop..no coffees made here..it has always solely existed on the quality of it's wares..that's certainly saying something....!! Visited on the afternoon of Sunday 20/09/2015 for cakes to take home.

I went to Rue de Creperie with a group of vegans. Rue de Creperie can make most of their crepes…read morevegan, which is awesome considering that crepes are usually pretty heavy on the dairy and eggs. Rue de Creperie catered for us beautifully even though we were all vegan and were a fairly large group (7-8 people). In fact, there were almost TOO many choices -- we vegan-folk are used to only having one or two options on the menu -- so we sat there for ages exclaiming in delight over everything and debating back and forth about what to get. The young French waiter put up with this waffling (pun intended) with an elegant, half-pained expression on his face, so typical of the French, then took our orders with quick precision and disappeared. Voilà! Within minutes, our first round of crepes was served. We all ordered savoury crepes to start with. I had Cheese & Tomato with cherry tomatoes, basil, and olive oil. The vegan cheese they used was Cheezly. I'm not usually a huge fan of Cheezly, but I have to admit it tasted pretty darn good in the crepe. A funny thing about my crepe as opposed to everyone else's is that it mine came out open-faced, with a giant square window in it -- a giant square window into its delicious Cheezly soul. After that we ordered a round of sweet crepes. This time the crepes took a long time to arrive -- over 40 minutes. Granted, the place had started filling up with lots of other diners by then, and we *were* a pretty large group with special dietary requirements, but the wait did seem unnecessarily long. But man, oh, man, I loved that sweet crepe. It came with a scoop of yummy vegan vanilla ice cream, some chopped nuts and a drizzle of vegan Nutella sauce. Everyone else in our group loved their sweet crepes too. In fact, I'd say we all preferred our sweet crepes over our savoury ones, so maybe it's fair to say that sweet crepes are Rue de Creperie's strong point. Anyway. After stuffing ourselves full of two rounds of crepes, we all left Rue de Creperie feeling delightfully heavy and full of delicious saturated fat. Very pleased to know where I can find yummy vegan crepes in Melbourne from now on. For the record, here are the crepes they can make vegan: SAVOURY - Veggie Galette, Mushroom & Cheese, Cheese & Tomato, or Walnut & Fig. SWEET - Sugar and Lemon, Strawberry Heaven, Salted Caramel, Banana Split, Thailand Special, Pear Belle, or Apple Delight. All come with vegan vanilla ice cream.

We were after a quick bite before cocktails and crepes fit the bill perfectly but I was less than…read moreimpressed with this place. While one friend ordered a sweet crepe and was pleased with what he got, I ordered a cheese and tomato crepe and was disappointed. The filling was ok (probably could have done with some more) but the crepe itself was burnt to a crisp and basically shattered everywhere so half of it was inedible and the parts that I did eat you could still taste burnt crepe. I'm a bit sad because I had such high hopes but there's definitely better creperies in this city!

Be VERY aware of being ripped off at this business. This was our third visit and EVERY time we have…read morebeen overcharged. The first time $8 for a sandwich we were told was $6, the second time we were charged $15.60 for two vegetarian pies when the sign says they are $6.80 each making the total $13.60 and today we were overcharged $2 AGAIN on a donut. The same woman has overcharged us each time, short blond hair in her 60's who actually spends most of her time leaning against the counter talking to customers she obviously knows rather than actually working. Today she stood and continued her conversation with one man for around 5 minutes while we waited. We also noted that she handed him his food but he did not appear to have paid??? Is that how it works, someone she knows is given products while other customers are overcharged to make up the shortfall? We said nothing the first couple of times thinking it was a small amount and possibly a genuine mistake in a busy business but then again today we realise this is intentional. This is a very busy business, if they serve 100 customers per day and add on $2 each that's an extra $200 in clear profit per day, 5 days a week that's an extra $1000, per month $4000 and in a year $48 000. Most people won't notice a small extra charge or when walking off just let it go, but this business is ripping people off. Possibly a case for notifying Consumer Affairs. Treat your customers with respect or you will lose them.

I recommend the dusted sponge cake. Highly recommend actually…read more It is a simple, light sponge. Filled with cream and a little strawberry jam. Dusted with icing sugar. This for only $7. Someone from work shared with me. Now I'm sharing with you. If you like cake and appreciate simple and yum things ... TRY THIS CAKE. The shop looks very dated and old school and I like that. I haven't tried anything else here as yet. But I will keep coming back for the dusted sponge!

I come here every week (usually in a Saturday with the whole family). and have done so for years…read morenow. I love it. Supper friendly, great food, even better coffee. Try the rancheros: beans and chorizo. OMG. Love your work guys.

Went here when my beloved short round was closed on a public holiday as they are literally next…read moredoor to each other. Staff here are absolutely lovely and that's why I've given this place the rating that I have. They were efficient, friendly and and didn't rush us to leave. Food is ok. It's executed well enough but didn't blow me away. I had the huevos rancheros - it was fine but not the best I've had. Standards are so high these days and when you have a place like short round so close who are absolutely killing it, you need something a little more than these guys offer right now. So I guess I'm saying I wouldn't go here outright but it's fine if you need to eat and short round is busy.

Beautiful French Toast!…read more Wonderful Corn Fritters! Amazing Scrambled Eggs! Great skinny flat white! Awesome service too! Will come back. #highlyrecommended #brunch

I often stop here when shopping in Coburg because this Vietnamese bakery does continental bakery at…read morelow prices. The bread is good and fresh. And the small selection of Danishes, escargot, and other pastries are both excellent and generous in size. They have a fridge with milk and drinks and a small fresh sandwich stand where they fill fresh bread rolls to order. I haven't tried their sandwiches but I always indulge in one of their pastries, as they are as good as I've had anywhere in the world.