BENCH COFFEE CO. Slater St — Restaurant in Melbourne

Great spot, very glad I ventured out in the rain today to try somewhere new! I ordered a flat white with oat milk & it was perfect. Bench uses Oatly, which I generally don’t love… but it may have been the best oat milk coffee I’ve had. The baristas are clearly experienced — it’s been years since I did a barista course, but even I could tell they had their milk steaming technique down to an art.

Besides coffee, it’s beautifully designed space with a great range of pastries and service that was both friendly and efficient. I had a cinnamon scroll and it was delicious. Looking forward to trying a muffin and an iced coffee next...

A thoughtfully executed cafe with a sharing table in the middle where all the coffee is made and the world revolves around. Staff are very friendly and incredibly observant and efficient. Take a seat and receive a sparkling water in seconds. Finish that water and have it being refilled in seconds again!

Beautiful fit out with simple and refined interior design elements of wood, polished concrete and brass.

Under stated and not over the top like a lot of places.

Fresh croissants and pastries of the highest quality and on Fridays there are donuts too!

Oh yeah, it's also the best coffee on...

Very nice breakfast muffin!

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I am grateful of the existence of Slater St Bench. This is because I don't drink coffee myself, but when my boyfriend stays over, he needs his morning coffee. We usually turn to the left on St Kilda Road and go for a walk to a brunch place along Commercial Road to find him coffee. Or, when desperate, get the 7-11 coffee. One magic morning, I finally recalled a friend told me a long time ago, that there's a nice little coffee shop with good pastries sitting around the corner from my place. Just need to remember to turn right when getting out of...