Halal Cafés and Breakfast Spots in Melbourne

Eight halal cafés across Melbourne for weekend brunch, from a Gladstone Park favourite rated 4.9 to Lebanese bakeries in Brunswick and Campbellfield.
Melbourne takes breakfast more seriously than almost anywhere, and the halal café scene has quietly caught right up. These are the ones our directory rates highest.
Koffy, Gladstone Park
4.9 stars from over 400 reviews, alcohol free. Café and brunch, and the highest-rated café in our directory at that review volume. Gladstone Park isn't a brunch destination for most people, which is rather the point.
Genesis Hub
4.9 stars. Café and dessert, American-influenced, alcohol free. Small review count relative to the big names, but the rating has held.
Bagel Hills
4.9 stars. Sandwiches and café, alcohol free. If bagels are your weekend, start here.
Radwan Bakery, Campbellfield
4.8 from nearly 600 reviews, and one of the few genuinely inexpensive spots on this list. Lebanese bakery and café, the kind of place where breakfast costs less than your coffee did last week.
Bagels & Co, Brunswick
4.8 from over 300 reviews. American and Mediterranean, sandwiches and brunch, alcohol free.
The Nicholson Coffee & Eatery, Brunswick
4.8 from over 300 reviews, Middle Eastern, alcohol free. Brunswick has an unusual density of good halal brunch, and this sits near the top.
Sesame N Soul, Brunswick East
4.8 from around 270 reviews. Lebanese bakery and café, alcohol free.
D'Kenyang Cafe, Dandenong
4.8 from nearly 200 reviews. Malaysian café and brunch, alcohol free, and a different breakfast entirely if you're bored of eggs.
Where to go for what
If you want a proper sit-down brunch, Brunswick has three on this list within a short walk. If you want value, Radwan in Campbellfield is hard to argue with. If you want something other than the standard café menu, D'Kenyang in Dandenong.
Good to know: all eight of these are alcohol free, which is unusual for a Melbourne brunch list and worth knowing if you're bringing family.
How we check. Halal Food Melbourne is a directory, not a certifying body. Where a venue carries a badge, we've seen evidence: a current certificate from a recognised Australian certifier, or their supplier's. A venue without a badge hasn't been through our checks yet, which doesn't mean it isn't halal. If halal status matters to you, always confirm with the venue.
Been to one of these lately? Tag us on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok @HalalFoodMelbourne and tell us what you ordered.
Comments (0)
Comments are reviewed by our team before they appear.
No comments yet.
Loading...









