Café Melbourne

Pretty good coffee.
Pretty nice barista.
Pretty normal price.
Pretty okay interior.
Pretty unmemorable. (Sorry, that wasn’t pretty).
Pretty polaroids of pretty customers.
Pretty chill vibes.
Pretty good for the hood.
Pretty likely I won’t go out of my way for a cup but may/​may not see this place a second time.

Good coffee, friendly owners, Wi-Fi.They might claim that their coffee is better than their French, but they speak very good French now.

I loved their soy latte! The best I have tried in Montréal so far.
This is my kind of place. Unpretentious, lay back atmosphere and friendly!
Nice sitting area outside, good amount of tables inside. Cool Australian coffee place!

My sister and I buy the Indie Coffee Passport every year to plan sister dates and biking trips around the city of Montréal. She’s the coffee connoisseur & and I’m the tea addict.
Good: I had tea. Surely you can’t screw up hot water and a tea bag. My tea was fine.
Bad: The décor. I thought I walked into someone’s basement. The guys behind the counter weren’t very inviting either, and my sister said her coffee wasn’t that great.
Bottom Line: I’ve always visited new coffee shops with excitement, but this one doesn’t stand out to me.

Have you ever actually eaten Vegemite? I hadn’t till now. It’s some truly weird stuff and it made my mouth taste fuzzy all day.
Kind of expensive, kind of rickety, totally weird, mostly charming. What are Australians doing in a place this cold? Ponder these things next time you get a coffee here.

Really friendly atmosphere, the owners are funny and talkative. Simple, minimal décor. Bar seating, communal table, and patio seating are available. They also have great wi-​fi (thank god).
Their lattes are generous in size, creamy, and quite smooth. Kitsuné is probably the closest reference point for the taste. They also have great savoury muffins and grilled sandwiches (jaffles).
Highly recommended for this neighbourhood.

Location: On the main, in what I guess is considered the Mile End. Again, being a walk-​everywhere kinda gal, I’m going to say that Laurier or Mont-​Royal are the closest subways (5 – 10 minute walk from there). Street parking is available [metered].
The place: I wasn’t excited or blown away by the space. First, there’s one communal table that looks like it’s made with plywood but in all honestly, I didn’t go inspect the thing so I might be mistaken about the thickness of the tabletop. The bulk of the seating is bar-​type, which makes it somewhat difficult to go there with more than one friend unless you don’t mind talking loudly and shifting seats around so you can actually see your people, without pissing off your neighbours for taking up too much space. The décor was average, the place a bit dim, and they’ve got some Australian stuff for sale, mainly the dreadful Vegemite (though if you’re Australian, you automatically love this).
The goods: I didn’t like the coffee. Way too bitter and I’m pretty sure my Macchiato didn’t have that drop of milk that is necessary to smooth out the espresso. It was more bitter than anything else and my teeny, tiny cup was half –full (at Olimpico, it’s full — just saying’). That being said, I had one of their veggie muffins (savoury) and not only was it super freshly baked, it was outstanding. I mean, seriously f-​ing amazing. I’d buy that sh*t in bulk.
Service: Leaves to be desired. I personally found the staff to be unfriendly and indifferent — I mean, what does it take to crack a smile? A can-​opener? I didn’t really feel comfortable when placing my order, but more like I was bothering them. Pas cool.
Price point: I don’t remember how much I paid but if I recall, it was on par with other places.

My favourite coffee in town! I discovered it about a little over a year ago and I always come here after my morning yoga practice. Great atmosphere, delicious coffee, funny sense of humour, they make you feel like your in Australia !!

A couple recent lattes at Melbourne were better than the first (still good) ones I tried when they opened in 2014, enough to give them five stars from me and a place among my Montréal coffee favourites: Pikolo at the top, accompanied by Myriade I (Mackay), Myriade II (Saint-​Viateur), Tunnel, Couteau, Flocon, and Pourquoi Pas. RIP Café Sardine, while we wait for its coffee to rematerialize at the promised new Maison Sociale.
Their food is satisfying and well priced. The menu leans heavily on jaffles, the sealed Australian sandwiches. They have a Breville press that’s up to the very special task of sealing liquidy fillings like mac & cheese inside two fused slices of bread where it won’t leak out until you bite down. I spent a lovely afternoon here reminiscing with a friend about her time away in real life Melbourne and chatting with the friendly co-​proprietor. I like the coffee a little better than Hof Kelsten’s across the street and competing Australian-​themed Code Black’s down the street.

Savoury, perfectly balanced and cheap «Jaffle» grilled cheeses. Best vegan and gluten free chocolate and raspberry muffins. Awesome service and laid back décor

Simple place. Decorated on the cheap but with taste. Good coffee and house-​made pastries – kind of homey-​made-​by-​mommy, but baked and served by men :)
Australians specialties to come.

I stopped by to use up my free coffee (you know, indie coffee passport) and got a cappuccino to go. While I waited, I looked up their sweets. They look not bad, some were gluten free while others were vegan. That’s good to know!
Loved their drawings to indicate what’s what like for cookies, a drawing of cookie monster. Definitely made me laugh.
Back to the coffee. It didn’t came piping hot so that’s a plus. As for taste, besides a slight bitterness, found it to be lacking flavor wise. Either because I just had some cold treat or its really lacking or I don’t know my coffee. I’m no connoisseur but I can still tell that this is not Tim Horton’s or Starbucks.
So yes, I was disappointed. Actually, didn’t finish it. And since I rarely stop for coffee in that neck of woods, hard to say that I’ll be back for another go

Having just returned to Montréal from being in Australia for four months, part of my culture shock returning to North America was the dearth of decent coffee. Australians take their coffee very seriously. This café was like an oasis in a desert. EXCELLENT coffee. They could have been a bit friendlier and a tad less cool, but certainly weren’t rude or anything. I got my coffee to go and hit the antique store a few doors down, to peruse cool old stuff and enjoy my long mac, topped up. I’d go back, for sure.

Solid coffee, great staff and tasty goods. I especially like their tall table in the back, perfect to work along side a short espresso. Great place to hang out.

I guess I like this place ok but it doesn’t blow me away. I find the espresso sour without the richness of Le Couteau or Odessa or Arts Café. The space feels a little dark, and to be honest the sign outside about not speaking French particularly well rubs me the wrong way somehow. I wish them all the best and I’m glad to see they have a following but I have to be honest, Melbourne doesn’t jump to the top of my special beloved coffee lists.

Petit café australien bien sympathique au carrefour st laurent-​mont royal! Dans le café, il y a plein de hautes tables le long du mur et une grande table centrale avec des tabourets. avec les beaux jours, on peut retrouver des bancs en bois dehors qui nous permettent de profiter du soleil! Niveau déco, il y a plein de petit détails en rapport avec l’australie: ballon de football, tableau, drapeaux, livres etc. cela nous met bien dans l’ambiance! ;)
Outré la selectiln de cafés, ils servent des grilled cheesd à la mode australienne (je né les aies pas testé) et des footy pies! J ai également repéré des muffi s fait maison au chocolat et a la banane. mmmmh ils ont vraiment l’air super bons!
Le cappucino que j ai essayé etait super bon! Un excellent arret café avant d aller escalader la montagne! :P

Great little Australian themed café on St. Laurent, the two guys running it are friendly and more than happy to have a chat. They bake their own muffins and the jaffles were a nice reminder of home. Most importantly the few times I’ve been in the coffee has not disappointed, well made espresso and lattes

These Australians are good guys, great product and friendly atmosphere. Made to feel welcome from the word go. I’d come back any day of the week!

I’d been to Melbourne recently, and really enjoyed the plethora of soy «flat whites» consumed there, by me, in my insatiable and seemingly inexplicable need for nutrition, as shared by every living organism for all time. Living organisms can do a lot worse than a good flat white.
The gentlemen at the bar were friendly and helpful enough. Talked a bit about Toronto coffee culture, Melbourne coffee culture, and of course Montréal coffee culture. About the qualitative differences between soy and almond milk in a flat white.
Good cup of coffee. I’ll come back for sure.

As a fellow Australian who has spent alot of time in Melbourne I was excited to check this place out. However I was very disappointed. The two Australia guys behind the counter were unbelievably rude. They made the whole experience extremely uncomfortable and spoke loudly making racist comments. Sadly this has already been stated in a previous review I discovered. I am embarrassed to even be associated with people like that and they do not accurately portray Australians at all.

Great little café with tasty Australian sandwiches. Great design and the owners are super friendly, best café in the hood, highly recommended!

En direction de la pharmacie d’un pas pressé, je suis passée devant ce petit commerce qui vient d’ouvrir. Depuis les 2 ans où j’habite à deux pas de là, plusieurs commerces s’y sont installés sans pour autant attirer une clientèle assez nombreuse pour garder leurs portes ouvertes.
Curieuse d’essayer ce nouveau petit café australien, je m’y suis arrêtée le temps que mon expresso remplisse la petite tasse pour emporter.
Les deux propriétaires m’ont accueilli, sourire aux lèvres, et ils ont répondu à mes questions (Oui il y aura du wifi, d’ici la semaine prochaine, en croisant les doigts. Non il n’y a pas de café décaféiné).
Le café est bon et fort et le prix est dans les normes.
J’ai trouvé l’endroit un peu nu côté décoration mais c’est seulement que je n’y suis pas habituée. Je pense y retourner pour une petite séance d’étude au courant de la semaine et en même temps essayer leurs sandwichs australiens qui ont piqué ma curiosité!