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The staff are pleasant and they make a good flat white. It’s sometimes busy but not crowded, and the added kiosk counter for coffee/snacks on the side makes ordering faster and easier.
Cute little theme cafe at the City Library. Pleasant and mild flat whites. The blackboard menu is fairly simple: mainly pastries, but also toasted sandwiches with a poached egg on top.
Decent coffee. Nice space to hang out and kill some time in between appointments if you’re in that part of town. Not too busy during the day, and comfortable atmosphere.
Nearby cafes
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Centro Espresso Caffe
4 Centre Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Great long black. I work round the corner, and have tried most of the cafes along DeGraves St/Centre Place. Centro is my pick to grab a good, reliably brewed takeaway coffee on the back way to the office.
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The Quarter
27-29 Degraves St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
It was Melbourne Cup Day, so perhaps their attention was elsewhere, but somehow they managed to serve me a croissant that was simultaneously stale, cold and burnt. The coffee didn’t fare much better: tepid, burnt and rather tasteless. I didn’t even fini…
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Il Cubico
271 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Reasonable omelette and double espresso. Nothing to write home about though.
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Cup of Truth
Degraves St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
A hole in the wall cafe in a railway subway with personality. Great for take-away or sitting at the bar. My “jolson” a half-filled long black was pretty good, the barista is hilariously good value.
Also the address is misleading and even correct woul…
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Degraves Expresso
23 Degraves St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Decor is cool and interesting.
Coffee is average. Not bad, not great. There’s better along the DeGraves/Centre Pl strip
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