St. ALi

Founded in 2003, we source the best green beans, roast them with care and attention to detail making great espresso for Melbourne, Australia.

9 / 10
645
ratings
  • Phone

    +61 3 9686 2990

  • Website

    stali.com.au

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  • Type

    Café

Address

18 Yarra Pl South Melbourne VIC 3205 Australia

Reservations No
Credit Cards Yes (incl. NFC Payments)
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating Yes
Wheelchair Accessible Yes
Restroom Yes
Menus Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch

Comments / 228


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coffee breakfast food lively trendy corn fritters good for groups casual healthy food good for dates brunch food banana bread pastries wifi pancakes black pudding daily specials hipster chai restaurants spacious
Derek Wilson

You haven't been to Melbourne until you've brunched at St Ali. Forget about it. Everything is amazing. If you are reading this, you have won.

Nathan L

Perhaps my best coffee 's in Melbourne... Got recommended by a friend and really enjoyed the food. The menu and food were amazing too. Busy but cool atmosphere. Great staff . Will definately be back.

Darren W

Awesome service. A super-busy morning; they accidentally kept us waiting a while. When they realised they were sooo apologetic and we got VIP treatment. All is forgiven. (And coffee worth waiting for)

Ben Mackey

Try a few different coffees while you decide what you want from the extensive menu. The mushrooms (Coo Koo Ca Choo) is good, but I think the Mexican Cousin is the winner here.

Joanna

Excellent coffee . Perfect piccolo. Amazing food. Plenty of vegan and gluten-free options as well . Top 3 cafe in Melbourne. Highly recommended!

James Ridenour

My Mexican Cousin is a must if you like corn fritters . Awesome coffee and great warehouse location. One of the best cafes around. Salvatore is often there, say hi!

nyao foodie

Coffee and croissant were beautiful. I didn't feel so comfortable with staff and atmosphere tho. Doesn't have warm environment.

Lynn Wabbit

Back for more Pepe Saya's fluffy bits. Buttermilk pancakes with burnt figs , toasted hazelnuts , puff grains and crème fraîche ????

Bionic Ben (@benbickford)

You will be in coffee & Brekky / Brunch heaven here at St Ali !!! ... Try their international beans roasted in house or a "Syphon" for a super smooth full flavoured coffee experience!

W C

All the meals we ordered were delicious but my friends had massive food envy over The Dirty Eggs that I ordered. Scan the QR code on the menu if you want to see pics of the food.

Jack O

Coffee is nice, if a little on the dark side of speciality coffee . All the food is actually quite spectacular.

Alastair Wall

You can checkout the daily specials online which is much easier then the whiteboard, they even provide a QR code on the menu for you, link is http://www.stali.com.au/pages/specials-board

Piccy Loke

service was good , unlike what other people have said. could be just a combination of a busy day and shorthanded on staff to have resulted in those experiences. food and coffee is great!

Nicole Wood

The buttermilk pancakes were amazing. Very decent size, I struggled to get through them. The coffee was the best I have had in Melbourne.

Oliver Rainer

This has got to be one of my favourite coffee places in Melb. Service is amazing – the staff are super friendly ! Love, love, love the coffee and the must-try prawn roll !

Jason McNutt

Coffee of course and wide range of organic and ancient grain options...if you like that sort of thing. Truffled eggy goodness as well .

Tomfoolery

The Barista Breakfast is great. Their choice of an espresso , cappuccino & filter.. It'll keep you buzzing for a while!

Patrick Kirby

Relaxed atmosphere with a good buzz. Interesting menu with quality ingredients and solid coffee .

Stephen Menzies

This Dutch oven was amazing - definitely order with the poached egg and mix it in with the beans. Tastes bit like a Mexican bean breakfast . Also the tomato chutney that cam with the eggs was delicious

Marianne N

Really good coffee . Yummy corn fritters . Definitely worth a visit.

Veeveeviivii

Got the corn pancakes - delicious! Crispy on outside and mushy on inside. So good w the salsa and fried egg .

Vanessa Goh

63 degree eggs above (not below). Comes with cauliflower puree ans candied bacon . Enough said. When you eat it, feels like you've died and gone to heaven!

Joe Lipper

The Daddy was an incredible sandwich and the flat white was very well done. Also ask for hot sauce with it.

Rachel Roth

Always popular for a reason - excellent coffee and delicious brekkie !

Jonathan Ross

I thought eating in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney was pretentious until I ate here and saw things on the menu like 'Baby Iranian Figs ', and 'Gas Marinated Olives'. I LOVED this place! Food to inspire!

Fiorella Rizzà

Love the coffee , the atmosphere and the fact that you can get sugar-free yogurt with your muesli - big up!

Lynn Wabbit

Pepe's Fluffy Bits' real Buttermilk Pancakes served with Pepe Saya Creme Fraiche ????

Adam F

The mother of all coffee dens. The expansive premises with breezy atmosphere is where the shoulders of bankers, marketers , tradies and loafers rub. Muchos Grandes St Ali. Long Black for me please!

Shipedo .

Everything excellent - breakfast , coffee and service - all wonderful. Exceeded expectations - highly impressed.

Tim Maskell

Love the coffee , love the food, love the staff . Just find it bemusing that they have four empty tables in the cafe with no chairs and a queue of people at the door?!! Give us a milk crate to sit on!

Ben Pettit

The best coffee and breakfast in Melbourne (chorizo and chutney to die for - add it to your breakie ), also try Outpost in South Yarra and Sensory Labs in David Jones (same owner)

Denis Duster

Excellent coffee and good food, cool ambience

Kenny

Try the chilled bottled batch brew coffee on a hot day. Definitely hits the coffee withdrawals on the head.

JK

There are coffee matching meal here recommended by award winning barista. Worth a try

Alastair Wall

One of the best coffee 's I've ever had. Great atmosphere. Best meal on our table was the burger .

Anastasia Yules

Try the coffee of the day! Just now I tasted the Brazilian coffee for my caffe latte . It is just, MAGNIFICENT! Beautiful latte art too! :) <3

Markus Maurer

is it coffee heaven? no. too hip , cool, noisy or busy to really celebrate and deepy enjoy coffee . but, still a place to go for a top coffee ! :-)

V▲NESS▲

Indeed a good place for coffee !

Eva Schiave

Ancient grain salad is awesome. Best berber spice I have had outside of NYC

Daniel Cerventus

It is more hyped but good choice of nice brunch

Michael Couacaud

The coffee and the food is excellent

T S

Nice Brazilian single origin batch filter and cold brewed !

FringeFoodFestival

Sal at St Ali was a great parter to us allowing us to run two awesome truffle dinners there with the Madame Truffles pop-up.

Patrick

Great coffee , lots to choose from.

Craig Anderson

Good coffee , but it seems like an agency meeting room during the day. Lots of phone calls about misprinted pamphlets, whispered gossip about office politics, and meetings about websites gone awry.

Maki Z

Koo koo ca chu however was amazing. Delish mushrooms and the most crispiest golden hash brown I've ever had.

Jay Morgan

When I'm in Melbourne, my second home, my second second home is St.Ali! The crew at Austereo HQ introduced me to great food this time and My Mexican Cousin is amazing!

Cheyne Toomey

If your ever in need, there is free wifi when you sit in for a coffee or meal. Just ask the staff for the password.

Josh Wayman

They don't do siphon coffee anymore. Still fantastic coffee though. Great breakfast options .

Ruben Garcia Mohedano

Don't leave without trying My Mexican Cousin , superb

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