Fitzroy·Brunswick Street

commune

The coffee routine, kept daily
from six in the morning.

Specialty coffee·Modern Turkish brunch

Book a table The drinks board 5.0 from 436 reviews
Still life: the crema surface of freshly brewed coffee
Still life: roasted coffee beans spilling from a cloth bag
The beanRoasted by Spectrum, ground to order
Still life: brewed coffee, ground coffee and whole beans in three cups
Brewed, ground, wholeBlack, white, batch brew, pour over
Still life: the crema surface of freshly brewed coffee
The cremaPulled to order
5.0

across 436 Google reviews. As high as the scale goes.

A perfect score is rare anywhere. Holding one across this many reviews, on Melbourne's most contested cafe strip, almost never happens.

The coffee routine

A day at 359 Brunswick St

06:00
Doors open

First pour at six, early even for Melbourne. Batch brew on, the letterboard up, Spectrum Coffee beans through the grinder while the strip is still quiet.

10:00
The routine

The room fills and the kitchen finds its rhythm. Modern Turkish brunch, a simple quality-driven menu with seasonal dishes, and coffee running all morning.

14:00
Last call

The day ends the way cafe days should: two o'clock Monday to Saturday, half past one on Sundays, and the cabinet mostly empty by then.

The place

A hidden gem on the busiest strip

Commune is a small room under a black awning at 359 Brunswick St, the kind of place a strip like Fitzroy's hides in plain sight. It is owner run, and it reads that way: reviewers keep naming the welcome before they name the food, and the room stays cosy and unpretentious, warm timber, warm light, the window seat looking straight onto the street.

The kitchen calls itself modern Turkish brunch and means it. A simple, quality-driven menu with seasonal dishes and beautiful Turkish touches, fresh pastries baked in house, and specialty coffee poured in collaboration with Spectrum Coffee. The letterboard keeps it honest: black, white, batch brew, pour over. Nothing that needs explaining.

5.0 on Google · 436 reviews Doors at 6am Modern Turkish brunch With Spectrum Coffee
A flat white on the window counter, Brunswick Street beyond the glass
The window seat, Brunswick Street beyond the glass
From the counter

Coffee and the oven

Two reasons the strip keeps walking through this particular door.

Flat white with latte art on a timber table

The coffee

Spectrum Coffee through the machine: black, white, batch brew, and a pour over worth sitting down for. The first cup leaves the counter at six.

Pain au chocolat and canele beside a flat white

House baked

Pain au chocolat, almond croissants, caneles and muffins, all baked in house and priced on the handwritten tags. Best claimed before the mid-morning rush.

The Commune drinks letterboard with small and large prices
Yes, the board really spells it TAKE AW4Y.
The letterboard

Drinks

Transcribed straight from the board on the wall. Prices in Australian dollars, small and large.

DrinksSMLG
Black55.5
White5.56.5
Ice Coffee7.5
Batch Brew67
Cold Brew78
Pour Over13
Decaf67
Mocha67
Hot Choc5.56.5
Matcha89
Chai78
Extra shot 1 Alt milk 1 Syrup 1

From the cabinet · house baked

Almond croissant8
Canele5
Blueberry or chocolate muffin6

Plus pain au chocolat, poppy seed brioche and whatever else came out of the oven. Brunch plates change with the season: menu in store.

From the 436

What the reviews keep saying

Highly recommend this cafe! The owner is incredibly friendly and welcoming, which really adds to the experience

Pak Wong · Google review

Had such a lovely brunch experience at Commune in Fitzroy. The menu had beautiful Turkish touches

Cetin Burak Erdon · Google review

A hidden gem on one of Melbourne's busiest cafe strips. Commune is a charming, cosy, unpretentious little space

Rod Zest · Google review
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Find the black awning

359 Brunswick St

Fitzroy VIC 3065

Mid-strip on Brunswick Street, a small black awning between the bigger shopfronts. If it is getting dark, look for the lit sign and the warm glow in the window.

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Phone: +61 432 453 304

Hours

Doors at six in the morning, early even for Melbourne.

Monday6:00am to 2:00pm
Tuesday6:00am to 2:00pm
Wednesday6:00am to 2:00pm
Thursday6:00am to 2:00pm
Friday6:00am to 2:00pm
Saturday6:00am to 2:00pm
Sunday6:30am to 1:30pm
The Commune storefront at dusk, the black awning lit over Brunswick Street
The black awning at dusk, lit and easy to spot
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