Yummy food, great coffee, central location, and best of all… Amazing couple running the café. If you are looking for something savory for breakkie, I highly recommend the potato hash — poached egg, asparagus on hash with hollandaise sauce and ‘shrooms(add bacon if you need meat). If you are up for something sweet, go for the blueberry pancakes — they are to-die-for. Mmmm… Big eater or want something more filling? The GS Big Breakfast is the one for you. I was actually having a hard time deciding what to eat as everything on the menu looks great. Café is open 7 days a week. So if you are in the city, make sure you drop by to get yourself some grub.
Rod S.
Place rating: 4 Australia
I often use this place as a lunch time ‘office’ to meet people and discuss business. The food is quick, fresh and has some great value daily specials written on the white tiled walls. If dining by yourself or with a large crowd grab a seat at the chefs table in the back right. Its a great place to spread out the paper and enjoy a lunch time read. Along the side wall, I once saw, across consecutive tables, a paper book, a first generation kindle and a kindle paper white. It was like a history lesson in books.
Justine C.
Place rating: 4 Sydney, Australia
It is great to do a bit of shopping(and especially during any function breaks at the nearby Sofitel) in this open playground at the Paris End of Collins Street, right near the Old Treasury Building. Great coffee in one of Melbourne’s best kept secrets unless you work in the area; you would definitely come here quite often. Has that chic, bohemian trendy theme; you would be forgiven for thinking that you are in another world nestled in this city based sanctuary. Great ambience; love the dim feel during the day; perfect for a wet Saturday morning to enjoy a latte and a friand with a friend. Great lighting, and this establishment is given a bit of a personal touch with the tiny Japanese like plant right near the front entrance. Great quality coffee beans must be used as I could not fault my latte in any way. Gentle and caring baristas are out in force in here; they have to like their jobs because they were so happy and smiling. Like it was a real joy to actually want to be of service to you; like its I am not in the mood to do anything else but to make your latte as well as I can type of mood and vibe which was excellent. Definitely an establishment I will return to.