Soul Soul Cafe — Restaurant in Melbourne

Located within the secret urban jungle of the 28 Bouverie St area is Soul Soul, up a flight of stairs from Victoria street (the easier to find entry). A hidden gem that just opened two months ago. #invite

Offering more than coffee they serve up a large variety of boba, fruity fun and cheese foam. Though it was the beautiful mocktails, sparkling in the sunlight, that caught our eye.

Signature Ocean Mocktail - Strawberry jelly, lemonade and blue soda. Floating jello, such fun! I've never had anything like it before.

Signature Cucumber Mocktail - Lime soda, cucumber punch with sparkling water and syrup. Light and refreshing this tastes like summer days, dare I say watching polo?

Soft Shell Crab Chilli Sider - fried in garlic salt, pickled purple slaw with spicy mayo, cucumber and coriander in a charcoal bun. How stunning is this dish? And it tastes just as good too! That perfect combo of crunchy crab, fresh slaw and a soft warm bun. Highly recommended, if you order just one dish make it this one.

Soul Soul's Benny - This one is another visual feast even if it does look humble on the menu, because what it doesn't say is that it's served on a croissant! Slow cooked pork belly, asparagus, poached eggs, mushroom and chili dressed with hollandaise. Delicious!

Pink Soul Dragon Fruit Bowl - Dragon fruit, berries, chia seed and yoghurt blended served with muesli, topped with fruits, pistachio, sesame tuile and shaved coconut. A smoothie bowl, for those more health conscious or sadly already used up their sometimes food limit won't miss out on their brunch pics with this dish. And this one's perfect as an introduction to dragonfruit too, as the flavour is lighter than it looks. A very filling if not most filling dish.

We were very lucky to have a sunny day and brunched outside with views of an urban garden and high raisers, Soul Soul is a hidden gem indeed (within the same area as Mille & B if that helps...

Came to Soul Soul purely for the bottemless brunch and I had a few things to add

PROS

The cafe is beautiful with a quite and lovely ambience, the staff were helpful and attentive and their cocktails taste great!

CONS

They seem to have made a few adjustments, in my opinion. Everything was completely different from how it had been advertised on social media.

Arrived at 2:30 p.m. and told I was there for the bottomless brunch. I was given a seat and the menu till the staff arrived and said they stop serving the bottomless brunch at 12 or 12.30 ish? This is no where to be found on their website. Although the staffs said they would be pleased to serve me till the cafe closed, this did have an effect on the orders.

THE DRINKS

There were few alternatives for ordering drinks, especially cocktails. I had seen many people on TikTok come for the bottomless brunch and order margaritas or even pina coladas, but when I arrived, there were few options available.

There was little effort made into the beverages when they were served; there were no decorations; they were simply mixed and placed in glasses. I was unable to get the final cocktail on the menu as I was told that the drinks machine was shut off. Overall, it was confusing and disappointing.

THE FOOD

I order the cold noodles, and while the presentation is stunning, the flavour is very bland. I thought I was having a salad. Since it was Easter, I paid a total of $90 for one person (the holiday rate was $11). And, to be completely honest it was definitely not worth the price.

Overall, my experience wasn't terrible, but it didn't go as I had hoped. I'll give it another...

Score: 3.5/5

Soulsoul is a brunch spot that's semi hidden near Vic Market.

Interior of soulsoul is good and has plenty of seating to accommodate a party of two to a bigger party no problem at all.

Had the soft shell crab slider and the yakiniku Benny with the call me daisy and the cheese macchiato latte.

Before diving into the food I do got to give kudos to the kitchen and staff are really nice and will accomodate your request. For example I wanted to sub my milk for coconut milk and extra Mayo and was accommodated for.

The latte with the coconut milk and Carmel was nice and the highlight of the meal. The coffee hit was there but with the coconut milk and caramel was a creamy drink with a hint of sweetness and also savouryness from the foam.

I find it a bit disingenuous though that the menu states "fresh squeeze orange juice" when they're just golden circle OJ and it just overpowered everything. You can't really taste the matcha and it felt like just a cup of expensive OJ.

The crab slider was crispy with a good tang and sauce, bao was soft and the ingredients complimented each other. The yakiniku had perfect runny eggs with a crispy fritter however it's just okay? There isn't anything bad but nothing good about it was well.

Overall its okay, the food is okay and on the pricer side expecting a bit more but the service and staff deserve a praise for their friendliness. Saying that it isn't a bad spot to catch up with people due to its...