Verve Spice

Super coffee from here and really lovely service as well from the girl who’s moving down the peninsula shortly. It’s a winning combination. We’ll be back for sure.

We love this place, excellent coffees and the most delicious sweet treats. The owner is so so lovely and one of the main reasons we walk out of our way to get one of his coffees! We’re so excited for when we can dine in again and we’ll be heading to Verve Spice for sure

One word to describe the food from this cafe. DELICIOUS! Having enjoyed breakfast, lunch and dinner from verve on a regular basis it never disappoints! Fresh, authentic and full of flavour. If you want genuine, tasty honest food this is the place to go.

Real authentic food that’s cooked from the heart! Raphe and Nick go above and beyond to make sure your happy. Awesome new take away menu too! If you want a guaranteed good meal and great coffee, this is your place!

Nick and Raphe are great guys that go that extra mile to welcome you and the food is top notch. Chicken burger and Burger with the lot were a massive winner. Thanks guys.

My husband and I stopped in here to get some lunch to take across the road to the park last weekend, on Sunday. At first, we thought it would not be our best option because the freshly-cooked meals would not be served until 5pm and all that was available was in the cabinet - which included a chicken tikka curry that was designed to take home and heat up, and a spinach and fetta borek. But the man who was behind the counter was absolutely charming and generously offered to include some rice in the chicken curry and warm it up for us so we could eat it for lunch, so we decided that it was a good option after all. He prepared our little picnic and brought it outside to us (we were with our dog). He was incredibly friendly and kind, complimenting my eye makeup, and playing with our dog. In these bleak times where we don't get a lot of opportunities to interact with other people, it means so much more when someone treats you with this kind of warmth. But the best part came when we ate the food. My husband, who has very high standards and makes his own curries from scratch, said it was one of the best curries he has ever had. He has not stopped raving about it all week. And my borek was also perfect - crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, packed with flavour. So I just wanted to say THANK YOU to this cafe, and the man who served us, for being the bright spot of our weekend. I'm sure business isn't as solid as it has been during lockdown, but please hang in there - you are awesome.

Great service, excellent coffee and amazing food. The omelette was the best I have had in Melbourne, nice and fluffy with heaps of filling of your choice. The scrambled eggs were also excellent and creamy, the chefs really seems to know what they are doing. The only minor problem is that the cafe is not open all the time. But that maybe just that I am not sure of the hours.

Can I just say the owner is really nice.
The absolute best service in Melbourne with great coffee.
He gave me a cake slice for my birthday and made my day.
Thank you!

Always a great place to grab a nice coffee, the staff is so friendly and smiley!

The food is so nice too and fresh with a middle eastern twist in the menu!

The place is also very pleasant and the customers and usually very happy and this add to the ambiance of the place!

I love this little local! Tasty food and lovely staff, cakes like my mum used to bake when I was a kid!

Truly a one-of-a-kind local gem. The quality of the food and coffee is amazing. The new menu is fantastic with its delicious array of healthy and treat dishes with a Mediterrasian twist, as well as classic breakfast and lunch dishes to die for. Personal favourite would be the gra pow, though hard to decide!

The chefs and floor staff go above and beyond with their great service and friendly atmosphere. There's no shortage of brilliant service, atmosphere, coffee and food to offer.

We love this place for brunch! The staff is friendly and the food is consistently great. I think they just might make the best flat whites in South Yarra.

Yum, yum, yum
Gorgeous attentive staff and the food was amazing and so tasty. I took a few things home to share with family because everything looked so delicious.
The cafe was light and bright (not too bright) and beautifully decorated. Not overdone, perfect.
I'll be back

Love this place! Food, atmosphere and people - it wins the trifecta.

The cafe is homely, with simple but warm decor and a great soundtrack. The awesome staff add to this familiar feeling, remembering your name after a single visit.

In fact they really look after you. Nick, the manager, saw that I was a little bit under the weather and brought me a special concoction he made especially for me to ward off the dreaded lurgy.

And the food? Well that’s second to none. From a simple cake to a gourmet smoked trout breakfast affair, you just can’t go wrong.

Drop in and say hi sometime. It won’t be your last, that’s for sure.

Why do you go back to a place again and again? Is it the food? The ambience? The people? The price even?
For me it’s always a fine combination of all. Sometimes, a place has great coffee but lacks something; the staff are disinterested or the place is pokey. But you go back because the coffee is great yeah?

Well with this place you get it all. Seriously the staff are amazing, they remember your name and coffee order even after your first visit. Nick (head honcho) is warm and has a real sense of just being an awesome human. My partner wasn’t feeling too well and he whipped up a pipping-hot HLG-elixir just off his own back! Legends like this are becoming more rare to find in this world!

PS as I sat and ate my omelette and thought of the week I’d had I couldn’t help wonder, was this the best omelette I’d ever had? !

As long as Nick and Flick (the gorgeous waitperson) and the talented Chefs are running this slick show I will be back front row every-time!

6 stars!