These are the hottest new breakfast, brunch, bakery and coffee spots, as featured in Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
These are our favourite spots where you can sit down for exceptional breakfast and brunch food, as featured in Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
These are the best daytime date spots, as featured in Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
This venue is one of Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2026.
The complete list of every venue featured in the Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
These are the best cafes to take the kids, as featured in Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
These are the best spots for baked goods, as featured in Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
These are the cafes, cake shops and patisseries serving the best sweets in town, as featured in Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
These are our favourite spots for matcha, mont blancs, einspanners and other signature drinks, as featured in Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
These are our favourite caffeine pit stops, as featured in Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
These are the icons and institutions we keep returning to, as featured in Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
These are our favourite spots for a cuppa, as featured in Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
These are the best places for things between bread, as featured in Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
These are the cafes around town keeping their doors open into the evening, as featured in Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries 2026 guide.
Discover the full 100 list, read features on trends and return as we roll out each individual category over the coming fortnight.
What going out for brunch looks like in 2026, from new-wave coffee orders to the rise of the queue.
Our favourite newcomers serve bacon-topped hotcakes, jiggly breakfast pudding, cheesy gnocchi and more.
Our newcomers from the 100 Essential Cafes and Bakeries guide include a Vietnamese cafe-wine bar and a city diner with amazing pancakes.
These stalwarts from Good Food’s Essential Cafes & Bakeries guide can be counted on for top-notch coffee, pastries and breakfast.