Caffé E Torta

Was in a rush to get a sandwich. Service was quick and the baguette was hand made with precision. But for $ 12.80 I would hope I ate a good baguette. It was one of the best made baguettes I’ve eaten but was a bit too expensive.
The flavour of the smoked ham mixed with fresh cheddar cheese, tomato and lettuce with some Mayo, seeded mustard and butter all in a little bit hard baguette roll
The taste and flavour was ⁹⁄₁₀ but value was ⁴⁄₁₀

Coffee consistently of decent quality. Service brilliant.
Highly recommend the brownie. Best I have had and an appropriate size.
Attractive décor in one of the stunning arcades in Melbourne. I make sure to visit each time I visit the CBD.

Tasty little café located inside one of the many arcades in the downtown Melbourne area. Sort of Italian and maybe a little French. They do a real good flat white coffee here. I had the poached eggs with Feta on sourdough. Was real good.

Wanting an early morning coffee at 8.20am on a quiet Sunday morning I entered the café with a business coleague for a private discussion over coffee. We walked past staff to sit at the back of the store away from people. As we went to sit a man with a beard said bring them 4 more menus, I said «we would like just coffee, he then directed us to tables amongst two other couples and said «did you not read the sign at the front saying ‘wait to be seated’?» At this point I said «no we just want a private coffee» and I told him «if that was too hard we will go elsewhere». He became agitated and I told him read the review on Unilocal. He followed me out and yelled out ‘Did you tell me to ‘F&*% Off. I said no, I said ‘read the review’ he then pointed to a small piece of writing on his front wall ‘Please wait to be seated.’ Goodness the place was at 15% occupancy, he was so rude we will never go back. As we left and had coffee at a great café opposite, we noticed he still was at only about 20% occupancy. Never again.

Melbourne is supposed to be well known for its food.
Well at this little café I came across, I found it to be average.
I was absolutely starving and jut needed a little something to keep me going. I did not want a huge meal — just some raisin toast and tea. It was later in the afternoon (about 3.30pm).
The raisin toast was quite dry and not very appetising. The tea was average to say the least. I got a pot of hot water and a tea bag.
I saw the food being delivered to the other tables and it looked really nice.
When I am next in Melbourne, if I come across this place again, yes I will give it another go and order a more substantial meal but I will not seek it out as a «must go to» place.

I hear that Caffe E Torta serves things other than breakfast, but in visiting for the last year and a half, I’ve yet to actually experience this. It seems insane to me, I mean, why would you have Non Breakfast at a spot that has absolutely spectacular «Eggs Italiano» and a proper sized cappuccino, perfectly frothed and sprinkled with cocoa?
It’s just nutty to me that you’d have LUNCH or DINNER at a superb location in the heart of the city of Melbourne when you could be enjoying their Torta Special (which is a bit like an uitsmijter if you’ve ever had brekkie in The Netherlands) or even the fresh Muesli with yoghurt and fruit…
It comes down to this: It’s Sunday, you are hungry, you want quality food at reasonable (well, Melbourne CBD) prices — you have this as an option. Just Eat It.
Now, don’t get me wrong, there is room for improvement… namely, they CRAM people together, especially inside, so, if you don’t want your table-​neighbours to hear about your polyp removal, or exactly the sound your partner made when you recharged the D-​cells, you’re probably better off sticking to the ever changing Melbourne weather as a topic.

Efficient and friendly — great minestrone on a cold day!

This is a perfectly sweet little café serving up quality café food like sandwiches, grilled sandwiches, soup, salads and pastas, which vary depending on the day —
T: chicken penne
W: mushroom and pumpkin farfalle
Th: spag bol
F: bacon and mushroom pasta in napoli sauce
They’re open for breakfast and lunch everyday, and they stay open for dinner on Friday evenings too.
If you don’t have time to stop for food, bear in mind that they also make a damn fine coffee. Having said that, it’s a lovely café for a sit down and a spot of lunch and a coffee to finish, so try and make the time to enjoy the space.