Coracle

1 / 8The Japanese breakfast set includes grilled fish, rice, soup, something fried, something grilled, a little sashimi and pickles.Jason South2 / 8Outside the Yarraville cafe.Jason South3 / 8Sheung Wan noodles.Jason South4 / 8Cosy interiors at the Anderson Street cafe, renovated in 2018.Jason South5 / 8Fluffy shokupan toast with Earl Grey jam.Jason South6 / 8A closer look at the Japanese breakfast set, $55.Jason South7 / 8Buttery, fluffy shokupan bread is grilled over binchotan, a clean-burning Japanese charcoal.Jason South8 / 8Vietnamese hot coffee blends condensed milk, evaporated milk and coconut milk with coffee that’s been dripped through a filter for eight hours. Jason SouthThis venue is one of Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2026.Coracle is perhaps best defined as a fine-dining cafe. There’s coffee and tea, eggs and toast, soup and sandwiches, but everything is rendered with deep thought, pristine ingredients and exquisite care. Just ask the toast: cloud-fluffy Japanese milk bread grilled over binchotan charcoal.Owners Duong “Jane” Nu Duc Tam and her partner, Wong “Benny” Tat Ying are from Vietnam and Hong Kong respectively, and they’ve embraced a passion for Japanese culture and cuisine. Those three cultures are all represented on the menu, but the bedrock dish is the Japanese breakfast set, a tray of small dishes that includes fish, rice, soup, something fried, something grilled, a little sashimi and pickles.The Viet coffee is its own feat of creativity: a blend of condensed, evaporated and coconut milks, steamed together with filter coffee. Breakfast really can be the most important meal of the day; Coracle reminds us to slow down and enjoy it.Must order: The Japanese breakfast set. It’s a premium product and is $55 to account for that.Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good Food Guide.Restaurant reviews, news and the hottest openings served to your inbox.Sign upLast visited: June 2026Continue this seriesBest cafes in Melbourne right nowUp nextReviewFentonThis venue is one of Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2026.ReviewFlorianThis venue is one of Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2026.PreviouslyReviewCommunal MarketThis venue is one of Good Food’s 100 Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2026.See all storiesMore:YarravilleCoracleMelbourneJapaneseGood for solo dinersTakeawayWalk-ins onlyBreakfastCafeReviewsGood Food GuideEssential cafes and bakeriesFrom our partners