The Premises

Our aim is to provide outstanding coffee and amazing food in a welcoming and relaxing environment. We are not only passionate about good coffee and great food, but are driven to provide excellent customer service.

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Banoffee Pie Porridge #melbournecafe #melbournebreakfast #thepremises

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Enquire within or forward CV to [email protected] #melbournecafe #melbournebarista #MICE2014

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We are inviting a passionate chef to join our Premises Kitchen team. Please wnquire within or email us at [email protected] #melbournecafe #melbournebreakfast #melbournefood #melbournebrunch#melbournejobs

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Easter trading hours ... Happy Easter to you all #thepremises #melbournecafe

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Revised Menu Has Arrived!!

Autumn Menu April 2014

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Cupping at Finca Bella Vista, Antigua, Guatemala!

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The Premises Jr. is well and truly up and running, servicing all your take away needs, next door at 200 Bellair Street!

Mon - Fri 7.30am till 3.00pm

Sat - Sun 8.00am till 4.00pm

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Fine Art For Interiors

Local Melbourne Artist Marie-Louise Anderson, who's work features in the cafe, now has an online store. Check it out!

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Sunday Pancake evidence...

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Memorygram.

Photo: Klaus Krubergen

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Thanks to everyone who came down on Sunday night to help celebrate our 2nd Birthday.

A great night was had by all!

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Something for everyone!

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All our staff have a passion for what they do and a deep commitment to serving you consistently excellent food and beverages. Our menu is seasonal, utilising organic and local ingredients where possible. 

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From the perfect rosetta on your coffee to home made treats and friendly staff, enjoy The Premises from early breakfast to afternoon tea.

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Local Review

Good food and coffee, in equal measure, is the promise of The Premises. Delivery is assured by the partnership between chef Kate Holloway and barista Alex Anderson. Both are recognised as veterans of Melbourne’s coffee industry.

The cafe is not quite on the corner of the street – it takes up a lovely shaped space that nestles on either side of the corner shop. The cafe is furnished with old school desks and what looked to be reclaimed furniture (although most of which I believe was made by the owners dad!) The colour theme is green – the tiles and lamps and chairs are all a beautiful emerald green.

A mix of concrete, brick and timber aesthetics give The Premises its eclectic style, while red-splashed walls and forest-green tiles add amiable warmth. Personality exudes through an assortment of furnishings, which include old timber school desks (reincarnated as coffee tables) and green enamel lampshades sourced from a tennis court in Benalla.

Holloway’s team turns out sophisticated café fare like the creamed corn, fried free-range egg and cumin salt on multigrain toast with locally smoked bacon and the slow roasted Pulled Pork with a mustard slaw, spiced roasted apple and dill pickle. Jams, chutneys, preserves and sauces are all homemade from quality ingredients sourced locally where possible. Equally compelling is the Seven Seeds coffee: an espresso blend and single origin/guest espresso served daily by Anderson’s team of accomplished baristas.

Balance seems to be the overriding theme: “we’re stripping things back a bit, not trying to geek out too much but to provide a quality, consistent product.”