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Cafés in Richmond & Cremorne

Bridge Road's café row, Swan Street and the tech offices of Cremorne.

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Richmond starts about 3 km east of the CBD. Mid-19th-century factories, among them Bryant & May and Pelaco, made it an industrial suburb, and its main shopping streets are Bridge Road, known for factory outlets, Swan Street and Victoria Street.1 The Melbourne Cricket Ground sits just over its border, and Richmond station is the main interchange for trains to the eastern and south-eastern suburbs.1

Cremorne covers just 0.7 km² and has been called Australia's Silicon Valley, with offices of Seek and Carsales among others.2 Its name comes from London's Cremorne Gardens, by way of a riverside amusement park that operated here from 1853 to 1863.2 In the side streets, socially awkward on Dover Street opens at 06:30 on weekdays, and Stillman Cafe on Burnley Street closes on Mondays.

Local tip: Most cafés in Richmond and Cremorne close by 15:00 or 16:00; on a Friday evening, Be The Duck on Burnley Street stays open until 20:30.

At a glance

90Cafés listed
15With opening hours
05:00Earliest opening
20:30Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Be The Duck, from 05:00 (Mon–Thu 06:00–13:30 · Fri 05:00–20:30 · Sat–Sun Closed).
  • Most listed streets: Bridge Road (10), Bridge Rd (8), Church Street (6).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (11%), wi-fi (3%), open by 6am (3%).

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Coffee chains in Richmond & Cremorne

Getting to Richmond and Cremorne

Seven tram routes serve Richmond: route 70 runs along Swan Street, and routes 12 and 109 along Victoria Street.1 East Richmond is the only station inside Cremorne, and Richmond station, just to its north, is one of Melbourne's busiest outside the CBD.2

Bridge Road's café row

Bridge Road's 400 block holds a run of cafés: Gypsey & Musquito at 382, Three One Two One at 424, Argies at 436–438, Reunion & Co at 472, Touchwood at 480 and Lumberjack at 484. Touchwood opened in 2013 with friends from the Tall Timber team, and its owners, the Sahely family, opened Barry in Northcote seven days later.3 It opens 07:00–16:00 on weekdays and 07:30–16:30 at weekends.

Closer to the city, Georgie Boy Expresso at 181 Bridge Road opens at 06:00 from Monday to Saturday, and Little Bridge Cafe at 34 and Richmond Hill Cafe & Larder at 48–50 sit near the western end. Argies is closed on Mondays and opens 10:00–15:00 from Tuesday to Friday and from 09:00 at weekends.

Swan Street and the Cremorne side streets

Swan Street has filled with cafés and apartments since the early 2000s, among its Edwardian and Victorian shopfronts, and Church Street is lined with furniture showrooms on its way to the bridge into South Yarra.2 On Swan Street, pg.2 is at 207; on Church Street, Winkel is at 135 and Crop at 658.

In Cremorne, Coe & Coe is at 25 Stephenson Street, Cafe Decjuba at 134 Cubitt Street, Tuck Shop Turnery at 5 Bromham Place and Cafe Venziano at 16 River Street, which opens 07:00–15:00 on weekdays and from 08:00 at weekends. Bendigo Street has two: Beauty and the Beats at 32 and Bendigo Street Milk Bar at 37.

Be The Duck, at 131 Burnley Street, keeps the area's oddest hours: from 06:00 Monday to Thursday, from 05:00 on Friday, when it stays open until 20:30, and closed at weekends. Cheeky Monkey opens at 06:00 every day.

Victoria Street and Little Saigon

The stretch of Victoria Street between Hoddle and Burnley Streets is known as Little Saigon or Little Vietnam. Vietnamese migrants settled here after the Vietnam War, and their businesses grew along the street during the 1980s.4 Since 1994 a Lunar Festival for Tết, the Vietnamese New Year, has closed the street to traffic between Hoddle Street and Church Street.4 The Nylex Clock, on a silo in Cremorne and sung about in Paul Kelly's "Leaps and Bounds", is a local landmark.12

Sources

  1. Richmond, Victoria, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Cremorne, Victoria, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. A Family Affair at Barry, Broadsheet Melbourne (October 1, 2013, updated April 24, 2018), accessed October 2026
  4. Victoria Street, Melbourne, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Richmond & Cremorne cafés: questions

Where are the cafés on Bridge Road in Richmond, Melbourne?

Richmond's Bridge Road cafés cluster on the 400 block: Gypsey & Musquito at 382, Three One Two One at 424, Argies at 436–438, Reunion & Co at 472, Touchwood at 480 and Lumberjack at 484. Closer to the city, Georgie Boy Expresso at 181 Bridge Road opens at 06:00 from Monday to Saturday.

Why is Cremorne in Melbourne called Australia's Silicon Valley?

Cremorne, a 0.7 km² suburb beside Richmond, has been called Australia's Silicon Valley because tech companies such as Seek and Carsales have offices there. Its name comes from London's Cremorne Gardens, by way of a riverside amusement park that operated in the suburb from 1853 to 1863. East Richmond station is inside its boundaries.

Which trams go to Richmond's café streets in Melbourne?

Seven tram routes serve Richmond. Route 70 runs along Swan Street, and routes 12 and 109 run along Victoria Street, whose stretch between Hoddle and Burnley Streets is known as Little Saigon. Richmond station, the main interchange for eastern and south-eastern trains, is one of Melbourne's busiest outside the CBD.

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