Having a breakfast at a tram station sounds very very weird, I cannot argue that, but having the brekkie at Middle Park Station is one of the best Victorian experience, but avoid the F1 week. The front of the café is really a tram station, but it seems like platform 1.5 of Harry Potter. With few smallish tables and chairs. I would probably decide not to have breakfast there with a tram every 7 minutes though. The Park balcony is just gorgeous, with a view of the tennis courts, all green, with lots of trees around, we are of course in the Albert Park you may say. There is quite a number of tables, but the best one is the square table at the bottom end, a bit secluded, that you can get only if you are extremely lucky or arrive here very early during the week, because the weekend is jumped out. Inside, I love it, it was the station of course, and they tried to keep that vintage and charm character that it used to have. You can see there is a nice taste in interior design, done by a proper architect or the owner itself, and in this case I would say impressive. Not too much not to less. Next time there I would like to have chat with him. My latte was good, right temperature, quick to come, well done. Breakfast was excellent, I order nothing complicated, eggs with bacon and veggies, but all well presented. In another occasion I had a muffin, still fresh and warm from the oven, delicious. The only drawback of this place is the crowd in the weekend, but this is something expected for such a beautiful café, meanwhile during the week is just perfect, I went there in more than one occasion riding the bike through the park before work, and it was just perfect, relaxed and really a suggested way to start your business day. Service is busy during the weekend, but still very friendly; in a working day it seems to be in a family.
Rating (5=too good to be true,1=i saw and tasted much much better)
Coffee: 3 Good but not excellent
Food: 4 really nice in presentation, good in quality
Service: 3.5 friendly and more, especially if you go in a working day
Place: 5 till now I used 5 only for another cafe' (Captains of Industry, though everything else was not as good), and once you are in the back balcony you will understand why.
107a Canterbury Rd
Middle Park (take tram 96 and get out at Middle Park Station)
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