We went yesterday ( 3 of us) to have breakfast. After ordering coffee and a meal, the coffee arrived but the food didn't. After a while I asked where it was and unfortunately the order had slipped behind the fridge. They were extremely apologetic and when I went to cancel the meal they said I wouldn't be charged for it. The food arrived and it was delicious. When I went to pay they wouldn't accept any payment for any of the coffee and food because of what happened. This was amazing and reflects well on the staff and the business. A terrific place to have breakfast and exceptional customer service. I have told a number of friends what happened and all have been very impressed. Well done and it was all very much appreciated. ( it was my birthday as well and to have this happen made my day)
All you can eat gnocchi was the best ever gnocchi and with the best ever service since ever! Thoroughly worth your time and money and absolutely worth 5 stars! Girlfriend and I will definitely be eating here again and again :) :) :)
Frankie Says is a great place to grab a coffee, listen to music and relax by the river.
Great food (the hash browns and kaiser bacon were unbelievable!!) and even better staff. Then to donate the cheque from our 'Oxfam 100km training walk pit stop' to Oxfam.. wow! If only there were more people like Megan, Zoe and the Frankie Says team. Thank you!
Beautiful food and great location. My new favourite breakfast spot in Melbourne.
Awesome outdoor setting, by the river. Great coffee, beautiful food and charming staff. Highly recommend the scrambled eggs with goats curd and truffled mushrooms, totally delicious!! Will go again!
Staff are onto every customer when they arrive to make sure they feel welcome. Food and coffee amazing great place to relax and forget the world
Amazing! Great food & beautiful location... The chai is to die for!!!!
Great food, great coffee! Fantastic service!
Would definitely recommend.
Fabulous food,amazing patient understanding staff �
Fantastic secluded location with beautiful interior and furniture. Been here a number of times and the menu is diverse and delicious with enough options to suit everyone's taste. Would highly recommend.
Delicious food and peaceful atmosphere :) would definitely come back!!
Can't wait to try the French toast next time!!
Great food. SO much flavour! Fantastic service. Beautiful location. Loved it.
Live upstairs and have never had a bad meal here. The menu changes regularly so there is always something new to try. The coffee is great, and the service is super friendly. Everything is very reasonably priced, also. A lovely spot for some weekend brunch, and am happy to hear they are thinking of opening for dinner one night a week! Will continue to visit Frankie Says :)
Absolutely fantastic coffee. Ideal strength, extra hot and perfectly frothed milk. Calm and relaxing atmosphere by the Yarra river with plenty of indoor and outdoor seating.
Amazing staff, great coffee and food. Really enjoyed brunch here. Definitely recommend the corn fritters and baked eggs. Will be coming back again for sure!
How would you like to start your day with? A good coffee ✔ a nice breakfast ✔✔ and a friendly staff that will make your feel welcome, priceless.
Service was great and the staff really friendly. Had the pancakes and they were really lovely, not too sweet the way some do. The portions were great. Will definitely come back again.
Beautiful open space right along the Yarra Trail and always abundant in puppies and dogs! The service here is always top notch and never disappoints. The baristas are super friendly and know most of their customers by order and name - so personalised! Great vibes, delicious food and a little gem in Acacia Pl.
The cafe is in a great spot to stop for brekky along the Capital City Trail and serves up large portions for hungry tummies! I had the spicy corn fritters which felt a bit oily but masked by the flavour of the sauce. They tasted better than the photo looks, I promise
Came here on a weekday and sat on one of the beautifully sunlit tables. The staff was so friendly and I ordered a squid ink pasta and a Super Foodie juice.
The squid ink pasta with prosciutto and clams. I am not a huge fan of prosciutto and I secretly reckon good crispy bacon would have been better. There are probably 8 or so clams in shells in the pasta. They supplemented it with some mini clams though. Overall it's quite delicious.
Super Foodie juice was delicious as well. I won't mind going back again.
Have a pretty good handle of Frankies as I lived in the building for a couple of years. They do lunch very well, breakfast decently, and coffee okay. It's a nice secluded spot down near the yarra, can easily access by bike along the yarra trail. Reasonable access to paid parking in the apartment carpark. Cheerful service
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Frankie Says is modern and spacious with a relaxing atmosphere. Adorned with panoramic windows, the interiors are bathed in sunlight and and decked out with hardwood floors and modern wood furniture. The space includes a little coffee corner (perfect for getting some work done), a private mezzanine seating area, and a leafy outdoor area full of native trees in addition to the main seating area.
The service is always super friendly and prompt and the staff are really helpful (mid-week is definitely less busy than weekends). Although the pressed juice options are limited, coffee here is very good, and as a bonus, it's served in some beautiful earthenware. It also helps that every Tuesday, there is a 2 for 1 offer before 12pm!
I generally enjoyed the food here. The food was always presented very well and the quality of the produce is great. Frankie's French Toasties, with its oozing cheese and béchamel sauce on crispy mustardy sourdough with ham and gherkins, is one of my favourites. Their maple glazed kaiser bacon is also AMAZING - juicy and soft. The banana bread with candied walnuts, banana chips and vanilla mascarpone and maple syrup is another favourite of mine; almost everything goes so well together.
There were some interesting twists included on some dishes, however, I don't think those interesting twists always worked. The whole pan butter milk pancake didn't work for me; a little too sweet, even when paired with rhubarb. The corn fritters with tomato relish were also disappointing; while the fritters and tomato relish were great, the bacon crumble and snow pea sprouts didn't go with the dish at all.
A definite recommend. I really enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and beautiful space, especially on those warm days when they open up the windows and get the al-fresco dining vibe going. The menu had good variety, coffee was nice and, with a few exceptions, food was generally good. Everything was very reasonably priced, which helped balance out some of the disappointments.
Vanessa Espírito Santo
+4.5
A somewhat hidden place, really cosy and with friendly and attentive staff! One can also enjoy warmer days in their pretty wide esplanade 😊 We went there for lunch and everything was amazing! I had the super greens with grilled chicken and boyfriend had the daily pork belly special, all tasted great! I really had a great time here, definitely recommend it for meals as well as just to chill for a bit and have some coffee 👌🏽
I had the angel hair pasta with lobster, prawns and scallops!! The food was plentiful and delicious! :)
My husband loved his smashed Avo!
Great ambience, peaceful and calm!! Would def go back to try more food :)
Delicious coffee in a gorgeous mug. Lovely surroundings. Friendly service. Might become my Saturday morning stopover while waiting for the rowers!!
Their rating is very misleading! The food is exquisite and the truffle fries, are my ultimate guilty pleasure and go to meal on cheat-days.
Highly recommend it, the fritters , salads , ice coffee and the fries are just a few of my favorites there.
Fantastic hidden away gem. Attentive, professional and friendly service. Coffee was spot on and every breakfast dish we ordered amongst the 5 of us was delicious. Generous servings too. Highly recommended.
Frankie Says is in a sweet little exclusive pocket along the river behind a block of apartments.
It's a little secret for the locals which I love.
We were seated quickly and promptly had water served to us. Coffee orders were taken too.
It was a great open space which provided a good atmosphere.
I had the Corn Fritters with an extra hash brown and it was a hefty dish. There was a little chutney/relish which was the only wet part of the dish so it was a little dry but tasty nonetheless.
The staff were very attentive and friendly. At one point, a random dog entered Frankie Says and dropped a 'nugget' by our table then walked out!! The front desk lady was furious and so so embarrassed.
We thought it was funny!
The cafe staff were so considerate that the manager said that our meals were on the house due to the unfortunate incident.
That was incredibly nice and not necessary but definitely made an impression that Frankie Says is a place that puts their customers' dining experiences first.
Hidden gem! Location is killer. Sitting out on the paved area in the sun is lovely and it's very quiet. Healthy and interesting menu with wine, spirit and beer options.
Light and airy dining room that opens out onto large paved terrace. Limited parking options but right on Yarra trail so easy to walk or ride.
I really enjoyed Frankie Says. Staff are very friendly and attentive. Pizza was really fresh and delicious. Coffee is pretty good too. Nice place to go and sit outside along the Yarra on a sunny day.
Frankie Says is wonderful. To access you can either walk along the river and go up the stairs near the bridge across the river or go down into the customer parking. The parking costs, a small amount, however can be confusing on how to get to the cafe. Anyhow, the food was wonderful here, I had the burger, which was fantastic and presented wonderfully. The coffee is great as well. There is a nice outdoor seating area for those inclined and the waiters will bring you blankets and turn the heaters on, that work excellently. Really enjoyed this place and will be going back.
I really like this place. Honest food at reasonable prices in a lovely setting. My barometer for a really good brunch spot is how well they poach their eggs and these were perfect. Coffee was good but if you like it strong maybe ask for a double shot. Service was friendly and attentive and very efficient. Great spot in a suburb that has been lacking good brunch spots.
Spending today hanging out at my friend’s apartment in Abbotsford, my bf and I decided to have brunch here as they had already eaten before we arrived. Frankie Says is located under the Acadia Place apartments on Abbotsford divided by the road with Richmond on the other side (google mapping Frankie Says with Richmond instead of Abbotsford will give a location further down the road). Opposite Frankie is another popular cafe Kitty Burns where there were many locals just chilling out with their dogs.
Melbourniancritic (The Melbourne Experience)
+5
Brought to you by the masterminds behind culinary concepts Hoy Pinoy, The Meatball Company and Café Italia. Frankie Says embodies all the things that we love about food and much more. Located along the riverside, Frankie Says promises to serve up an ever-changing menu....
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Brilliant lunch at Frankie Says- spinach and watercress pancakes with poached eggs and goat's cheese; pulled beef truffled mushroom burger; beef tomato and lentil stew, and lobster, prawn and scallop angel hair pasta...so delicious and decadent!!! Great portion sizes too...
Great service and the food was great too. The spinach & watercress pancake was divine, and the buttermilk hotcake equally pleased. Will definitely be back to sample the pizzas we saw come out of the kitchen.
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Our original plan was to visit Kitty Burns, but when we were told that it would be a 30 minute wait to get a table, then another 30 minute wait for food, we ventured to Frankie Says, conveniently located directly opposite.
The interior decor isn't as amazingly inventive as Kitty Burns, but Frankie Says offers a very clean, simplistic and modern dining space. The indoor seating area is very spacious, and mostly consists of large, round tables ideal for groups of ~6 people (a bit like yumcha!). Since there were only 2 of us, we opted to sit at the smaller tables on the side.
I ordered one of the three specials of the day - a beetroot pancake with smoked salmon, poached eggs and goats curd. We were informed it would take 15 minutes to bake, so I braced myself for a long wait for food. It was a pleasant surprise when the food arrived not long after. The dish turned out to be enormous! A large pancake sat underneath two perfectly poached eggs, with a generous serving of smoked salmon on one side and a huge dollop of goats curd on the other. The colour of the pancake was a little odd and off putting to be honest. I expected it to be similar to red velvet, but it was only a very pale red. I guess I can be rest assured knowing they didn't use food dye! The pancake was really light and fluffy and went very well with the other ingredients on the plate. It wasn't mind-blowingly delicious, but a very satisfying dish nonetheless.
My friend ordered the breakfast burger. When it arrived, the monstrous, beautifully arranged burger with its fillings bursting out certainly left me in a bit of food envy. I didn't sample the burger, but his reaction after the first bite gave no doubt that it tasted amazing.
I really enjoyed the food here, and contrary to the other comments, I don't think the prices are that ridiculous. They may seem higher than other cafes, but I think it's justified by the generous serving sizes. The waitress who served us was friendly and attentive. She came around every now and then to see if we needed anything, because we were hidden behind a wall around the corner so we were out of sight from the rest of the cafe. Overall it was a very enjoyable meal!
Nice coffee. Very friendly service. Didn't stop to eat but what we saw brought out looked great. Not sure why it was so much quieter than Kitty Burns next door but I'll definitely come back
Excellent food and prompt service. The staff here were lovely, not like the arrogant guy opposite at kitty burns, he turned us off hanging around there.
Would definitely recommend Frankie Says.
Brought to you by the geniuses behind Hoy Pinoy and The Meatball Company, modern eatery Frankie Says Abbotsford lies tucked within a jungle of modern apartment buildings
Frankie Says, the brand spanking new eatery and bar brought to you by the masterminds behind culinary concepts Hoy Pinoy, The Meatball Company and Café Italia, is now open along the riverside in Abbotsford. . Huge solid timber pillars frame the exterior while inside a contemporary union of hardwood floors, mosaic tiles, rendered concrete walls, exposed ducting and 18 stunning pendant lights suspended from the high ceilings create a cool and casual feel that is wonderfully inviting.
Great food, first class service definitely worth a chance. This cafe is under rated by locals due to the surrounding cafes and their social media sheeplike followers.
Currently I live at home…with no immediate intentions to move out. Perhaps it comes from being in an Asian family, where it’s quite habitual to get multiple generations under one roof. And besides, mum and dad cook so well, why would I go anywhere?. When I eventually get around to moving though, I can only hope to have an eatery like Frankie Says at the base of my building or near my house (I feel like I would end up in an apartment though).
Frankie Says offers something different to the Richmond/Abbotsford brunch scene. The team behind Hoy Pinoy, The Meatball Company and Cafe Italia have created an eatery that offers a soothing approach to the brunch experience. Located on the riverside of the latest apartment block, Sanctuary; the 90 seater venue takes full advantage of the natural light with its tall, grand ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows. The floor plan is split into different areas and includes a beautiful alfresco dining area, a semi-private mezzanine and a cozy breakfast bar carved off from the main dining hall. The space retains its natural feel with raw timber posts exposed around the outdoor dining area and soft grey tones dominating the modern interior.
Melburnians, rejoice! After one tasty teaser that took place just over a year ago at a media launch event, Frankie Says has finally landed. The sibling eatery of Filipino skewer extraordinaire Hoy Pinoy rates highly in many aspects; its location placed in tranquil surroundings next to the riverside and its all-day dining menu comprised of a tasty spread of Italiano. As Frankie would probably say, throw in some of their housemade wines and you’ve got on your hands one truly relaxing and enjoyable dining experience. I was recently invited to a summer menu preview lunch and I would like to thank Frankie Says and Cassette Agency for the invitation.
Frankie Says – relax, have a coffee and enjoy some beautiful views in a sensational setting. Just a stones throw from bustling Richmond and the heady heights of Ikea you can escape the concrete jungle and find this little oasis by the river. It’s peaceful and tranquil and you can even have your breakie!
A Chronicle Of Gastronomy
+4
Part of the new, aptly named Sanctuary apartment complex, it's hidden away, right by the Yarra with pleasant and peaceful view of both trees and water....The pizza bases were thin, light and crispy and paired with simple but flavour-packed toppings like the bresaola with basil pesto, cherry tomatoes, garlic and Buffalo Mozzarella, and my favourite, the Swiss brown mushrooms with caramelised onions, Taleggio and porcini salt.
The vibe the owners were going for was to make you feel as confortable and relaxed as you would in your own living room. Only - small detail - the view from your living room just got seriously upgraded. So you might not spot it from the street, as this restaurant is inside a complex of apartment buildings, but its hidden and privileged location is actually one of the amazing things about it: its wide terrace faces directly the Yarra River so not only you’ll get the great outdoor vibe, which we all crave for in the summer, but you’ll get to be literally in the nature.
Frankie Says is a open and breezy space overlooking the Yarra. Positioned at the rear of the Haven / Sanctuary appartments, this cafe / bar I think is yet to truly shine with construction works still being completed in the nearby area (Nov 2015).
I had breakfast here, and went for the smashed avocado with truffled mushrooms accompanied by a long black (Melba). The meal was quite good and the truffled mushrooms were a feature. I am looking forward to trying out the rest of the menu.
The menu wasn't extensive but the lamb burger & lamb dal were surprisingly delicious. The green bowl was a bit small for its price. Nice outdoor area on a sunny day.
Frankie Says is great! Atmosphere is chill and cool but the staff are also really friendly. Such a great space to bring clients for meetings as well.
Excellent food - I use them regularly for catering - there is only ever praise and never any left overs! Coffee is always great.
I highly recommend to everyone!
Perfect early morning coffee after yoga at The Open Space. No cars driving by; a real gem on the Yarra River in Abbotsford. 🤗💗☕️🫖🍻🍯🥧
I’m in Melbourne visiting. We ate lunch today, served by the gorgeous man with the beard Daniel the owner. The food was exceptional and the service friendly and welcoming. Such a pretty spot to eat. We went to pay and Daniel generously treated us to our meal. How nice. You’d never get that in sydney. Melbourne I love you!
Different and very yummy breakfast options is a great point of difference. I had the Cuban eggs! Yum! Friendly staff, light and bright, popular without being too hectic…. follow it up with a lovely walk along the Yarra! PS Park at Vic gardens and stroll across.
We were in Melbourne visiting friends and had to drop them to work in the area. They suggested we check out Frankie Says for breakfast and coffee. So glad we did, the food, coffee, location and staff were all exactly what makes Melbourne so beautiful. Highly recommend!!
I’ve been working in abbotsford for a while now, and Frankies by far makes the best coffee in the area by a mile.
Would highly recommend their coffees and lamb Dahl
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