This place is worth the drive! Staff were friendly. Food was yummilicious, had the best and fanciest avo smash! Coffee was great! Love the decor. And they sell cronuts. Those things are the bomb! Oh and baby and kid friendly too!
Yummm! Came in for Mother's Day, service was great, my mum was greeted with a flower from staff which was a lovely touch. The 3 of us ordered the Harrisa Eggs Benedict, which was probably the most delicious, fresh, tasty thing I've ever eaten. Food was warm, came out quickly. And my chai latte was beautiful! Will definitely be back to try everything else on the menu :D
My Family and I were at the younger brother for breakfast. The food was delicious and the staff were very friendly. Thnx.
We tried this for breakfast yesterday and they were amazing! They guys there are great and can have a laugh and they make sensational coffee! We just found our 'new spot' :)
wow!!! popped in for coffee with my in laws, hubby and 3 kids... fantastic place! ended up having lunch.. harissa benedict. most amazing breakfast/brunch/ lunch ive ever had at any restaurant! brioche toast with poached eggs, ham hock, apple slaw and homemade holindaise/harissa i think? touch of dill. OMG!! amazing! if we lived closer id be there every week! please move ur cafe to bright! coffee was delish also!!
Best almond milk lattes friendly staff and food super tasty highly recommend
Great food, great service, great coffee. Nice modern vibe, and best of all for me, a short walk from home. Keep it up guys.
Great staff, always friendly, great coffee! What more could you want?! Highly recommend!
Loved it! Service was great and food scrumptious! If you're looking for breakfast with a tasty twist and are an avid coffee drinker this cafe is for you
Excellent coffee, great food friendly staff what more do you need #myregular
Great coffee, amazing bacon and egg brioche and fancy donuts. It really is an inner city quality cafe in ringwood. Love this place.
Best breakfast burger I've had in years! YUM!! Definitely reccommened � thank you!
Coffee with insurance!!! Replaced my coffee that was dropped as I got into my car - free of charge!!
Love their coffee � and the staff are so friendly. Great service.
Fantastic coffee, good service and atmosphere. I had the burger which was full of flavour with crispy potatoes. Will def be back
Hard to find good coffee in Ringwood
Service is always amazing. Very accommodating for people with kids. Coffee�food�love our local!
Delicious food and friendly service. Not super quick so had to wait a bit to get our food even though they were really quiet so not sure how it would be at busy times. But otherwise really good, love the lebanese sausage in the chilli eggs but bread is never enough (larger pieces would be better) and the waffles are amazing.
The staff are so amiable and friendly. My poached egg was cooked perfectly. There are good options for vegetarians and the coffee is great. I took my dog and they were fine with us being outside; the waitress even recounted a funny story about another dog swooshing off orders another day. Overall, its a gem of a place and really worthwhile.
Dined here on a cudo voucher, great value deal for breakfast for 2 with a drink. I ordered the chilli & cemen (chemen) scrambled eggs with a fresh OJ. Eggs were tasty & loved the flavour of the sucuk sausage. Very large serving, couldn't finish it. Service was friendly.
Lovely place, staff friendly and fresh, modern look to the place. Had the Cilbir eggs with Turkish bread & sausage, was full of flavour and very filling. Would definitely return :)
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Definitely an underrated café in the outer East. They have some great coffee options from Veneziano, and single origin beans from Guest Roasters. I had the Burundi as an espresso, which tasted like a black forest cake. I love that they have Kombuchi on tap! Definitely a blessing after a few coffees.
Dale Stewart (Noliwarts)
+5
Not to get confused with My Other Brother in Camberwell, The Younger brother is a small Cafe located South East Melbourne near Doncaster Shopping Centre. It has been around for about 2 years. Its a lovely cafe that is well decorated and has great menu options. I decided to have the Breakfast burger as it had everything i love, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Potato cake and BBQ Sauce and it was delicious. It was all cooked perfectly. Kim had the Black Rice Porridge and it was not too sweet and not too gluggy. Kim and Iris enjoyed the meals.
Younger brother is my local, good selection of food which actually changes more than once in a million years but it's crowning jewel is their outstanding coffee! they have a wide variety of origins and styles just don't ask for caramel in ur latté they might get offended lol
Very convenient location, nice decor and friendly staff. The barista know his coffee quite well. This cafe cater for a small eater like me as well. Order mini Benedict and request poach egg to be replace with scramble egg, the staff just take the order with no fuss about it at all. Quite happy with service and the food will come back again with my fur baby next time
The younger brother is my cafe of choice when in Ringwood. Not a large menu but offers a good savoury/sweet ratio. I had the mushroom dish, I enjoyed it, including the brioche. I would have liked more of a halloumi presence. Good coffee and friendly staff also.
This place has amazing coffee and very good food.
Staff are friendly and welcoming.
It's a small little gem of a place.
We have been back twice in the last two weeks.
Great food! Better than any other place I’ve been to in the area. Good for vegetarians. I went twice in the one week, lunch and then breakfast and wasn’t disappointed.
A few weeks back we enjoyed our Saturday breakfast at The Younger Brother. Great service and a lovely atmosphere inside. We had the Breakfast burger and the Harissa Benedict. We thoroughly enjoyed both of the dishes. The Brioche bun on the breakfast burger was nice and soft. The scrambled eggs were cooked perfectly and went well with the house made BBQ sauce. The poached eggs were nice and runny with the Benedict. The Harissa Hollandaise and the apple sticks was a lovely combination.
A great place to head into for a good coffee and a delicious meal.
I came here for a quick brekkie and hot chocolate. The service is lovely, the baristas take time to have a quick chat with you if they're free. Overall, it was a positive experience.
Family friendly cafe with great staff, delicious food with a changing seasonal menu. Coffee is always as requested and hits the spot! Evening event recently included wine, cheese tapas and charcuterie boards - keep it up guys!
P.S. My son rates the bubbacinos 10/10 here too
P.P.S. This waffle w berries & chocolate sauce was the bomb!
Had an absolutely delicious lunch here! I am a big food lover and the pulled beef brisket burger I can say was almost the best burger I've ever had although it was a touch on the oily side the taste definitely made up for that!
My partner had the falafel burger and I don't even like falafels and enjoyed the bite I had.
Lovely freshly squeezed orange juice too! Only given 4.5 as I cannot comment on the coffee as we didn't have one.
The food here was absolutely delicious, would definitely eat here again. On the coffee side of things, 👌 perfect! Loved it! Next time I'd love to try the panna cotta. The only I reason I didn't give it a 5 is because I found some of the crowd to be very hipster and inconsiderate or maybe just aloof and gave no f*** about others. But the staff were lovely!
Had to edit, got a large take away cap for $4.50 and it’s the size of a small and the barista didn’t even fill it to the top. Not cool guys... I have tiny little hands so I hope you can tell how small the cup is... Coffee is still top notch though 👌
Had a lovely Mother's Day breakfast here this morning. Our waitress was lovely and very attentive, and the food was delicious! They even gave mum a rose .
Really lovely atmosphere and great food! We came here on Mother's Day so were not expecting and table at all. We were quickly seated and attended to by wait staff with water and menus. I ordered the menemen eggs with sucuk on the side... it was soooo exciting to find a nice cafe in the eastern suburbs that served sucuk and not bacon all over everything! The coffee was also amazing and well worth the trip down the road. Will definitely be back to sample the rest of the menu.
Great coffee and good staff. Our food was a bit cold but they reheated for us.
Will come back even if it's just for the excellent coffee.
Tried to call them a week later to make a booking but the phone just rang out which was s shame.
It was overall an utterly flawless and scrumptious meal. From the simple espresso to the interesting food that carries a slight Mediterranean twist, incredible care was taken to deliver simply the best in taste. This was undoubtedly the most well-executed and tasty brunch experience I’ve had yet.
In opening The Younger Brother, owner Akin aimed to educate Melbourne’s East side to develop a more cultured, refined and diverse coffee experience. However, he has achieved so much more, and I’d argue he has done what many city cafes have failed to, in delivering interesting, unique and quality food and drinks.
We've had our ups and downs here but they certainly seem to be finding their feet quite well. Love having so many good places opening locally and will continue encouraging them with our support for as long as they keep producing good food and good coffee.
We've been here a few times now. This place finally brings the inner city cafe quality to the Eastern Suburbs (and it's notoriously bad food). I'd definately recommend this place to everyone.
Been to this place several times now. Always impressed with the coffee, food was excellent two out of three times (the third time it just wasn't my kind of meal). Not huge place, but a pleasant modern cafe to hang out on your own or meet someone for brunch.
A fairly trendy little café in the main street of East Ringwood. Upon arrival I was welcomed and attended to immediately, and provided a carafe of water. The décor features a faux distressed concrete wall, and modern table settings in timber with moulded plastic chairs. Suspended downlights from the exposed ceiling batts add to the atmosphere. There are a few kerbside tables for outside dining. The menu included a limited number of vegetarian options, such as smashed avo and pea, and falafels. I opted for the fruit toast, which comprised a generous 3 slices, although it wasn’t the best fruit toast I have had. The coffee was quite good though. A few more vegetarian/vegan menu options would have earned some extra points.
...... June 2018 .......
I am compelled to increase my rating after my most recent visit. Since last time they have added vegan items to the menu, including house-made vegan pizza slices, which I enjoyed. The coffee was also very good.
Ashanie Mekhala Perera
+3.5
The Younger Brother is the new kid on the block in Ringwood. This cute little café has plenty of charm, an exciting menu, and an inner-city buzz to it. As an eastern suburbian, I am pretty happy to see this new addition stepping up the café game. I stopped by on the AFL Grand Final public holiday to grab some coffee and brunch, with my partner in tow. For those of you out of towners, YES – Victorians get a day off to celebrate the football. For a football non-enthusiast like me, it’s the best time to try a new restaurant or café.
Went here for the first time today, and came away very impressed! My cappucino was devine, and we tried the veggie burger and the avo & pea smash. Like many items on the menu, these had a middle eastern influence with labna, ajvar and za'atar. The flavours were outstanding. Service was excellent too. Another cafe makes my list of 'regulars'!
This place is worth the drive! Staff were friendly. Food was yummilicious, had the best and fanciest avo smash! Coffee was great! Love the decor. And they sell cronuts. Those things are the bomb! Oh and baby and kid friendly too!
Excellent coffee, warm and welcoming atmosphere, friendly staff, great location. Only ordered the ham and cheese croissant and the almond croissant. We also loved the cutlery as a bonus.
I opted for the ‘Poppyseed and Ricotta Hot Cakes – double cream, pistachio crumb, berry compote with an orange, mint, and rosewater syrup ($17.50)’. This dish was just too pretty to eat but of course I did… The hotcake was fluffy and the combination of toppings with the exotic syrup tasted divine.
So excited about this little gem popping up in the area. The coffee☕️ is Amazzzzzing ......so creamy , smooth like violet. Consistently beautiful every visit. Food yet to be tasted 😋 and to top it off, happy and friendly staff😀
Love it! Coffee is good. Menu is short and a little adventurous, which I love, but very clever and I think there's something for everyone. I had the Ricotta and Poppy Seed Hot Cake which was so pretty on the plate and yum!! Husband had the Birds Nest which was very tasty and so much better than it looked. Portions were a little on the small side but that's the only negative'ish thing I can say. The shop fit out is modern and cool and staff were friendly too. Great experience, will be back!
Great little modern cafe, staff are very friendly. Breakfast range is a bit limited however is really unique, well presented and not to mention very tasty!
Fantastic coffee too!
Attentive staff, great coffee and delicious food. Staff were really good with the kids. I had the Lamb Kadayif. Would definitely have it again. The kids had the waffles which they gobbled up. We will be back.
Great middle eastern twist on modern favourites. Food and coffee above average. Attentive staff without going over board. Comfortable decor make this a relaxing cafe for breakfast or lunch.
This is a really lovely little Cafe!
Coffee was well made, pulled lamb burger was amazing.
My only complaint is the music! The music didn't match the ambience and aesthetic of this cafe at all!
But putting that aside, will be back :)
Been here a few times now. Nice to have a local that's inner city cafe style. Service was attentive, food was great. The owner knows his coffee that's for sure.
Pleasant service and quick to get a table - even on Mothers Day. Food (breakfast) was a little slow to come out, but when it did we really enjoyed it. Large coffees can be hit and miss in some places, and here was a hit. It's a local for us, so will definitely be back.
Covid check in experience was very easy and efficient with the QR code. You also order from the QR code, allowing for contactless ordering.
Coffee was great. Big breakfast was quite generous with the portion size. Although on the salmon benedict, not enough salmon was provided. Customer service was good.
Fantastic little cafe located in the Far East. Serving up scrumptious food and bold coffee. Worth stopping by on a weekend ride through.
rhyanne monsanto lehmann
+4
Love at first sip! So glad to find good quality coffee within the locality of my neighborhood. Perfect coffee to start the day. Highly recommended. Grab a coffee from here before you board the train at Ringwood East Station.
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