The Espressionist is a lovely café located at Yarra’s Edge in the Docklands. The venue currently offers a café experience in a takeaway capacity and has also turned into a makeshift greengrocer. The cafe menu features a range of brunch staples including healthy Acai Bowls and beautiful salads. In the evening, the venue offers a range of takeaway dinner options with its introduction of The Bait Shop by The Espressionist serving old school fish and chips with a flair as well as ready-to-heat meals.
Paying homage to espresso and expressionism, The Espressonist is part café and part art gallery. Think sleek lines, minimalistic touch and a little nook featuring plush pink chairs, greeneries and of course, art pieces.
The menu is divided into options such as “eggs”, “cold”, “burgers”, “salad” and “sweet tooth”, and I won’t blame you for wanting to get one from each category. My friend and I chose the Asian Noodle Salad with grilled chicken, Fried Chicken Burger and the Lemon Meringue. Healthy, naughty and nice – all great choices.
Brimming with clean and punchy flavours was the Asian Noodle Salad, and the grilled chicken was seasoned very well with spices and herbs. The Fried Chicken Burger comprised of a thick and tender piece of fried chicken, crispy bacon and mouth-watering aioli sauce. Ending our meal on a sweet note, the Lemon Meringue was a fruity and tarty creation, light enough to finish by oneself.
A gorgeous spot that is well worth visiting!
We absolutely enjoyed our visit here. We had a lovely brunch with the best views. We visited on the weekend so the area around is not too busy, and we loved having a relaxing time enjoying the good food and weather.
The smoothie bowl was ao good and refreshing, and their burger was great too. Don’t forget to complete your meal with their great selection of juices!
Alisha (LifeUnleashed)
+5
An Art Gallery Turned Cafe - Definitely Impressed!
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to The Espressionist. It was such a nice walk from Southern Cross Train Station.
The interior is stunning with light pink velvet and gorgeous greenery in the plants.
We loved the dishes. Our favourite was definitely the Short Ribs that came with an egg and delicious potatoes... for breakfast. Yes! Delicious.
The staff were wonderful and definitely very patient whilst we tried to figure out what to order. Looking forward to returning to try more dishes from this cafe.
The Espressionist is located in a scenic area overlooking the marina in Docklands making it the perfect location for a relaxed brunch/lunch.
We were greeted by super friendly, bubbly staff members who made us feel very welcome. I enjoyed the Smashed Avo, it was nothing out of the ordinary but still a great meal. I'd definitely recommend ordering the Chicken Chorizo Salad also, they are very generous with the meat. We also both rated the coffee very highly, it was the perfect strength and temperature.
Overall, the awesome location and fantastic staff definitely make the Espressionist worth a visit!
Fantastic food and coffee. A great spot overlooking the marina with a relaxed chilled vibe. The staff were lovely in particular the waitress Samantha who served us her bubbly personality made our experience even more enjoyable. Highly recommend the beef burger.
Amazing new cafe in Docklands precinct ready to take your brunch and dinner experience to the next well. Love its spacious interior overlooking Docklands jetty and river side. We love their wagyu burger and chorizo chicken potato salad. Their french toast could be a bit better in terms of bread type being used (brioche bread works perfectly I reckon)
Everthing else we had an amazing dining experience at the Espressionist
This is a lovely venue in docklands with comfortable couches and modern decor!
I really enjoyed the açai bowl and the chocolate mousse desert! It’s great you can get dessert at brunch!
The coffee was also very smooth and delicious.
Customer service was great and I would return!
The Espressonist “specialty coffee” is situated in front of Dockland Harbor which makes this place a perfect spot for brunch lovers and a place to hang out with friends. The Espressonist dinner service operating 3 nights a week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. They open every and also offer an array selection of brunch menu till 3 PM.
Yay: Cappuccino, Antiox & Blue Moon (Cold Press Juice), Wagyu Beef Patty, French Toast
Nay: Chorizo Potato Benedict
Taste: 4.0
Jessica Sargeant (Unbeleafablefood)
+5
What a beautiful café and setting!
Décor, vibes, service and coffee ON POINT. I loved the amount of vegan options available too :)
My FAAAAVE was the Asian Noodle Salad. Super filling + flavourful.
Definitely recommend this place for a Sunday brunch ;)
Really nice, relaxed vibe. Plenty of tables and seats and a lovely, quiet view of the boats and river. The food menu is good with a decent number of options - would easily give 5 stars if there were just one or two more vegetarian/vegan options though. They have lots of tasty pastries and sweets at the counter too. Really enjoy every visit here and would consider this to comfortably be the best cafe in Docklands that I've found so far.
Love this place so much. My top go-to brunch restaurant. Great views with super friendly service. Definitely recommend French toast & sweet potato chips.
Really nice local cafe and it opens early which I like! We got chai lattes which came out quick. The service was friendly.
Nice location with a nice and tranquil view. Friendly, polite and attentive staff. The food and beverages are not only well presented, but delicious! Great place for times of indulgence or just for when having a stroll and looking for a nice selection of coffee or grab-n-gos. Prices are very competitive considering the great quality of the menu.
Go to place for brunch or early morning coffee as it’s just close to my place. Happy bunch servicing good and delicious food. Tried almost half of their menu thought will give a review as I never got disappointed. Must try - chilli crab scramble egg on toast, chicken burger, barramundi , smashed Ava none the least.
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