Alma's Currarong Kombi Cafe — Restaurant in Currarong

Laying on the charm, Alma's Currarong Kombi cafe is a family-run affair operated from the garage of the Borbilas family home. On weekends, between the hours of 8am and noon, you can partake of cakes and baked goods from a series of umbrella-shaded tables lining their lush green driveway. To the tune of buzzing bees, we ate bread’n’butter pudding ($8) from twee little plates, served gently warmed with vanilla ice cream. Built from croissants, brandy and custard, it’s a masterpiece.

Home-made poppyseed bagels ($12) are teamed mortadella with tomatoes and cheese then lightly toasted. They’re tasty but the showstopper here is the carrot cake ($7.50): wonderfully moist with the perfect amount of soft, cream cheese icing. Team it with a coffee ($4) of your choice made on a machine mounted in the back of a mustard and white Volkswagen Kombi. Bougatsa ($5), a Greek breakfast pastry, makes for a good takeaway product to keep for later in the day. Pastry and semolina custard are perfect to refuel on after spending some time on...

When I’m in Currarong, I plan my days around high tide (for snorkelling) and coffee time at Alma’s.

The coffee and chai tea at Alma’s is expertly brewed. The food is home made and served in generous portions. Everything is served with love, extreme care and a generous smile.

The staff are friendly, warm and take time to check in and have a chat. I admire that local young people are employed at this cafe.

The cafe has firmly established itself as integral to the fabric of Currarong. The owners and staff of this cafe should be proud of the welcoming venue they...

I could not love Almas more. It is such a beautiful little cafe in the front garden of Priscilla and Peter’s house in Currarong. All the cakes, quiches, etc are homemade by Priscilla. By all accounts the coffee is great and the chai is the best. And the social aspect shouldn’t be understated - a great way to meet and chat with Currarong locals and holiday makers. Because everything is made with such love and care, it can mean that at busy times there can be a longish wait, but that’s all part of its quirky charm. Keep up the great work - we really...