Albertchino Cafe — Restaurant in Melbourne

Must try HALAL brunch cafe in Melbourne!

📍Albertchino Cafe This Middle Eastern fusion brunch cafe serves up 100% Halal brunch menus, pastries, and delicious wraps and roti. The coffee and chai are brewed strongly, with a lovely aroma and flavour.

Featured in video Knefeh french toast ($25) Mobster board ($24) Mango passion smoothie ($10) Chai latte ($5) Croffin ($8.90) Cinnamon scroll ($9.50)

Card surcharge 1.3% (weekends only)

Knefeh french toast was flavourful and fragrant with the rose syrup, and well balanced sweetness. The cold ice cream on top of hot french toast had a nice contrast and combination of texture and flavour! It was topped with plenty of fresh berries.

Mobster board was such a dreamy brunch! It has all the brunch classics; scrambled eggs, sourdough toast, sausages, hash browns and even halloumi cheese! The tomato relish and labneh dips added a new dimension of flavour, and I loved the creamy texture.

Coffee and chai latte were brewed with a strong flavour, and aroma and I could smell it as it was arriving the table. It goes really well with the pastries.

I got a recommendation from the friendly staff for the pastries, and ended up with a fluffy croffin and a cinnamon scroll. I particularly enjoyed the cinnamon scroll especially with the light and rich cream on top.

Growing up with many Muslim friends, I've always been aware of the distinction between a Halal eatery, and a place that "just doesn't serve pork and alcohol". Instead of a trendy diet or flavour, Halal is a dietary law to be strictly adhered to, following strict guidelines around humane slaughter in the process of preparing the meat.

If you're looking for a place to enjoy a delicious Halal brunch, you have to visit...

I don't usually post negative reviews because I like highlighting shops. But I am posting today because I was utterly disappointed by the quality of the food served today. Brought my husband to the Cafe with high hopes. One of the biggest items highlighted on their instagram was their hotcakes. Surprise surprise no hotcakes and apparently they've discontinued them even though they were advertised in March. Disappointed I ordered the chicken Bao Buns and the Feeling Smashed for brunch. The Buns were obviously made from frozen which is still okay if it was cooked properly. The chicken had an odd fishy smell to it. Flavours of the pickled cabbage did not mesh well with the sauce on top. The smashed avocado was sour to the point where it didn't taste good. The poached eggs which were an additional 3$ which is again okay because they are not easy to make, however we got hard boiled eggs. The only thing that was good was the hot chocolate. For a total of $67, it was not a good experience. Not to mention the tables and chairs were dirty though there weren't many customers. We also had a pigeon guest friend....

This is the one with the 100% HALAL Cafe in Melbourne.

📍 @albertchinocafe — 60 albert road, south melbourne 3205 (walking distance from anzac station)

✨ this cafe serves one of the best halal cuisine in melbourne! 👌🏼

What we tried and our rating 🌟

Mobster board ($24) 4.9/5 🌟 • Scrambled eggs, Hashbrown, Halloumi Cheese, sausages, Roasted tomato, mushroom, Labneh & Tomatoe relish w soughdough Dukka

Knefeh french toast ($25) 4.5/5 🌟 • Knefeh french toast filled w sweet cheese, topped with crushed pistachio & rose petals, Served w vanilla icecream & rose water syrup

Strawberry and Chocolate Danish 4.5/5 🌟

Knefeh Danish Croissant 4.8/5 🌟

Summer Breeze ($10) 4.6/5 🌟 • orange, watermelon,pineapple and strawberries

Lady blue mocktail ($12) 4.5/5 🌟 • crushed ice w/ strawberry syrup, soda water and blue tea

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