What you can book, and what it costs

The bar is why most people find the door, and it is set up so a weekday coffee does not turn into a small project. There is a three-group machine, two grinders, and a batch filter we brew before noon. The house espresso is a blend we have bought from the same Brunswick roaster since 2022, chosen because it behaves in milk and still tastes like itself as a short black. In 2026 a short black is $4.50, a long black is $4.80, and a flat white, latte, or cappuccino is $5.50. A mocha is $6, batch filter is $6, and an extra shot is $0.80. Oat and almond are $0.80 on top, written on the board so the till is not where you hear it for the first time.

Decaf stays on the second grinder from open until close, so you do not have to ask whether we can be bothered today. If the batch filter is gone after 12, we make one to order rather than pouring the end of a pot that has been sitting through the lunch rush. Takeaway is the same coffee as the cups we keep, and that queue stands to the side so it does not block the people who are sitting down. You do not need to book a single coffee. Use the button if you want a table held, or a round ready for a group that is about to arrive together. Put the time in the note, and say if anyone wants decaf, because we would rather set the grinder than guess from a headcount and a hopeful email.

Brunch is cooked to order in the kitchen behind the pass, which is a small sentence with a large effect on how the plate arrives. The chilli-oil eggs are $24, the mushroom toast is $22, the pork sausage plate is $28, and the grain bowl is $24. A kids' plate is $14. Most of the savoury list sits between $22 and $29, and the board in the room is the same list you are reading. We change a special when the produce is finished, not when we are bored of typing it. If you want bread left off, say so. If you want the pork swapped for eggs, say that too. We can usually do the simple version. We cannot turn the kitchen into a different restaurant for one table.

The kitchen closes thirty minutes before the cafe does, even if the machine is still pulling shots and the room looks open. On weekdays that means last plates at 3 pm, and on weekends at 3:30 pm. A table of four can usually walk in before 11. A Saturday table that cares about 10:30 should use the form. We have two high chairs, so mention a baby in the note rather than hoping both are free when you arrive. Dogs stay outside. We will put water out if you ask. Laptops are fine on the communal table on weekdays before 11, and we may ask you to free a four-top once the room fills, because lunch is still the job and the table is not a rented desk.

The case is deliberately short. A morning bun is $6.50, banana bread is $7, the chocolate rye slice is $8.50, and the almond croissant is $9. On Friday there is a vegan slice at $8, and we do not pretend it exists on Wednesday just because the form let you type the word. A mixed box of six is priced as the sum of the pieces you chose. We do not knock a theatrical half off a box to make it look like a deal, and we do not have a secret office price that punishes you for buying them one at a time either. What you see in the case is what we baked, or what the baker brought in that morning, and when it is gone it is gone.

After 2 pm the case is thinner, and anyone who has worked a cafe knows why. If you need a box for a 9 am meeting, put a name on it the day before and tell us what you actually want in it. We will not hold an unnamed croissant on a hopeful maybe. Nuts live in this case, especially in the almond croissant, and the bench is not separated from the rest of the kitchen. If that is a hard line for someone in your office, say it before we pack the box, not when the box is already on the tram. The button below is for a named hold or a box. A single slice at the counter is still a walk-up conversation, and it is usually the nicer one.

The side room seats 16 at one long table, and the door closes. That is the whole offer, and it is enough for a birthday breakfast, a workshop that needs to hear itself, or a lunch that should not compete with the espresso queue. Weekday hire is $420 for up to three hours. Saturday is $560. Food is ordered from the brunch menu at menu prices, not folded into a package that hides the plates. A cheese board can be added at $48 if you want something shared on the table when people arrive. You may bring a small cake if you tell us first, so we know it is coming and we are not surprised by candles next to the pass. You may play music at a speaking volume. You may not bring a DJ, a second caterer, or a stack of hired furniture.

We confirm the room by email, and you pay on the day in the room. We do not take a card number on this page, and we do not ask for a deposit through the form. If you need to cancel a weekday booking, tell us by the day before so the seats can go back to the cafe. A Saturday room cancelled inside two days can leave us with food we already bought for your menu, and we may ask for the cost of that food, capped at the plates you had ordered and written in the email rather than invented at the door. More than 16 people does not fit. The form will refuse a larger number. Call us if you want to talk about the main floor after the cafe closes, and we will say yes or no based on the week, not on a slogan.

Catering is lunch that leaves the building, not a second restaurant with our logo on a van. There are three tiers in 2026. At $19 a head you get sandwiches, fruit, and a simple sweet. At $24 you get a hot tray, a salad, and bread. At $31 you get two hot dishes, a salad, and something from the pastry case. The minimum is eight people. Delivery is included for Port Melbourne and South Melbourne. Outside that map we would rather you collect from 115 Beach St than pay us to send a cooling tray across the river and call it service. Pickup is often the better plan if your studio is only a few blocks past the line, and we will say that instead of stretching the run.

We need at least one full day of notice, and a Monday tray needs four days, because Sunday is a thin market day and we will not promise produce we cannot buy. We do not cater weddings, and we do not send a cook to stand in your boardroom. In 2026 we keep this work to about eight drops a week so the cafe on Beach Street still has a lunch service of its own. Put the headcount, the tier, the address, and any pork-free or bread-free notes in the form. If the number is under eight, the form will not send. Add people, or come in and eat at a table, which is usually more pleasant than a tray for five anyway.