The Melbourne Cafe

A Melbourne morning in Saigon — EST. 2013

“Warm cosy cafe places, good coffees combine with healthy food” — the house's own words. Since 2013, the house has brought Melbourne breakfast to Saigon: coffee worthy of the city called the coffee capital, toast, eggs Benedict — and then a Vietnamese corner sharing the table: cơm tấm, bún mộc, fried noodles.

The room hits first: spacious, modern, bright with daylight, with a Melbourne skyline mural and an “EST. 2013” logo wall. Blue banquettes run along the walls, laptops open on tables, Vietnamese and Western guests crowded together — a true brunch room, not a quiet reading cafe.

Service is what reviews keep returning to: friendly staff, very good English, water refilled without asking, the door held open on every entry and exit. The low notes are real too: at peak the room gets very busy, noisy, and service slows, with one wait of nearly half an hour for coffee — the price of a crowded brunch room, not a closure sign.

Do not confuse the branches: this is the house at 137 Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, District 3 — not the An Phu branch at Lumiere Riverside (different hours and prices). And do not call this a pure Western cafe: Vietnamese is named among the house's cuisines, and cơm tấm shares the menu with eggs Benedict.

The room

Skyline mural and blue banquettes

The Melbourne skyline mural and the “EST. 2013” logo wall set the whole room's tone: a Melbourne morning, but in Saigon.

All-day brunch

Breakfast at any hour

Open 07:00–21:30 with brunch all day — eggs Benedict in the afternoon is as normal as in the morning.

The Vietnamese corner

Cơm tấm at the same table as Benedict

Vietnamese is named among the house's cuisines; cơm tấm, bún mộc and fried noodles share the menu with Aussie burgers and berry pancakes.

Not the other branch

District 3, not An Phu

The An Phu branch at Lumiere Riverside keeps different hours and prices — this page is only about 137 Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, District 3.