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Cibi

This venue is a finalist in the icons category in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

June 6, 2025

1 / 6The iconic Japanese breakfast plate at Cibi.Mark Roper

2 / 6Inside the Collingwood cafe and design store.Mark Roper

3 / 6The Cibi lunch plate.Simon Schluter

4 / 6Cibi is open for breakfast and lunch to eat in, as well as snacks to go.Supplied

6 / 6Queue for yuzu palmiers and pepper, cheddar and nori twists.Supplied

Cibi

Japanese$

Melbourne’s original purveyor of Japanese breakfasts is still a fixture of the city’s mornings – and that’s not all. Its homewares shop has grown to encompass all the knives, cast-iron pots, soy-sauce dispensers and Japanese ceramics you could wish for, without crossing international borders. Plus, there’s a grocer for kombu, yuzu kosho and (sometimes) fresh produce.

Good to know: The traditional Japanese breakfast plate can be amped up with fermented soy beans, sour plum and more.

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