Apartment Alkira – Boutique Melbourne Short Stay Accommodation

No one will believe you’ve been to Melbourne if you go home without caffeine stains on your teeth. Go on, ask anyone. The two things that symbolise Melbourne more effectively than the cheese sticks at the entrance to Tullamarine Freeway, are 1) laneways and 2) cafes. If you’re not sure where to start your caffeine [...]

Hungry Melbourne mouths have always found sustenance in the Hardware Lane patch of the CBD. But it’s only relatively recently that the pasta hawkers at the top end have had their oversized menus and contrived Italian accents nudged to one side by the newer, cooler kids.  Brother Buba Budan  launched the assault, Hardware Societe made [...]

Exploration Lane, (a teensy little street between Latrobe and Little Lonsdale St) in the CBD was among the first “red light” districts in the embryonic city of Melbourne in the 1850’s….  an interesting fact to ponder as you sip your coffee at the brilliantly named “League of Honest Coffee” at 8 Exploration Lane. Our new [...]

If your slightly obsessive commitment to your daily caffeine ritual nudges the religious, then you might want to partake of some pastoral care, compliments of one of our fave Melbourne resources –Broadsheet.  During the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (the first two weeks of March), Broadsheet is hosting the Broadsheet Cafe on Crossley Street.  This is [...]

Ground Level CAE Building 253-265 Flinders Lane Melbourne With its home in the foyer of the Melbourne’s CAE and new(ish) CBD City Library, The Journal finds itself aptly named. The coffee won’t blow your socks off, but it’s a fab vibe and perfectly decent blend (as long as you don’t get the english girl who [...]

23 Degraves St, Melbourne Degraves Espresso Bar was the original glint in the eye of Melbourne’s Grand Pa Pa of Cafe Culture, Con Christopoulos many moons ago. This was way before Melbourne grew itself a name for sneaky laneways and serious ‘tude about its caffeine scene.  Things have moved on a little since then and [...]

I love food. But I particularly love sweetie-treaties and am drawn like an ant to a splodge of brandied plum jam, to places that render them well. And such a place is Baker D Chirico. Their macaroons are truly splendid and their pastries light and crispy and full of good things like rhubarb and poached [...]

These are among our absolute favs for a bite of something yummy and a decent coffee. Click on the blue bubbles below for details. View Best CBD Cafes (Recommended by Apartment Alkira in a larger map

There’s no better place for coffee in Melbourne’s CBD than this very cool ‘hole in the wall’ on Little Bourke Street. With barely more than a dozen seats, it’s a drink and run sort of spot. Brother Baba Budan website 359 Little Bourke Street Melbourne 3000 Telephone +613 9606 0449

So, it’s just you, your map of Melbourne and the sparrows.  In need of a kick-start breaky before you hit the streets? Not sure where to head? Well, if your CBD accommodation of choice is Apartment Alkira, you simply saunter half a block up the road, to a quaint wee place at 95 Queen Street. [...]