Hawthorn Brew Bar

Hawthorn Brew Bar is situated in the heart of Hawthorn on Glenferrie Road offering your morning coffee ritual, an all-day breakfast and a lunch menu accompanied by delicious drinks. We started the early morning in the sunshine with a latte and lactose free cappuccino. Each coffee was poured well and the coffee was not burnt. Both coffees were quickly finished before our chosen dishes were served by the lovely owner Sam. We had ordered the Buttermilk Hotcakes and Seasonal Avocado. - The Buttermilk Hotcakes were topped with a very rich Chocolate Ganache, Salted Caramel Popcorn and Orange Maple. The hotcakes were extremely fluffy and delicious. Perfect for anyone with a sweet tooth! (NF, V) - The Seasonal Avocado was small on size but large on flavour. The dish was full of seasonal treats including Truss Tomatoes, Pickled Baby Beetroot, Goat Feta Mousse and a perfectly poached egg on top of the crunchy Toasted Multigrain. Found that this and a latte was a perfect light way to start the day, had a mixture of sweet and savoury that left you feeling light. (NF, V) The Brew Bar does pour a decent brew and serves up a divine brunch and lunch menu! Great service, great feed and great venue to people watch!

😱Lizzie’s first impression: a humble cafe situated on the busy strip of Glenferrie road. The staff here are so incredibly warm and welcoming. The place is quite small but it’s neat and has everything you need in a cafe - seats and a great menu. 🍩Lizzie enjoyed: we ordered the breakfast for two platter and it ended up being much bigger than I had envisioned. There were eggs made three way - baked eggs (which was incredible with the egg cooked just right), scrambled eggs which was amazingly fluffy and also eggs sunny side up that looked and was perfectly cooked. It also came with two massive portobello mushrooms, hash browns, bacon and even two kranskys. They also had a buttermilk hot cakes stack at the top of the two tier platter - it was fluffy and not too sweet. All in all - definitely great value for money and even better because it tasted delicious! We also tried the Pandan sago pudding and it was delicious. It had a really fresh raspberry gel on top and some seasonal fruits - it was warm and made me warm and fuzzy on the inside. It wasn’t too sweet and kept me wanting to go back for more. 🍅Lizzie did not enjoy: N/A 🥇Lizzie rates overall: I loved the menu and the food was cooked with love - definitely will be coming back!

From the moment I entered this café I was drawn to the stylish decor, especially the splatters of colourful flowers that added warmth. The staff were so friendly and accomodating, and made us feel very welcome. I ordered the Green Machine Smoothie which had a smooth and creamy texture and had a mixture of fruit along with some delicious kale. I had the Big Breakfast for two, starting with savoury and working my way up to the top tier for sweet. I loved dipping my crunchy hash browns topped with chorizo in to the flavoursome sauce of the Baked Eggs. The maple bacon was thick and nicely crisp along with the perfectly cooked scrambled eggs on toast and roasted tomatoes. The Hotcakes were thick and moist, served with delicious fresh fruit, and the most memorable choc orange ganache. It was honestly mouth watering! The Sago Pudding was so pretty, and the textures were both interesting and tasty. The crunchy and fruity flavours worked so well in the same bite! It was a lovely sweet and warm finish to a brilliant meal!