Tasty food. Great for vegetarians, everything on the menu is fair game. Service a little slow when busy, but tolerable if you aren't in a hurry.
The presentation and meals have a rustic/home-cooked feel to them, which I'm okay with, but a bit of a contrast to the hip/modern cafes that are all over Melbourne.
The price is a little too high for me to recommend this place widely. However, if you are after a health, tasty, vegetarian meal, this place will serve you well.
What a tremendous little spot on bustling Degraves Street. I like the seating inside and out. The inside seats are dinky little stools. Outside are decent chairs and tables in the middle of the street. Either way you get a good view of the passing parade which is typically part of the Degraves Street experience.
Service was engagingly quick and pleasant here. I was greeted cheeringly immediately on arrival. My coffee arrived very shortly thereafter. The mug it came in was cute as well. I really liked it! Best of all, the coffee was a cracker. It could not be faulted.
I spent a happy half hour or so here. Apart from the seat and the coffee it was fun looking at the deli stock which looked excellent.
Nice place. Recommended.
Small shop on Degraves with impressive selection of sweet and savoury vegan treats. I came here for a coffee but stayed for a delicious Crumbs Bakehouse apple scroll. I also love the bakery's strawberry donut, which TOFWD also stocks. My soy flat white was good and hot like I like it. My only gripe is that I wish soy wasn't an extra cost considering it's a vegetarian and mostly vegan venue. But alas... I do recognise soy is more expensive than other milks. I don't think it was Bonsoy though (correct me if I'm wrong please), which I'm happy to pay more for. Other soys, not so much.
Because I suffer from an autoimmune disease, I sometimes need to go on restrictive organic diets so when I do, I take my food sources seriously. It's amazing how few organic places are in CBD so I was happy to find this place. I only had the organic mixed fruit juice (what they had in stock so beetroot, orange, apple, ginger) from here. It was freshly made, in front of me and most importantly, had nothing else added to it. I guess it's a smaller than average cup for a Large (pictured) but it was slightly more than this (I was asked to sip a bit of it 3/4 way so that I could have a bit more). At $9, I think it's probably just about fairly priced. Looking around, there seems to be a few good choices for freshly made foods as well as options for the pantry and the fridge.
Bit of a pricey place to go but they have a really sick selection of vegan foods on offer. some are a bit crazy and fun and fresh so I’ve been here heaps
Always good, nourishing food. Polite and efficient staff. Helpful array of other products and groceries. The tahini date bliss ball is perfection!
What a vegan gem!! Delicious donuts, cakes, sweet treats & savory delights. On the pricier side due to the type of food sold, but worth every cent.
Great vegan food for quick breakfast and lunch or even snack. Go there at least once a week and never get bored. They have both savory and sweet. My favorite are vegan muffin with apple, almond and cinnamon and vegan broccoli cheese pie.
The organic food and wine deli in CBD. Like the service and organic food. We ordered the tea and coffee. Service was good and friendly. Coffee is not my type a bit sour.
Opting for something different, filling and light I enjoyed the Lentil salad with a Mocha chaser. Enjoyed some great conversation with random strangers and soaked up the atmosphere in this great little Melbourne laneway.
Service: always helpful
Food: walnut and tofu sausage roll was yummy and tasted like the real thing! Cookies can sometimes be very hard. Some vegan, some aren’t. The turmeric lattes are great.
Thank you so much for providing vegan options in the CBD, when everywhere else pretty much on Degraves Street/other neat little streets nearby were devoid of vegan items. I had the pleasure of being able to try various pies for breakfast for several days, and I just absolutely loved the shepards pie, the broccoli tart and the vegan brown rice Kashmir (sorry if I spelt it wrong!). The mushroom and lentil pie and danish were a delight as well. I enjoyed eating them on the little tables inside the shop by the side. Was a warm and filling wakeup call for the cold mornings of Spring!
Food for Thought :)
As our food becomes more and more industrially and artificially produced i.e. junk food it's nice to know that some places are going back to a more natural way of doing things. The Organic Food and Wine Deli does just that. They do vegan snacks, things like peanut butter, jams, spreads, conserves, rice, milks, soft drinks and sweets. I ordered a Strangelove Ginger Beer, a Pico Super Dark Chocolate and A Seed and Bean Super Rich Milk Chocolate and I was really happy with the taste of them.
The Ginger Beer was delicious, crisp, natural taste not too sugary and the chocolate, the dark one was on the bitter and cocoa side as it should be. The milk one was awesome too. Prices are a bit steep but then as I keep telling my followers if you can afford to pay a bit more you generally choose quality over quantity. :)
Very good selection of organic and vegan food plus lots of interesting groceries to buy. Coffee excellent to take away and friendly, happy service.
Located on busy degraves street bustling with people. TOFWD I'd a small cafe which has some outdoor seating and minimal indoor seating.
Behind the glass cabinet, there's an array of vegan and vegetarian pies/pastries/salads which you can request to eat in, or decide to takeaway.
Yes, they do bung the pies in the microwave to heat it up and yes, the service can be a bit surly and dismissive, but for the price point in such a tourist laden spot, it's a place to get some semi-decent vegetarian/vegan fare.
Beautiful healthy food!! Caters for GF and vegan. Fresh, great variety, creative and lovely people. Great location with tables inside and out.
They've got decent coffee. Oh and they have dandelion lattes. Convenient for my feeble attempts every few years to quit caffeine. The food is a little expensive I think.
A great little cafe hidden down a city side street. Jam packed with so many amazing and tasty options. Make sure you take a good look around first before ordering as there is so much to chose from - don't forget the tasty muffins, slices, balls and biscuits on the top of the counter 😋
This place was so nice to find for a family of 5 vegan/vegetarians. The options were fantastic but the taste of the food was slightly bland. We ordered 4 main meals and a coffee. The coffee was really bitter. The 'burgers' we're not bad but a little difficult to eat in toasted slices of bread instead of a bread bun. But what a welcome change to be able to add vegan Mayo, vegan cheese etc.
the vegan desserts looked amazing. I just wish I had more room to try everything
We will be back
I've been coming here for a couple of years now and it's definitely a favourite. The menu is consistent, fresh, and healthy. If you want catering for your vegan diet, this is definitely the place to go.
If they had a loyalty programme at this delightful deli cum cafe, I'd be the first one to sign up. Organic local produce, healthy vegan lunches, interesting beverage choices and plenty snacking options - why would you want to be naughty when you can be nice AND satisfy them hunger pangs?
My colleagues and I frequent this alleyway hang, and the girls who work here are AMAZE! Full love.
Love it. Cute staff, amazing food
...opted for my second favourite item on the menu, the pumpkin & tofu pie. Due to the rain, I had to eat in, which does come with an extra cost. Because it's premade, they reheat the pie in the microwave, which may result in uneven heating as it did in my case today. Despite this minor flaw, however, it's usually a satisfying meal and leaves you feeling pleasantly satiated.
TOFWD's Carrot Cake (My belly is always pleasantly surprised when satisfied by vegan dishes)
This deli is located in Degraves st, which is well known for their fine food. The people there are really lovely and the serves of their food are huge. This is pretty much like RUSU realfoods, except that they serve breakfast. Here I had two sushi rolls and tea, which all adds up to $10.30. I found that their rice was a bit dry and too much soya sauce. They used brown rice, which tends to dry out quickly in sushi. But the fresh ingredients and fast and friendly service made up for it. Im willing to give this another try.
Regular go-to for healthy organic lunches. I go here often, because the food is usually excellent, it's all organic, and they are nearly always open (until 7pm almost every day). Some have complained about the staff, but I've never had a problem with them. Note that this place is a lot more like a cafe than a restaurant: I wouldn't go here expecting a sit-down, three-course meal - especially over lunchtime as it can get VERY busy. But again, it's great organic food (and in my experience, nice staff). My favourite thing on their menu are the mushroom pies (which are actually great even when cold), although the sushi, salads, and lentil burgers are all also really good.
Pumpkin and Tofu Pie with Salad. The pastry was difficult to cut and overcooked but the filling was delicious. A generous salad of spinach, beetroot and carrot accompanied it and was lovely.
Man. Love this place. Every time I go, the coffee is tasty, and those sushi rolls are of the hook. There's a waitress there that always serves me, dark hair. She looks sad, but I think that's just the way her face is. She's great. I think she makes the sushi rolls, and if I'm right, that's marriage material right there damn. So 10/10 sushi rolls and 10/10 coffee, also 10/10 service.
Also, it's pronounced toe-food if peeps be wondering. Glad there ain't actual toe food tho that would be rank hahaa
TOFWD have a branch office at Orrong Park Prahran.. And it is adjacent to the tennis courts and is just fabulous. Always teaming with tennis players and mum's it is a great find. Recommend.
So awesome!! Great options for vegans and vegetarians. Really stellar range of choices for savoury, sweet and drinks. Encourage and support more places to have healthy options like this. Great muffin and coffee!
Love it here!! The only place in the city to get delicious organic vegetarian food at a reasonable price!! It's so nice to be able to go somewhere and be able to pick anything off the menu! (Minus a sandwich and sushi with tuna in it)
Really friendly staff too!
Definitely recommend
Haven for me: Gluten free, Organic and Vego!. Amongst the hip Degraves Street in the CBD I found everything I needed as a Health conscious Vego. I had a rye sourdough mushroom and tofu pie, salad, kombucha ginger ale followed by a date ball for dessert. Prices were suprisingly on the cheaper end for organic food which I loved since having lived in all Sydney, Brisbane & Perth this place has to be one of the cheapest I've seen. Caters for the gluten free, organic, and vego = happy lassie :)
The service was great - friendly and accommodating. Very tasty beers and lentil burger - shame it closes early.
Nice location and good selection of vegan choices. Wasn't keen on the coffee though. They use pure harvest organic soy milk which is better than a lot of cafe's choices but Bonsoy tastes way better.
Worth a visit!. Position on the ever popular Degraves St, TOFWD have lots and lots of attractive menu options. There are heaps of slices, cakes and muffins for a treat or some more substantial salads, soups, pastries and sandwiches. All options are fresh too which is a sticking point.
The muesli slice was pretty good (chock full of nuts and seeds) as was the soup of the day - leek and broccoli.
Would happily return...
Good prices, wholesome delicious food. I had a tofu burger, and it was excellent. I make veggie burgers all the time, so this wasn't necessarily something I couldn't have at home. However, it was a really nice patty that wasn't trying to pretend to be meat. I think it had brown rice, as it had a really great texture that was chunky enough to let you know you're eating real food. The tomato chutney and sourdough are really the thing that made the burger stand out. I had a vegan, almost gluten free brownie, which unfortunately wasn't very nice. I think they may have undercooked it, which meant that it was left with an odd "off" taste that GF baked goods sometimes have. (Have you ever tasted raw GF batter? Don't!) There were a lot of delicious looking options, and I will definitely return on a future trip to Melbourne.
Had a takeaway meal consisting of vegetable curry & Dahl. The veggie curry was v tasty, however the Dahl had a strange texture & taste, it wasn't offensive but I wouldn't have it again. The Marsala chickpeas looked good so I'll try those w the veggie curry next time.
I can't comment on food yet, but I thought the flat white was good.
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Amazing!. Over the past year I have been working in the cbd. I have an hour lunch break and Tofwd is my number one stop. I have struggled to find anywhere else in the city that provides you with a healthy (let alone organic) lunch under $10, besides TOFWD! Unless you are all talking about the $4 white roll baguettes filled with horrible supermarket ham and processed 'swiss' cheese. I think an all organic sandwich for $8.90 is really a great price, remember, you are paying for the ORGANIC product and labour (which neither are cheap!!!) Service - the staff work as quickly as they can, with a smile but sometimes this place gets so busy I can imagine there would be a lot of pressure to serve all of the customers staring them down, "please young, spritely, healthy person, serve me NEXT!"
All of the muffins are now cooked on site as I proposed the question "who does all of your cooking?", as well as the oat balls ($3.50) and wheat free apple and barley muffins ($4)! All other stock is provided to the store fresh every morning by two highly regarded organic, vegetarian companies- Crumbs Bakery and Organic Kitchen.
Plenty of Gluten Free options, you just have to get there early as most of the options sell out quite quickly some days - or just give them a call and reserve something for your lunch. I think TOFWD is amazing, not a bad place at all, especially considering the small amount of space they have and tourist/local traffic that travels through degraves. 9 out of 10!
Love it! Nice coffee, good range and reasonable prices!
The pesto pasta with spinach and peas is to die for! The staff who work there are also great but I have come across some unpleasant customer service from one girl repeatedly, maybe she was having a bad week but still unpleasant.
Flavoursome and very healthy. Loved the brown rice nori rolls and salads. Still plently to try...
Fresh and delish. I visited this cafe on a recent trip to Melbourne. I really enjoyed the mushroom and tofu pie with wholegrain crust, as well as the organic nori roll. Good value for money too. Simple, fresh, tasty and healthy.
Yum and great location. Much better than the other cafes in degraves, which all sell the same, bog-standard cafe food as everywhere else but charge a bucketload!! TOFWD service is ok, not amazing, but the food is fresh, well-priced and delicious. variety is good too. nice to know a place it's super easy to get vegan food in the city that you can also take non-veg friends to.
If it's flavour you're after TOFWD is the place. After a mind-blowing muesli with fruit and yoghurt I was satisfied in taste quality and quantity. Next time I'm in Melbourne this will be my first stop.
Reality check!. To all the people who think TOFWD is expensive: are you serious? If you bought the ingredients to make a quinoa salad or an avocado, hommus salad sandwich yourself, it would cost way more than $8 or $9. You guys in the cbd don't know how lucky you are having a shop like that. Stop complaining!
ps the tuna brown rice nori roll I had today was delicious. Only $3.50
Kate
Sugar free brownie. I looked online for this one... for vegan/sugar free food and it looked like they had a bigger selection.its really a small little shop/cafe but the food looked nice i decided too take away something i choose the sugar free vegan brownie and it was delicious.ill be back to and try their salads and cakes which looked nice.
Healthy but ordinary. I was really disapointed with the limited range of food. Their website had a lot on offer for gluten free customers so I was excited to try this place out but it did not match what was actually on offer when I got there. There were only 3 types of pies and 1 muffin available to choose from that were gluten free which was about 1/4 of what their website advertised. If you can eat anything this place is OK but for specialised eaters its a bit disapointing. Their muffins were absolutely delicious and I would go back again just for them.
This place, although expensive has great food. they however don't have eftpos or credit card facilities, but thats ok.
Quick vegan choices. It may not be the most tasty food - vegan or not - one could find in the Melbourne CBD, but at least it's fresh and very healthy. I find myself returning to grab quick fresh lunches in the city.
What a tremendous little spot on bustling Degraves Street. I like the seating inside and out. The inside seats are dinky little stools. Outside are decent chairs and tables in the middle of the street. Either way you get a good view of the passing parade which is typically part of the Degraves Street experience.
Service was engagingly quick and pleasant here. I was greeted cheeringly immediately on arrival. My coffee arrived very shortly thereafter. The mug it came in was cute as well. I really liked it! Best of all, the coffee was a cracker. It could not be faulted.
I spent a happy half hour or so here. Apart from the seat and the coffee it was fun looking at the deli stock which looked excellent.
Nice place. Recommended.
To die for!!! Soooo many gorgeous vegan options, I couldn't decide! Had to return the following day for more goodies 😂 wish we had a place like this in Canberra! Plenty of gluten free as well. And such a cute idea with the little groceries packed in there!
Amazing deli for all the veggies and vegans out in Melbourne.
This place has a lot to offer, with seatings inside and outside.
Probably they don't serve any (specific) breakfast menu, but pop around any time to grab your favourite organic pie, gluten free muffin or vegan cake.. Or just to share a cuppa with your friends!
Beautiful Organic food right on the popular street running off Flinders St, Degraves Lane. It is not easy to find high quality staff and food in Melbourne CBD but this place is remarkable. I remember when it first opened the owner is a genius entrepreneur and she has created an amazing place. Highly recommended.
The Organic Food and Wine Deli is an awesome little cafe. Heaps of gluten-free options.
My flat white with regular milk tasted smooth and rich without any bitterness.
The vegan gluten-free MARS slice was moist and fresh... so good.
I was so happy to find somewhere that uses spelt flour as it’s quite rare to come by! They use spelt flour for the muffins and pastries. I had the carrot, almond and apple muffin which I absolutely LOVED! It didn’t have any added sugar so you can just taste the natural sweetness of the carrot and apple. I also tried their organic chai latte which was comfortingly different from the chai powder that a lot of cafes use. I really enjoyed how it wasn’t too heavy on the cloves which is something that bothers me with a lot of organic chai mixtures, it was a perfect blend. Only downside for me was that they didn’t have lactose-free milk. Otherwise, plenty of healthy guilt-free and vegan options at this cafe, will be returning
So many vegan options it's impossible to choose! Friendly service and not too exxy given it's on the touristy Degraves St.
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